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See TheMeatly (disambiguation) for other related uses.

"Hi there, I'm theMeatly, I'm a gamer, I'm a game developer and... I'm a puppet."
theMeatly's introduction quote.

Paul Crawford (born September 9th 1987), better known as theMeatly is the original creator of the Bendy franchise ever since he created the first chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine along with the programming help of Mike Mood. He is the former founder of theMeatly Games, which was now Joey Drew Studios Inc. (once alternatively known as "Kindly Beast") where he works as the lead game designer, with Mike Mood managing the company as the CEO. He is a game developer, a comic artist, and a puppeteer recognition throughout the whole blog.

About[]

TheMeatly is a game developer, a comic artist, a puppeteer and a compositor. He, along with his brother, Stephen (better known as Bookpast), was born in the United States and he currently lives in Ontario, Canada which is where is located his company Joey Drew Studios Inc.

He appeared on the internet for the first time in 2014 with the creation of his indie brand. At the time, theMeatly was known as a webcomic writer and penciler for the comic series of the same name focusing on his own life as a game developer.

TheMeatly also has a YouTube channel that despite being created in 2014 started to be active only on 2015. His videos consists of musics (MeatlyMusic), songs, gameplays, top ten videos and trailer and announcement related to his games. When he shows up in his videos, theMeatly uses a hand-puppet version of his comic character to represent himself.

He released in 2016 his first game MeatlyMakes which is again based on his webcomic. In this game, the player plays as theMeatly and must create a game while avoiding the troubles.

In the end of 2016, he worked with his friend Mike Mood on the game Bendy and the Ink Machine. The game was finished and released on multiple devices in late October 2018 and became an instant success, giving a lot more notoriety to theMeatly Games Ltd. and to theMeatly.

Known Works[]

Trivia[]

  • TheMeatly's favorite food is bacon, which explains the presence of Bacon Soup in the Bendy series.
  • TheMeatly appears in the Bendy series as an Easter Egg multiple times.
  • TheMeatly plays the voice of Henry, and including several other voices.
    • On the Q&A video, when asked if theMeatly voices Henry, theMeatly jokingly says "I can't confirm or deny that" using Henry's voice.
    • He also tried to voice Shawn Flynn, however he couldn't get the accent right.
  • TheMeatly is aware about the Bendy Wiki. He, and even Mike Mood, retweeted the Bendy Wiki founder's tweet announcing the opening of the wiki,[3] which was created five days later after the release of the first Bendy and the Ink Machine chapter.
    • TheMeatly also tweeted his review on the Bendy Wiki, praising how great the staff members run the wiki with other users' collaboration, and even reminded everyone not to trust everything on all wiki's pages due to containing some false info that has yet to be solved/removed.[4]

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Interview[]

From his YouTube channel[]

References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/themeatly/status/1214315901593538560
  2. https://twitter.com/themeatly/status/1614290158001561600
  3. "so so awesome :) wow! I'm so glad people are enjoying Bendy so much! :D" - theMeatly. February 15, 2017. Twitter.
  4. "OH! Just wanted to throw this out there! The awesome people on the Bendy Fan Wiki are doing a great job overall, but I just wanted to remind everyone that you can't believe everything you read on there. :) Quite a few untrue things floating around... :P" - theMeatly. January 12, 2018. Twitter.
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