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Michael R. Desjardins (born January 12th) formerly known as Mike Mood is the co-creator and one of the main developers of Bendy and the Ink Machine and Bendy and the Dark Revival.

About[]

Mike Desjardins is a Canadian game developer. He is also the co-creator of Kindly Beast and Joey Drew Studios Inc. along with theMeatly, and the president of Mood Foundation, both are freelance video games' companies.

Mike Desjardins specialized in Unity3D, programming and databases' creations. He first worked as an asset publisher for the Unity Assets Stores, selling textures and models for videos games, but he started to work as a game developer only one year later, he worked on games for Karman Ltd, and several others companies...

Prior to becoming a game developer, Mike worked as a number of minimum wage occupations, most notably, EB Games, of which he was a clerk.

In 2017, he released the game Bendy and the Ink Machine, which he made with theMeatly. The game became a success, giving more notoriety to Mike.

after the Kindly Beast debacle, Mike started a Q&A on Reddit in an attempt to placate the community, only to receive much hate.

As a result of the Kindly Beast debacle, Mike Desjardins was omitted from the credits of the sequel to the aforementioned game, Bendy and the Dark Revival. With a future update, however, he was added as a credit, though only by his given name alone, as a programmer. A long string of text in the game’s code seems to reveal that he now lives a reclusive lifestyle.

Known works[]

  • Programmer
  • Game mechanics
  • Visual effects
  • Optimizations
  • Voice acting for Thomas Connor

Trivia[]

  • Mike's birthday is January 12th.
  • While Mike is aware about the Bendy and the Ink Machine Wiki, he stated that the development team never really confirm or add trivial facts to the Wiki as this site is only run by collaborative fans.[1]
  • One of his avatars was made by TimetheHobo to celebrate his wedding.
  • As an Easter egg in Chapter 5, Mike is listed in the appointment schedule, written "M.M. meeting (out of office)" at 2:45.
  • He has a tattoo of an art piece of Beast Bendy made by a fan on his arm.
  • When asked on X (formerly known as Twitter) what he did prior to game developing, he had the following to say on the subject:
    • Paper route.
    • Ice cream bike.
    • Bunch of fast food places.
    • Butcher.
    • EB Games!
    • Truck unloader.
    • Door to door sales.
    • Phone tech support.
    • Banker.
    • Medical clinic call center.
    • IT services for legal and health industries.
    • About a dozen others he forgot.
  • Due to past Kindly Beast controversies, Mike Desjardins was originally not listed in the Bendy and the Dark Revival credits.
    • He still remained a crucial part of the development team through the game's production, as apparent from the game's hidden notes or patch notes for the updates.[2]
    • He was later readded to the credits in the 1.0.3 update.
  • Mike got a new X account during March of 2021, and during 2023 he has posted info on Bendy: The Cage.
    • He actually gave hints on the game being called The Cage by posting a whole lot of gifs of Nicolas Cage. Of course, nobody knew that this was foreshadowing until the teaser released.
  • A long string of text in the game mentioned above can be found in the game’s files. When this line of text is translated, it reveals the following poem:

Click to reveal the poem:

"Many have hate for reasons untrue,

with no perfect answer ever to break through.
The biases held will never be changed,
thus the answers to seek are never to be explained.
Through pain and hatred, my armor was pierced through,
yet the battle was still fought, everything put into it, even for you.
Silence was desired, but from the shadows what was seen, were fans wanting more, but just not from me.
The cost was high for blood, sweat and tears.
But the battle waged on until we finally made it here.
The power I’m portrayed to have, the decisions said to be solely mine.
It is all fiction, for I am the fall guy.
the scapegoat, the sitting duck hated by hearsay.
None of it is true, but why believe the one you love to hate.
Think of me what you will, no matter how misguided by fluff,
but I made it to the end and got it done, good enough.
Coding and making this entire game regardless of my fears.
You will never hear from me again, but im still here."

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References[]

  1. "I'll go one step further in saying we have never confirmed or added "facts" on the wiki, this is all run by fans. So much of this is some fun guesswork on their part. ;)" - Mike Mood. January 12, 2018. Twitter.
  2. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1063660/eventcomments/3824160540176877740
People
Joey Drew Studios Inc. Andrew JobinBookpastCharlotte & Savannah ButtnerChristine CrawfordCole HagedornConnor GrailDaniel TozerGavin McCarthyGraeme FotheringhamJon KeonLiz WilsonLogan StewartMatt GolestheMeatlyMichael FreiMike KeoghMike MoodPascal ClerouxRam KandaRay GouldToma Feizo Gas
Karman Interactive James Kelsey MottJon KeonRam Kanda
Phantom Compass Ericka EvansJay ClippertonJoel WalshJos YuleTony Walsh
Rooster Teeth Games Alan AbdineDavid EddingsMichael Hadwin
Voice providers
Aaron LandonAlanna LinayreBookpastDavid EddingsJoe J. ThomasLani MinellaLauren SyngertheMeatlyMike MoodSeán McLoughlinWilliam Alex Ryan
Animators
TimetheHoboWendyLiZard
Book writers
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