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ChainStaff - Time TrialsNewsI Built a Life-Sized ChainStaff; Hold it at MAGFest
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I Built a Life-Sized ChainStaff; Hold it at MAGFest

ChainStaff - Time Trials · published 7 Jan 2026, 17:46 UTC

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I will be at MAGFest this weekend in Washington DC! It's June 8th to 11th. It's absolutely packed with awesome indie games, arcade games, and lots of amazing game music. Come out to the show and tell your friends about it!

ChainStaff was accepted to be shown in the "MIVS" division of the show. It's an indie-only section where cool indie games are previewed for the gaming public. You get a 10x10ft booth and you design it all yourself.

My first idea was... what if you could hold a real ChainStaff?!?

What would it be like? Check out this video as I detail the construction of it.

It ended up being over 7 feet long, but thankfully only weighs about 5 pounds so anyone can wield it.

I also printed a backdrop of the main game box art, and you'll get to pose in front of it with the ChainStaff!

This is inside my office; it barely fits! I'll do a new blog post when we get the real booth set up at MAGFest. The banner is 10x8ft. We had to take the picture sideways because the room is too small to fit. Thankfully the convention center is huge, so this will be awesome when we get it set up there.

The light fixture at the top obscures the game logo, but my idea was you'd get to "pry open the monster's mouth" on the box art with a real ChainStaff.

ChainStaff is due to come out to consoles and Steam this spring, so I'm working hard to get the word out for it. Thanks for following along on my journey!

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