Schedule Check

As I described previously, I’m solidly committed to releasing The Godkiller on January 1st, 2022. To be on track for that, I need to complete the story scripting and associated dialogue by ... Read more

Building the Beard with Help

I don’t do all the work on The Godkiller. My little budget on the game is enough to let me hire a few contractors here and there. When I started the game, I thought I’d do all the ... Read more

Channeling the Boosh

I wrote another interactive song. This one was a doozy! What makes the song interactive? It responds to what you do in the game. So this song, sung by a “Chief” character in the game, ... Read more

What is this man thinking?

I’ve got a habit of acting out in my head what I think a video game character might be thinking. Even when it serves no purpose but to amuse me. If I’m playing Super Mario Brothers, ... Read more

Top 5 reasons why my blocks are not soko-ban blocks.

People look at my game, The Godkiller, and they think, “oh, great, another block-pushing game.” I get it, I get it. I too, am a bit fatigued with soko-ban-style block-pushing. I even ... Read more

What’s better than player empathy?

I’m a big fan of player empathy. A ton of my level design process is me thinking hard about how the player will react to different situations. But with the help of our awesome alpha ... Read more

Interruptible Dialogue

There have been times when I sat down to design interactive dialogue, and it just sprawled out of control. I try to get clever and make the dialogue reflect all kinds of nuances. I sometimes ... Read more

I hate cut scenes.

I know not everybody hates cut scenes. But I do. Anything that is not playing the game is unwelcome to me. So The Godkiller has no cutscenes. I don’t even like those splash screens that ... Read more

Godkiller Gamedev Intro

I’ve been streaming on Twitch about my game for a few years. And that’s fine, but words are good. I’m very writerly, if not a proper Writer. So I figure I’ll consolidate ... Read more

How I know we will ship on January 1st.

Not gonna brag, but I know some things about getting software released. Okay, I am gonna brag, but not out of proportion to my capabilities. On my Twitch stream, I show this status screen below ... Read more