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

Creating an interactive song.

So I needed something for this nifty bird to say. His name is Plundy. The 3D model was made by Ian Zimmerman, a cool guy I met on my Twitch stream. Ian very specifically targeted the low-poly ... Read more