Dev Diary 31: Small Update

March 31st, 2009

I’m keeping it short this week. I’m putting a new build together to show to a few friends who haven’t yet seen what I’m working. This will hopefully generate some useful feedback from fresh eyes (and talented developer minds). It’s also another step towards a publisher demo.
I’m a bit nervous about putting my baby on [...]

Dev Diary 30: GDC Nostalgia

March 24th, 2009

The annual GDC event is taking place this week, and while I would have loved to attend and mingle with indies, the travel and hotel costs were simply too prohibitive. I prefer to sit at home, work on my project and attend next year when I actually have a product to show.
Rather than wallow in [...]

As mentioned last week, when I face design challenges, I routinely turn to games that inspire me. I believe it’s worthwhile to share some of these games here, to give you a window on what I strive to achieve, and to recommend some amazing titles to the readers who may be unaware of them.
Today, I’ll [...]