hot off the presses, brand new video essay I made all about the paradoxical way that constraint is the secret to freedom in games. worked very hard on this one, check it out! youtu.be/DAlYmn61dlo

alright sorry last WIP skeumorphic ui hyperfixation post i cant stop making little pipes

alright sorry last WIP skeumorphic ui hyperfixation post i cant stop making little pipes

more weird tactile UI experiments

doing some character modeling tonight just for fun for a change instead of for a specific project

doing some character modeling tonight just for fun for a change instead of for a specific project

inventing a new type of game is stressful, next game I make is gonna be hitting goblin with a sword

testing out a little swinging lantern for camping dwarf

I'm gonna release a very experimental co-op game this year and I keep psyching myself out that it's too weird, but then I remember that weird games are the games I love? I'm not sure why I struggle to give myself permission to make weird art shit when it's what I appreciate most from the other side

testing out a little swinging lantern for camping dwarf

camping dwarf

camping dwarf

done with work for the year, been doing the best game dev work of my life lately, snow is falling gently outside, xmas/bday in a couple days, coffee cup is full, hitting the pen, tree is up, lights are lit. despite a year of instability and huge income loss, fuck it im still here and i'll never stop

been enjoying myself writing some real melancholy RPG music this week

been enjoying myself writing some real melancholy RPG music this week

the feeling that something's watching you

messing around with scanlines

messing around with scanlines

the friend who's always got rolling papers

the feeling that something's watching you

Extremely honored to have the opportunity to interview the inimitable @brycebucher.bsky.social about 500 CALIBER CONTRACTZ, his creative process, and the sense of old-internet mystery that his games evoke. Go wishlist this game, go play Fatum Betula, go support Bryce's work!

staying after class

staying after class

when im too tired to decide what to make but i wanna make something, i just make old guys smoking weed

in the belly of the beast

in the belly of the beast

i think we took a wrong turn

in the weird shit lab tonight

in the weird shit lab tonight

spent the entire weekend working on netcode stuff, I have earned the right to unwind and make a small moogle

spent the entire weekend working on netcode stuff, I have earned the right to unwind and make a small moogle

in the grips of yet another environment texture painting marathon night

made a quick megaman to get the gears turning today

made a quick megaman to get the gears turning today

in the grips of yet another environment texture painting marathon night

begging the elder magus for instruction

begging the elder magus for instruction

handpainting a bunch of enviro textures today

a quick, blatantly-wind-wakery fisherman for today's warmup

a quick, blatantly-wind-wakery fisherman for today's warmup

blocked out a ton of environments today

quick-and-dirty deku scrub study just for fun

character design is when you invent a person and give them pauldrons

posting

posting

idk what this dude's deal is yet but sometimes a bolt of divine inspiration strikes you like michelangelo and you make a guy who's upset about being in a dog costume

tiny space two

tiny astronaut, im just out here tryna make gamecube games