Release on Desura is almost ready, release on itch.io is almost ready and release on IndieGameStand is almost ready. Bring it on!
Tag Archives: indie games
Secret of Escape – Nearly Ready for Release
I’m happy to announce that Secret of Escape is now at the stage where release is on the horizon, so currently we are getting promotional content ready and getting a release date set so we can let as many content publishers and gamers know that we are coming.
GBJam 3 Overview
Those who have been following me on Twitter have been aware for a while of GBJam, an online games jam, and of course, I’ve been working on a game for it. Therefore as today marks the end of the third GBJam, this article will be a part-summary, part-showcase and part-post mortem of the GBJam.
Play my entry, Galaticus, on GameJolt
Vote for it on GBJam
GBJam Banner: Image from 2945 – Devblog
London Gaming & Anime Con and New Demo
Over a week ago, I was at the LGAC 2014 at the Rocket Complex. Secret of Escape was shown amongside nine other amazing indie games, and it was a brilliant experience to see hundreds of gaming and anime fans come down to the indie zone to check us out!
The Animeleague staff were brilliant to work with, providing us tables and equipment if needed, we were invited to speak at the opening ceremoney and a Q&A on indie games development so we had plenty of opportunities to get involved with the attendees.
I also had a chance to play through some of the other indie games on show, including some watch worthy titles such as Kraden’s Crypt, Legena: Union Tides, Narcisistic and #Dungeon, as well as other titles with potential such as Bard to the Future, Playtanic and some current releases like Spelmy and Space Farmers.
Of course several people had a chance to try Secret of Escape, and were thrown back by the challenging gameplay. While there were some technical issues, it’s good to see a lot of people enjoy the difficulty and showed a lot of determination to finish the eight level demo, some of them even succeeding in the LGAC exclusive challenge of finding the hidden passage to win a random mystery Steam Game Key.
In fact, you can now download an updated version of the demo right here.
The original LGAC demo had a video and the hidden passage challenge which have been removed to provide a more closer experience to the released game.
Many thanks to Animeleague for arranging the Indie Zone, as well as the other indie developers, exhibitors, vendors and attendees for making the convention such an awesome experience, I hope to return next year.
London Gaming & Anime Convention and the Indie Zone Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder of what’s happening this weekend (5th-6th July). I will be showing off Secret of Escape in the Indie Zone along with 9 other awesome indie game developers and their awesome indie games! Alongside us indies, there will be Capcom, Ubisoft, Namco Bandai and GAME in the gaming area! There is also lots of anime, music, TV, film and web related events as well, so it’s a weekend worth going to!
Secret of Escape – One Year On
Hello everyone! I figured it’d be the best time to announce that on this day, one year ago, I uploaded a game that I worked on for a week long game jam called the Midsummer Jam Week simply named, Secret of Escape. As such, this post is dedicated to showing how much I’ve progressed in a single year, and mention some of the significant changes made over time. A lot has changed from the day I decided to continue work on this game jam entry of mine.
Post Mortem of Under Maintenance
Under Maintenance – LD29 Jam Entry. Select the image to go to the entry page.
Here’s my post mortem for the 29th entry of Ludum Dare, also posted on the Ludum Dare forums. Enjoy!
So for this Ludum Dare, with the theme of “Beneath The Surface”, I decided to make a game where you work as a maintenance engineer who works between the streets and an underground train tunnel, this is Under Maintenance.
I wanted to get back into Ludum Dare because of how much I enjoyed LD27, however I was travelling out to see friends on Saturday so I had very little time to do a compo entry. However it didn’t stop me from working on a simple game, so I decided to put as much energy I can during my free time to bring you this busy micromanagement platformer. As such I appreciate giving your time to reading my post mortem, which includes a timelapse and tweets among other stuff and see how I managed to fit social events and my job into this Ludum Dare.
The Indies Zone: London Gaming & Anime Convention
Evening to you all!
Yes it is official, I’ll be joining up to nine other indie developers in the Indie Zone, part of the London Gaming & Anime Convention.
You can find out more about the Indie Zone here, but feel free to check out the rest of the convention too. I went there a few years back and it had several guests, and loads of fun things relating to anime, cosplay, music and of course, video games!
I’ll be showing off Secret of Escape, which has had several updates since the last time I showed it last year at the Norwich Games Expo, including this neat little update to the turrets:
More to come later on, as for now, I sense a games jam on the horizon.
#FlappyJam Entry and my view of the fiasco
In light of what has become 2014’s first phenomenon, I’m announcing my entry into the #FlappyJam, the games jam in tribute to Flappy Bird, and protest from the backlash it has gotten from being taken down. While it took me as long to make as the original game (less than three days), the story surrounding Flappy Bird made me unsure about whether I should put it up online or not. This game is Tappy Bird.
Global Games Jam 2014 and other updates
Hey everyone! Just thought I’d like to give a shoutout to all those who have been supporting me and following me on all my channels, you have no idea how much it all means to me. This also includes those who write about my stuff or make videos, I’m really thankful for the amount of effort some of you people have in showing your interest of my work.
Here’s one recent example that I’d like to show you, Gerry from MyGamesAreFun did a lets play of the first demo I did of Secret of Escape!
Don’t forget that if you want to do any writeups or videos of my games, feel free to do so and send them my way. Now onto the main part of this post, the Global Games Jam! Continue reading
GAMEPOPPER 