Christine Love is an indie game developer who works out of the same office that I do (Bento Miso in Toronto). She’s known for her visual novel “Analogue: A Hate Story,” available on Steam. The continuation of that game, Hate Plus, is coming August 19th. I edited the trailer for it, so here it is:… Continue reading Hate Plus Trailer
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Mother’s Instinct – Celtic track
This weekend, DMG Toronto held Mother, May I Jam at Bento Miso. Though I’ve done quite a few game jams in the past, this was my first time acting as an audio float (I didn’t have any specific team). I had the pleasure of working with Leisha Riddel again, as well as Beth Maher, and… Continue reading Mother’s Instinct – Celtic track
Break+Pads – Ambient Electronic track for Attract Mode
Attract mode came to Toronto during TCAF and held Comics VS Games 2, and held a gallery event at Bento Miso. I was fortunate enough to be a part of it, and after the fact I produced a montage video wrap-up for them. Of course, I wrote a track to go along with it. (The story behind… Continue reading Break+Pads – Ambient Electronic track for Attract Mode
Spellirium Preorder Announcement
First things first, go HERE and support Spellirium. Today is a big announcement for Untold Entertainment and for me, too! After five years of development, their new game Spellirium is available for preorder today. If you support for the project, not only do you get a release copy when it’s finished, but you can play… Continue reading Spellirium Preorder Announcement
Make it Count – now on iOS
I’m going to Make it Count I am happy to announce that Nick Ng-A-Fook‘s game Make It Count is now available, free for a limited time, on iTunes. You can check it out here. You tap on number tiles adjacent to each other in sequence to make as long of a chain as possible, with level… Continue reading Make it Count – now on iOS
NextEstroGEN Episode 1 release!
Recently I wrote a chiptune hair metal track (yes, that’s a real thing) for a new Youtube series called NextEstroGEN… and that series has now launched! It’s a let’s play series BY GIRLS! Real girls playing games, you guys. Join Rosemary and Leisha in episode one of NextEstroGEN as they take on Nintendoland. You can… Continue reading NextEstroGEN Episode 1 release!
Knife Fight – Toronto Global Game Jam
I had the pleasure of working once again with Jonathan Levstein, and another 9story artist friend of ours, Pablo Nilo. Much like our previous game AdventureWare, this game was put together in Construct2, exporting for the web in HTML5. Here’s the story behind our Knife Fight Game. Obviously we didn’t follow the jam theme of… Continue reading Knife Fight – Toronto Global Game Jam
Gamercamp 2012
Gamercamp is a conference held each year in Toronto, bringing together a wide range of game creators, collaborators and supporters for two days of sessions. The sessions vary from talks, to panels, interactive workshops, free play times, early game demos and test sessions. It’s really great to see interaction between different disciplines – I saw… Continue reading Gamercamp 2012
Digifest: Toronto’s Digital Media Festival
If you’re at all involved in the professional interactive media industry in Toronto, chances are you’ve at least heard of Toronto Digifest. This year it’s running October 18-20 at the Corus building. The conference is a hub for media developers that is divided into three streams: feel – feeling the interaction hack – hacking how… Continue reading Digifest: Toronto’s Digital Media Festival
AdventureWare: featured in Wired Magazine
Or, alternate title: AdventureWare Postmortem!? A couple days after the Adventure Time Game Jam, I got an email from Wired Magazine contributor Ryan Rigney asking me for my impressions or some stories on how the jam went. I consulted with my AdventureWare teammates Jonathan Levstein (design/code) and Stephen Daymond, and wrote an email back. Little… Continue reading AdventureWare: featured in Wired Magazine