A short list of short games to check out!
Music, Mario, and a trip to In-N-Out.
Day of the Devs, GDC, and some progress on the demo.
Iโll just look at my toolkit and think, โwhat can I do with this?โ
The Rubik's Cube, The Toaster Project, and A New Boku
Understanding the impact of minimalist design.
Building out the framework and creating logic for Sad Land's opening area.
Pushing development forward over a long weekend and putting the 'sad' in Sad Land.
Recounting my year of diving deep into 50 new retro-inspired games and everything that came with it.
Exploring the rural Japanese seaside of August 1975 on the PlayStation 2.
A postmortem for hosting and designing a Survivor-themed party.
Dwarf Fortress, A Christmas Story, and how combat can be more than just combat.
A trip to PAX EAST and some work in progress.
What makes a good eyecatching location?
"Something is happening down this way, and youโre going to like it."
The step-by-step process I used to get some little guys dancing.
A collection of mini-writeups to start the year off right.
A trip to BostonFIG and some progress on my annual holiday card design.
What inspires us? What shapes us?
What can Steven Spielberg's blocking and screen composition teach us about keeping the player's attention?
"Thirsting for the way to name the unnamable, to express the inexpressible."
Is Main Street, U.S.A. Disneyland's tutorial stage? Sure, why not?
An exploration of environmental design and the downside of fast-travel systems.
A guided tour through the remains of Hyrule by way of Rome.
The real historic background of a fictional kingdom.
A reflection on iteration followed by a deep dive into why NES games are particularly hard.
What does Castlevania (NES) and The Great British Baking Show have in common?
A glimpse under the hood of simple movement and the importance of getting it just right.
From Mario Kart 64 to The Magic School Bus, friction presents itself in many different ways.
Why did the dated hardware of the Game Boy outperform its competitors? What are the limitations that give it its signature aesthetics?
An introductory newsletter for my game Sad Land (an in-development, retro-inspired, non-violent Zelda-like).
