(Shout-out to every software developer who ever inherited a legacy project, took one look at it, and decided “I should rewrite all of this because I don’t like how it looks right now.”)
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Posts about game development and/or design. Board games, video games, maybe even card games.
I hope I talk about card games eventually. I’d love to design a card game.
First, let’s answer a question that’s been hanging in the back of everyone’s minds for the entire year: Yes, I can!
It’s been an extremely busy month, for more reasons than I can say. I mean that literally. Lawyers are involved. And not in the fun way, where you’re applying for copyright protections for a creative project or whatever. I mean in the bad way, where you’re helping a loved one through a real rough time. Hopefully I’ll be able to talk about it in a few months. In the meantime though, here’s all the actual project updates you’re here for:
Continue readingThis was a really good month for getting things done.
Continue readingI want a competitive multiplayer platformer. I’ve wanted one for as long as I can remember. A Mario-esque game with a battle mode where you can jump on your opponent to defeat them, just like with any other Goomba- or Koopa-esque monster. But, your opponent can jump on you too, so you need to evade them while trying to hit them first!
I’ve been gaming for decades now, all the way back to Pokémon Red and Blue on my GameBoy Color. I also had Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on that GameBoy, and that was where my love for platformers began. I’ve played most of the “core” Super Mario games since then—64, Galaxy, Odyssey, and so on. And at some point in those early years—maybe after the hundredth Goomba stomped, maybe after the thousandth—the idea of it being a human opponent struck me and never let me go.
Continue readingThis month was kind of a mess.
Continue readingAnother month, another monthly update. Let’s just jump right into it.
Continue readingLast month I posted a June 2023 Update, so this month, I thought I’d do a follow-up and officially turn monthly updates into an ongoing thing. Especially since this July has been the most productive month I’ve had in a long time.
Continue readingAs if I didn’t already have enough projects and hobbies on my plate.
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