Author / Bossy-Austin
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Making a strange little video essay
Link to the video essay here. I’ve released my first video essay on the strange and surreal RPG OFF. What was my process, and what things have I learned to take into…
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OFF – The Fear of Impurity and the Masque of Red Death
‘I have a sacred mission to fulfill. I must purify the world.’ OFF is a French RPG created in 2007 by Mortis Ghost, with an incredible soundtrack by Alias Conrad Coldwood. It’s…
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Devlog #4: An art director with 0 art skills
As a gamedev who does everything except art, how do I make sure my game ends up not just pretty, but uses the best style to sell the experience?
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More indie devs should be making roguelites
Making a case for indies using the Roguelite formula to make better games.
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Steal This Idea: Hungry Horde
A real-time strategy game where what you feed your army of mini monsters changes them in strategic ways.
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You have never seen something truly alien
Horror games, more than any other genre, restrict information from the player. They’ll leave you contemplating which abandoned hospital room has a healing kit, how close the monster stalking you has gotten,…
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Devlog #3: People Make Games
Much of my life was spent in school doing STEM- filling my brain with science, math, and analytics. Long days spent in chemistry labs, long nights practicing physics problems (which were particularly…
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Devlog #2: Make what you know
How does genre fit into choosing what game to make?
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Harnessing Static- working on the Main Menu theme for Cryohazard
My approach to creating a main theme to fit Cryohazard’s bleak and dystopian main menu.
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Devlog #1: Get out of the pit
It’s dark. You don’t know what the best path forward is, and the walls to get out feel almost impossible to climb. You’re at a standstill- slamming your head against the wall…
