After quite a few months of getting the art updated and pouring over tons of design details, I’m elated to announce that the Steam page for Grapplers: Relic Rivals is now live! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2906890/Grapplers_Relic_Rivals You have no idea how much simply wishlisting the game can help! Grapplers: Relic Rivals will be releasing on Steam in summerContinue reading “Grapplers: Relic Rivals – Steam Announcement!”
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Ally Productions is Looking for a Pixel Art Generalist (Paid Contract)
Current position status: CLOSED The Position Ally Productions is looking for a 2D pixel art generalist for a short term, paid contract for Grapplers: Relic Rivals, my upcoming 2D PVP platformer with grappling hooks. All art in the game is currently temp, so your job would be updating the existing art with Real Art™, and creatingContinue reading “Ally Productions is Looking for a Pixel Art Generalist (Paid Contract)”
Grapplers: Relic Rivals – Alpha Playtest Build!
After a few months of hard work, Grapplers: Relic Rivals is ready for an alpha playtest! The alpha build can be downloaded on itch.io here. I also created a survey to gather playtest feedback. If you play the game, I’d appreciate you letting me know what you think – Good, bad, or otherwise. Keep in mind theContinue reading “Grapplers: Relic Rivals – Alpha Playtest Build!”
Untitled PVP Grapple Game – First Playable Playtest Build!
Work on my indie game – a 2D PVP platformer with grappling hooks – has been going extremely well lately! So well, in fact, that I’m ready to invite people to playtest the first playable build! Much of the game is still being stood up, so the gameplay is a little bare-bones, but I findContinue reading “Untitled PVP Grapple Game – First Playable Playtest Build!”
Random Generation Done Right
We can design better randomly generated spaces in games. Here’s how.
Hogwarts Legacy Launch
I’m a tad late in writing this post, but Hogwarts Legacy has launched! I worked on the game for roughly a year very early in development. I worked remotely with folks at Avalanche Software on side missions, and helped them develop some of their mission tech and structure. I was also very fortunate to getContinue reading “Hogwarts Legacy Launch”
Postmortem: The Lost Ziggurat of Nephthys
In case you haven’t been following along, The Lost Ziggurat of Nephthys is a 2D platformer that focuses on a grapple hook mechanic that I developed for a game jam with some friends – The Megaman Game Jam. I’m constantly looking for ways to growth as a developer and learn from my mistakes, so IContinue reading “Postmortem: The Lost Ziggurat of Nephthys”
Open Ocean
For the past six months, I’ve been working on an indie game in GameMaker Studio 2. In two weeks, on Tuesday, June 11, Open Ocean will release on Steam! This is my first indie game, so I decided to make a small game with a big message, and while it’s not the most fun gameContinue reading “Open Ocean”
37% Unplayed Podcast
Some fellow game developer friends and I created a podcast called 37% Unplayed! We’re a bunch of nerds that talk about video games and game design – If you’re interested in either of those topics, you should give us a listen! Blubrry iTunes Stitcher Twitter Facebook YouTube
Eight Button Game (Unity)
I was bored one day, so I decided to make the eight button from The Stanley Parable in Unity. My remake of the eight button game is chock-full of exciting game play that will keep you occupied for hours on end! You can download and play the web version here: EightButtonGame Or simply watch the extremelyContinue reading “Eight Button Game (Unity)”
Paul Kankiewicz 