A lot of Christians claim that the Bible is what they base all of their beliefs on, because it is the perfect manual for behaviour given to us directly by God. Let’s ignore the fact that most Christians have never actually read anything more than select passages, usually without any …
I spent most of today creating the intro and tutorial for Catroidvania: Communist Space Cats of Venus, and man, it was fun. I wasn’t going to post this screenshot (I want to keep some secrets, and stuff is always likely to change), but I just can’t help wanting to share …
A primitive test level from Catroidvania: Communist Space Cats of Venus. The tiles and sprites are from the actual game, but the real levels will look quite different (as will the interface, barely present here). But yeah, this is happening. And I like it.
Everything’s back to normal! Well, not exactly, but the site has moved to a shiny new server, so yay. The not-quite-normal part is that I had two of my wisdom teeth removed on Friday, and can now barely function. (Today is my fifth day of eating nothing but semi-liquid mush. …
He’s behind you! No, wait. Ah. Damn. I thought it was a man made of nipples, but of course it’s not. What a stupid idea. I don’t know how I could think such a thing. It’s clearly a rabbit made of cactuses. If you’ve been tearing at your hair, flogging …
I’ve just rediscovered a quotation that you could say defines the way I live and speak: I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, …
On Thursday we drove to Kassel to attend Spielsalon, an exhibition dedicated to “author games,” which included Alphaland. The drive took much longer than the internet had told us, but we still managed to get there before the exhibition actually opened up. I didn’t really know what to expect, so …
The Indie Games Channel website has posted an interview with me. Apparently I say various things in it.
The previous post was not meant to sound like I’m giving up. I’m not. I’m pissed off and disappointed, but I’m not giving up. Anyway, I’ve updated the projects page a little, also adding a couple of sub-pages. More will be added later.
Sometimes I wonder whether there’s any point to it at all. I work hard, I write stories that move audiences and that mean something to people, I bring out stuff that keeps getting fanmail for years after its release… and it doesn’t mean anything. I keep wanting to tell myself …
