November

Finally laying down the foundations of the next thing - another game in a different genre, using the Forsaken Edge setting.

I wrote one last thing about Forsaken Denizen here.

October and IFComp 2024

Forsaken Denizen placed 3rd out of 67 in IFComp 2024! That's an outstanding result for a very strong field of competitors...

I've thrown it up on Itch.io here and updated my Neocities page with all the relevant links.

I may have some more to say about this game - and the next one(!) - at some point, but as ever, I'll be pootling along at my own pace.

September

Welp, the IFComp 2024 games have been released and my latest work is one of them.

https://ifcomp.org/ballot#entry-2946

(Note that this link probably won't work after the competition is over.)

I have an itch.io page ready to go for it, but I'm going to hold off until after the judging period.

See you at the Event Horizon, denizen...

August

I've been busy updating my game in response to tester transcripts, which has made me feel a bit more confident about this project... at least until I ran face first into the limitations of the platform again...

It seems I may have reached the limit of what I can add to this thing, which hopefully is a good point to start wrapping it up.

July

Fellow denizens!

Well, it's beta testing time. While I wait for transcripts to come in, I've been working on a few supplemental materials.

I've also been chucking my thoughts on the survival horror games I've been playing on my Tumblr under this tag. I'll probably stick it somewhere else as well once I'm done.

And IFComp intents to enter are opening now, so I'd better get on that as well...

June

Greetings from Forsaken Edge!

I've worked through my "to do" list and all that's left is the hint system... which I am currently working on, honest, even though it's always my least favourite thing to do.

After that I need to do some testing by myself and then with any willing victims volunteers. And then I guess it's done. Do I want to enter it into IFComp? The timings might be lining up, I guess, but I also often feel conflicted between wanting to show my weird little things to people and wanting to hide in a cave and never be observed.

In other news, I'm considering making something for Neo-Twiny Jam 2024. And Scavengers Reign is on Netflix now, and if you don't watch it this weird little frog creature will find you and do psychic crimes at you (do NOT feed the weird little frog creature).

The Simuloid Affair: Infinite Possibilities

Last night I got sidetracked into making a joke game for the REALLY BAD IF Jam.

If you play it, please forgive me.