Burrowing heroes, cozy cities, and shape-based deckbuilding
Hello friends. I am barely back from a whirlwind week of press appointments and booth building for the always excellent BitSummit event! We had a nice little booth up on...
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Cozy moon bases, rundown record stores, and neon beat downs
Hello everyone! We're dropping the dispatch a little early this week, mostly because I am ahead of the curve after a hectic Golden Week holiday. Due to the aforementioned vacation,...
Robot Cowboys, LEGO death machines, and FMV Solitaire
Happy Friday everyone! This week I’ve been hitting two games consistently whenever I have free time. Strangely enough my brain has decided that the best way to deal with the...
Battle Cats, Found Footage, and theater kid energy
Hello everyone! Things are getting absolutely mental right now. Our son just started nursery school, AWAYSIS is getting ready for submission which means we have a metric truckload of bugs...
Typing royale, paranormal investigators, and a colourful shooter
Why hello there! It's been a minute, huh? Since the last dispatch I've been and returned from TGX in Melbourne, Australia. I've caught a chest infection and recovered. My son...
Slaying the Spire with friends, emotional platformers, and a colourful update for a very good Playdate game
Happy Friday! As Steam Next Fest wraps up, I am furiously packing up for a quick 7 day jaunt down to my old stomping ground of Melbourne, Australia to attend The Game Expo with 17-BIT and AWAYSIS. I haven’t been home in… checks calendar… seven years. Wow. Time keeps marching forward. I wonder if any of my favourite cafes and pubs are still open. That’s neither here nor there, but all of this is to…
Hiring adventures, dicey roguelites, and avenging cats
Hello friends, and welcome to another Indie Dispatch. Last week we launched out Next Fest demo, and now I am preparing for a seemingly never-ending slew of events, so I’ve been tired. I haven’t played that much, and I certainly haven’t been playing any of the cool indies that have hit Next Fest that I do want to check out before it ends. Instead I have been curling up on the couch for 30 minute…
Demon platformers, battle golf, and a couple of dice
Hey folks! First of all, big apologies for any spelling errors, and nonsensical musings in this newsletter. I am running on approximately 2.5 hours of sleep due to our game AWAYSIS being featured in Indie Fan Fest. Getting into these showcases is great for any developer, you need all the help you can to get in order to drive those wishlists, and hopefully sales on launch day. The one thing that…
Tactical cats, undercover aliens, and lunar mayors
I am sitting here late on Friday night, exhausted from a week of intense work and battling the flu. Despite the tiredness, there is a ridiculous smile on my face because I also have managed to sink a few hours into Mewgenics, and I am not going to lie, that has been an incredibly good time.
Frontier Warfare, Feminist Punk Rockers, and Simplified Tactics
Hello folks, and welcome to another dispatch! I hope that this week has been treating you well. I have been absolutely S L A M M E D at work with our Steam Next Fest build, all while I am staring down the barrel of DICE, GDC, PAX East, TGX, Indie Fan Fest, and The MIX planning. Who thought it was a great idea to put so many events back to back in March? Can I sleep now?
Reaching the summit, ghost hotels, and horrific roots
Hello everyone! I can’t believe it is Friday already. This week I have been hard at work on a new trailer fro the game I am currently working on, alongside getting our Steam Next Fest demo prepped. For all those indie teams out there doing the same - make sure you look after yourselves! It’s an incredibly stressful time, so just make sure you take a few moments every day to try and de-stress and…
Minesweeper janitors, Dwarven armies, and good ole LORT
Hello friends, and welcome to the new Indie Dispatch website. It’s a bit rough right now - Patrick and I were planning to be launching this in a few months once we had some more time to get things like, you know, logos and branding together. However, the revelation that we lost the Pixels for Breakfast YouTube channel (more on that later), we decided to sake “screw it”, and decided to go early!
The moon is missing, a plague is on the loose, and murders swamp Hollywood
The best indies you should be playing this weekend. Hello everyone and welcome to the first Indie Dispatch of the year. The tail end of last year was pretty hectic. Many of you know that I am currently working on an upcoming video game called AWAYSIS, and leading into the holiday season we were very busy locking down our beta build for submission to platform holders. That meant a lot of late…