Overgrowth Alpha Video #3
November 16th, 2010
We are trying out a new weekly Overgrowth alpha format! David himself took some time to illustrate the traditional changelog in video form. Don't forget that you can help support us, try out our weekly alphas (such as the one in the video), and chat with other preorderers in the Secret Preorder Forum by preordering Overgrowth. Be sure to ...
Wolfire's talk about Overgrowth at Fantastic Fest
November 11th, 2010
Back in September, Aubrey and I attended a conference in Austin, Texas called Fantastic Fest. When we announced that we would be giving a presentation there, many of you asked us to record it. Well, it turns out that James and Lisanne from BlinkWorks managed to record the whole presentation, and kindly made it available to us! If the name ...
Overgrowth Alpha Video #2
November 9th, 2010
We are trying out a new weekly Overgrowth alpha format! David himself took some time to illustrate the traditional changelog in video form. Don't forget that you can help support us, try out our weekly alphas (such as the one in the video), and chat with other preorderers in the Secret Preorder Forum by preordering Overgrowth. Be sure to ...
More Foley sounds
November 7th, 2010
It's been almost a month since my last post about Foley sounds in Overgrowth, so I thought I would give an update! If you're not familiar with the term, Foley sounds are simple but precise sound effects which bring life to physical interactions like footsteps, rubbing cloth, and falling bodies. In that first test there were only sounds ...
YouTube Beard Drive Update
November 5th, 2010
Two days ago we started a YouTube subscriber drive to coincide with the shaving of my 2-year development beard. I pledged that if we could get to 5,000 subscribers in two weeks, I would live stream the shaving of the beard. After only two days of the promotion we've already broken 5,000 and this video below is ...
Top 5 old school games that still need "next-gen" remakes
November 4th, 2010
There are still some cool old school games that, amazingly enough, have not been remade to cash in on people's nostalgia. Here are my top 5 picks for old school games that could still be milked, along with concept art for what the remakes could look like. #5. Rastan While there were many fantasy platformers in the late 80 ...
The Beard Ultimatum
November 3rd, 2010
If you're new to Wolfire, you might not have heard about the scraggly undergrowth I've accumulated beneath my chin in honor of Overgrowth. When we were first starting work on Overgrowth, I made a vow not to shave my beard beard until the foundation of our game's combat system was implemented. Over the course of our development ...