Overgrowth Volunteer Orchestra Post-Mortem
May 3rd, 2018
Overgrowth Arrangement Post-Mortem Written by Mikko Tarmia and Anton Riehl Introduction It’s always interesting to try new things, so during the Overgrowth’s development process we had this idea of having Wolfire’s community to contribute their musical talent for the game’s upcoming soundtrack album. So we started working on an arrangement based on the game’s main ...
Hammerfight Design Tour
August 2nd, 2011
Most of my changes this week were behind the scenes, so I'm taking a week off from the alpha video. However, I did make another design tour video, this time for Hammerfight: Be sure to watch it in HD! Hammerfight is included in the Humble Indie Bundle #3, if you'd like to buy it. There's also a ...
Cogs Design Tour
July 30th, 2011
David has created another design tour analyzing the classic indie title Cogs. In his design tours, David points out game design details that make different games stand out. Cogs is an innovative, steampunk, sliding puzzle game which is in the Humble Indie Bundle 3. Be sure to watch it in HD! I've definitely passed through a solid phase of ...
Humble Bundle 2 Design Tour
December 20th, 2010
For the last year or so I've been hoping to bring back the design tour series, but this time I wanted to try focusing on specific design details instead of full reviews. The Humble Bundle 2 seemed like the perfect way to test that idea! Here is my design tour where I touch on my favorite aspects of the ...
Aquaria design tour
January 2nd, 2009
The last post had many design tour requests, so I picked one of the most popular for this week. Sorry it took so long; it's a long game! This is the fourth design tour, and it is about Aquaria by Bit Blot. Be sure to click here to watch it in HD! Press the triangle button for captions (download ...
Gish design tour
December 15th, 2008
This third design tour is about Gish by Cryptic Sea. Be sure to click here to watch this in HD! Press the triangle button for captions (download transcript) I asked Edmund McMillen (co-creator of Gish) what he thought, and he said, "I thought it was a well thought out critique of the things that made Gish an important indie game ...
Knytt Stories design tour
December 9th, 2008
I just finished my second design tour video, this time about Knytt Stories. Since it doesn't use hardware acceleration I had to use my video camera to record it at a consistent framerate, so I apologize for the slight lens distortion! Be sure to click here watch it in HD! Press the triangle button for captions (download transcript) I ...