When I was about nine (give or take a year) some cable channel or other was re-running the 1990 It mini-series over the course of a week leading up to Halloween. My mom hadn’t seen it since in released the first time and thought it would be fun family TV. Now this might be horrifying… Continue reading I Hate the Book It, but Love the Mini-series
I’ll make two strong statements regarding how we label our favorite books: 1. Genres are made up marketing terms. 2. Genres are an integral element in how we navigate the the reading and literary landscape. The nature of language where all things are made up, in the end, makes both these things true and addressable… Continue reading Dune is a Science Fiction Novel and You’re NOT ALLOWED to Fight About It
This week, Ayu decided to extend the submission period to April 14th. While we're not going to be taking that long to release, one of the artists did need some extra time due to Covid-related shenanigans. So the tentative release will be April 3rd. Now the fun part is that the game is at this… Continue reading NaNoRenO Check in Week 4
What a freaking WEEK, huh? That being said. If It Had to Perish Twice is trucking along pretty okay. All the writing is done. Most of the art is done (waiting on one more background and sprite), and all the variable mapping is done. Now I'm at the point where I'm actually getting the game… Continue reading NaNoRenO 2020 Three Week Check In
I intended to have one of these up after the first week, but what a week it was! That being said, how are we doing at week 2, roughly the half way mark. Before the start of the jam, I was super lucky to be able to bring in a sprite artist, a background artist,… Continue reading NaNoRenO 2020 Two Week Check In
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