Game Career Guide 2015 ➔
Well, now that we’re back and pointing out things like that we’ll be at BitSummit this weekend, might as well go the whole hog and mention that Mathew wrote a cool article for this year’s Game Career Guide from Gamasutra, called “Starting A Company: Giving It (And You) The Best Chance To Survive.” It’s (more or less) a tighter version of the micro post-mortem he gave at GDC 2015, but if you don’t have 40 minutes to give up for that, or you just like reading or something (what a nerd) it’s right at the start of the magazine so you don’t even have to flip that many pdf pages to get to it.
Anyway, it’s full of probably controversial wisdom for starting an indie game studio, but it was all true for us. Enjoy!
As we are, like, the worst at keeping this website (or our Twitter, or our Facebook) updated, you haven’t heard from us for a while. Again. However, here we are again to tell you that on the off-chance you happen to be a person living in, or visiting Kyoto on July 11th and 12th, you can play Knight & Damsel at BitSummit, the Kyoto Indie Games Festival that’s held at Kyoto International Exhibition Hall Miyakomesse! We’ll be there as part of the Indie MEGABOOTH along with pals like Action Button (Videoball) and Necrosoft (Gunsport.) Hurrah!
More details when we have ‘em—and also possibly a Japanese language post on this, which would probably be useful.
Come play Knight & Damsel as part of The Bit Bazaar’s first-ever tournament arcade tomorrow at Bento Miso! We’ll be running a Knight & Damsel tournament between 5pm to 7pm, with pre-registration available here. Hopefully see you there!
In our grand tradition of unseasonal teasers, here’s the Fantasmal Forest teaser for our upcoming “uncooperative” local multiplayer title Knight & Damsel!
Previous teasers:
Malignant Mountain
Dire Dungeon
GDC Vault - Micro Postmortems ➔
In sort of a last-minute fashion our founder Mathew Kumar was invited to do a Micro Postmortem at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference as part of the Game Career Seminar, and it’s now available, free for all, on the GDC Vault.
A “post-natal” of the formation of MK-ULTRA Games, it’s full of lots of sorta dry business tips for anyone looking to form their own game studio, even if it’s just a small shop with a few collaborators! However it’s delivered in Mathew’s, uh, fast and hopefully charmingly sweary fashion, so it’s probably not that boring. Check it out if you’re interested!
(And stick around for the following two micro postmortems, covering Catacomb Kids and #IDARB! They’re good!)
Just in time for spring, it’s the wintery Malignant Mountain teaser for Knight & Damsel. Who will rescue the other with avalanches and bear-traps to contend with? The players decide!
Knight & Damsel is an “uncooperative” local multiplayer game for two players coming to OUYA this spring. We’ll be posting more teasers, so be sure to follow and check back regularly!
(See the original teaser, Dire Dungeon, here.)
Man! We’ve been quiet for a long time, eh? Well, to reward you for your patience, here’s the first of our level teaser trailers!
Plus! If you happen to be at the Game Developer’s Conference, we’ll be showing Knight and Damsel at the Ontario booth, #503, at GDC Play between 12 and 2 p.m., so come by and try it out!
Knight & Damsel will be at this year’s Spookade, a Halloween fund-raiser for Dames Making Games! It’s not actually a horror-themed game, but we’ve got a spooky forest level (which you might have seen demoed at this year’s Indiecade or Gamercamp?) that’s a perfect fit (not to mention that several members of the team also members of DMG.) As well as Knight and Damsel, there’ll be:
- A popup arcade of 20+ horror-themed multiplayer games — from international studios like Double Fine and Power Hoof to locals Asteroid Base and Drinkbox Studios.
- Local craft brewery Liberty Village Brewing Company pouring a spooky-themed beer, Gosebuster!
- Mnandi Pies serving up hot Zimbabwean meat pies.
- Raffle prizes, game tournaments, candy, costumes and more.
Consider checking it out on Friday, October 31, 2014, starting at 7:00pm, at Bento Miso, 862 Richmond Street West.
neomonki:
Hey guys! Just one more preview of BUTTS. A collaborative zine about cats and their butts. It’s finally just about ready for printing so I figure I can finally show a few more sneak peaks and the list of contributing artists!
Come by Canzine, November 1st at 918 Bathurst St. and pick up a copy for $10. All profits going to the Annex Cat Rescue in Toronto!
Our excellent UI designer and artist-type Noreen Rana has a zine she’s releasing this November! It’s all about cat butts! There are loads of great collaborators! (click through to see them all.) All profits go to a cat rescue! You should go to Canzine and get it!
Don’t live near Los Angeles nor plan to take the trip there in mid-October? Do you perhaps live closer to Toronto or plan to take a trip there… also in mid-October?
Fantastic news! Not only is the brilliant festival Gamercamp happening, we’ll also be there showing Knight & Damsel as part of the pop-up arcade! Passes start at $15 and the event takes place at Hotel Ocho in downtown Toronto between the 17-19th of October. Hope to see you there!