New horizons
Been a hot minute since my last post. This time is very different. It's alarmingly dangerous, yet has potential in changing my life forever. This is...
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My worst nightmare became true
There's so much to say that I don't even know where to begin. Took me a few days to come to terms with this post as I’ve been debating whether to...
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Made yet another game jam project, this time people downloaded it
In a limbo really, so actually did 2 jam projects back to back most recently, but the first one was for private (mostly). Thought the first one had...
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Deep Sea Claustrophobia goes free (a late postmortem?)
Late news, but I've decided to drop the price for the game and let it go for free (link to file). It's been a long time coming to drop the EA price...
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Almost funded but not quite, designing and some interactive fiction │ Falterstone prototype #7
I’ve managed to land almost an hour long video call with a VC, and for a brief moment it seemed things are going great. Also going to talk a bit...
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Bringing you up to speed │ Falterstone prototype #6
What has happened since last time and where did the project go? Quite the ordeal actually, which I wanted to share with everyone because the last...
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Why social impact is the future of gaming and isn’t a bogeyman to be afraid of
It’s like a Pavlovian response that’s driving the video game industry, because the moment someone mentions “merit”, “value” or “impact” eyes are...
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No more grip
Welp, after several months more, the end has truly come for me and my self-proclaimed gamedev career. I just received two more rejections in short...
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Chasing the crumbs
Continuing from last time, because I managed to stumble upon a few interesting bits while I tried to save it all (my career and a project, either one...
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The audacity of a man
This blog is the continuation of my latest “series” on what could be described as "trying to save one’s career” (playlist). We’ll talk about what has...
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Can we bring back the dead? Not this one, the other one!
So I decided to make a short follow-up video to my last one, as things started to get ridiculous. It's not just I had to stop my project, but my...
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Sharing the realities of being a solo dev of 5 years
Thought to share what I've experienced as a solo dev over the years in the industry and what it felt chasing after publishers over and over. Some of...
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Newsletter 19.06.25 and previous updates
DSC newsletter about starting to work on a procedural terrain generator and expanding a bit more on the story of the industry from the previous...
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Build update recap and marketing adventures
Marketing still presents a massive, seemingly insurmountable challenge for this project, even though on paper I should know better (after 5ish years...
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Pushing out Deep Sea Claustrophobia into Early Access
Sample gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WYNgoWc9UwIt's been a while, almost a year since my last post. My last project was that de facto...
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Minecarts and rocks │Falterstone prototype release #5
Keeping up with the newfound tradition, I’ve split the devlog into two parts. One is a 23 min. long video talking about design and what made it and...
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This could render XP progressions obsolete!
This is a continuation of a devlog series for a prototype. For those who prefer video devlogs, here’s the Youtube version for you (long form). The...
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Waterfalls and Ghosts│ Falterstone prototype release #4
It still takes a lot of time. Prototype or not. And compared to the last updates, this one is way more moderate.Last time we've left of with the...
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Pixies, runes and magic │Falterstone prototype release #3
Coming up late with the updates on this website, and only now managed to get a moment or two to post. So here we go.Few months ago, well more than a...
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Will the ice melt?│Crún devlog #3
First of all, would like to start by saying a big thank you to the dozen or so people who joined this project on the many platforms it was shown; you...
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