tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39627131995801734742024-03-18T02:14:39.564-07:00Misfits AtticMature games for immature gamersTim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-39905671557366858302015-10-22T10:56:00.000-07:002015-10-22T11:03:02.829-07:00Duskers Halloween Costume ContestIt's that spooky time of year again! We're having fun adding a few frightening surprises to Duskers for Halloween (coming next week!) and thought that you may enjoy doing so as well. So we created this Costume Contest!<br />
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Create a creepy Duskers Steam avatar, either on your own or using <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1fs7vg8l6sjhx88/Duskers_Halloween_Templates.zip?dl=0" target="_blank">THESE TEMPLATES</a> (.png images with and without BG, and .psd with layers). Post your creation to the <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/app/254320/images/" target="_blank">Steam Forum as artwork</a> and we'll pick the most popular ones to add to our current <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/254320/Avatar/List" target="_blank">Duskers Steam Avatars</a> :)<br />
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For those who have been with us since the beginning, this is simillar to what we did with the A Virus Named TOM <a href="http://www.misfitsattic.blogspot.com/2012/12/vote-for-your-holiday-tom-avatars.html" target="_blank">Holiday TOM Avatars</a>, but spoooookier!!<br />
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MUAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-796223840317109912014-08-06T09:18:00.004-07:002014-08-06T09:18:48.069-07:00How Duskers Became a Thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN">I stood out in the Double Fine parking lot, on
the phone with my wife Holly, somewhat dazed and confused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">"I just got an email from Ron"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">"Yeah?..."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">"It looks like we have enough money. Holy
#$%*"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">There are 2 things to note here. #1 I'm at Double
Fine, who for some reason, let me work out of their office space despite only
having backed Broken Age at the $15 tier. #2 I just got my game funded by a
bunch of amazing and successful indies. Maybe if you're not me, indies funding
indies doesn't seem all that amazing. We've seen the awesome of Indie Fund time
and again. For me, being an Indie Funded game would be amazing. What blows my
mind is that this happened after Indie Fund said no...ish, and that they were
only one of ten signatures that ended up making Duskers possible. So how does
either #1 or 2 above make any sense? I purport that the simple answer to both
of these is that indies are astoundingly great at helping one another, show me
an indie dev and I'll show you a plethora of indies that helped them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Struggle. In a word that's what indies do. Don't
get me wrong, we all signed up for it. In the balance of life it seems
warranted. You get to make the video games you want to make, interact with fans
who love playing them, and get paid (eventually... maybe), and in exchange, you
struggle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Earlier this year I decided to give everyone on
my team a Holiday Bonus. I did this because I knew <a href="http://www.misfitsattic.com/" target="_blank">Misfits Attic</a> was close to
going under. This may seem odd, but understanding that I pay my team horribly
may help. I figured that if the day came when we ran out of money, I'd have
rather taken those last month’s expenses and put them in the pockets of the
people whose sweat had made everything possible. Just a few months later that
day had come, and I told my small team I couldn't pay them going forward. That
didn't seem to stop them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">It's not that contract work is the end of the
world, or even working without pay. Holly and I funded <a href="http://www.avirusnamedtom.com/" target="_blank">A Virus Named TOM</a> with
our savings account. And the first half of it was in my night and weekends
while I was working at DreamWorks. But that had taken its toll on my family. I
don't like having to work when I could be chasing my 3 year old daughter around
as zombie Spider-Man. No child should go without zombie Spider-Man. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">As an indie you convince yourself that everything
will be fine after you launch. After A Virus Named TOM launched... we still struggled.
The game continued to make enough for us to keep the lights on, but only
barely, and always only for the next few months. It felt like we were
constantly sinking, and each time before we drowned a piece of driftwood would
come along and save us for a time: a bundle, a sale, etc. Holly was rightfully
reticent about starting another game without knowing how we’d fund it, but I realized
that as an indie you just have to run towards a cliff, having faith that you'll
be able to get the next section of bridge in place by the time you get there.
So using TIG Jam as an excuse, I started our next game: <a href="http://www.duskers.misfits-attic.com/" target="_blank">Duskers</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Maybe it wasn’t chance that I made a game about survival
and being alone in the dark. Duskers was about piloting drones into derelict
spaceships in a universe that had become a giant graveyard. But it was also
about gritty tech that broke down, isolation, and adapting to survive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Perhaps it was knowing how uncertain things were,
and that this could be my last game, a game that I possibly didn't finish.
Whatever the reason, I stopped compromising my game design with worries about
how I would sell the game, or how I would fund it. On the contrary, I actually
somewhat delighted in making decisions that I felt would get me laughed out of a
pitch to publisher: A command line interface, avoiding combat, manually
controlling individual units in an RTS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">What's ironic, is then needing to get said game
funded...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">If you’ve watched my silly <a href="http://youtu.be/iMQeRNHK0yg?list=PLWHgLfDKHMzyW5kPAMZ737HUXmoNapDTi" target="_blank">puppet videos</a> you'll know I'm not a huge fan of pitching to publishers. I was emailing around
to find out what publishers indies might recommend working with when Ron Carmel
asked me why I was seeking publishers. He encouraged me to submit to Indie
Fund, which I had planned on, but felt my odds were about as good as getting my
game funded by Indie Fund. I recalled Andy Schatz hinting to me about a magical
land where indies outside of Indie Fund were interested in funding games. I
brought that up, and Ron said this land existed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">So I put together a build of Duskers, put my
designer-esque pitch into <a href="http://youtu.be/atIJZQjefh4?list=PLWHgLfDKHMzy_jZFDOu7nz1ZpeVoic8Mz" target="_blank">video form</a>, and shipped it off. After a bit of
deliberation I was informed that Indie Fund wasn't willing to take on Duskers.
This I expected. They felt it was in too early a state and the budget was a bit
high... but they'd put up some money if it meant the difference between Duskers
being made or not. This I did not expect. Wait what? Add to this the fact that Ron, who had
reached out to help me, and brought the game to the group in the first place,
said he'd be willing to pony up a chunk of his personal money to see the game
made. I was blown away, these guys really wanted to help. Now I just needed to
figure out how to fill the rest of the budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">At this point I assumed I had to somehow pound
the pavement, like a traveling pitch man trying to get investment around town.
Just, instead of publishers I'd be pitching to other indies? I'd never really
done this before, so I went over to the one place in town that had helped me
from the day I launched the beta of A Virus Named TOM on my website with a
humble widget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">If you've never met Jeff Rosen or John Graham,
find a way. For a pair of guys that took a humble bundle and turned it into a
mutli-million dollar operation, they still seem... well humble (sorry). I
genuinely feel they just want to help indies succeed, and play Starcraft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Jeff dug Duskers and told me he'd be interested
in chipping in. Holly and I spent the night drinking wine (we do live in the
bay area) and grinning like idiots. It's kindof like that moment where the fear
of the train crashing is gone because it's already coming off the rails and
you've accepted it, but you can day dream about this possible world where
superman is going to save you, because you now believe that he's out there
somewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">We had found some money, but there was a ways to
go, and I had no idea who to talk to now. I didn't have a Rolodex of successful
indies so amazing they'd be interested in taking a risk on other indies.
Apparently Indie Fund does.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Ron told me he'd email out some indies to see if
they'd be interested in helping. I was happy for the help, and figured it'd
give me time to think of who I could approach. A few hours later I was getting
emails from Cliff Harris and Tommy Refenes, excited about Duskers. Our Duskers!
I felt kindof like I decided to write a book and George R. R. Martin, and Orson
Scott Card called me up to see if I needed help. Cliff was asking me about my
marketing plan, suggesting some ideas I hadn't even considered. Tommy was
describing scenarios he'd played out on the build I'd sent. Just having someone
play the game and like it was thrill enough, but having someone who's game
influenced the design of A Virus Named TOM was taking it to another level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">We've meandered back to the start of this post. 24
hours after Ron told me he’d emailed possible indie investors, I got an email
from him telling me we had enough money. MIND BLOWN. What?! How does that work?
I looked at the list of names. Sarah and Colin Northway (<a href="http://northwaygames.com/" target="_blank">Northway Games</a>): I felt so grateful, an awesome and incredibly talented indie couple
that Holly and I knew and are constantly inspired by. Jeff Rosen: as he said he would, once again helping me
out. John Graham: he hadn't been around when I showed Jeff the game and here he
was contributing to make Duskers happen. The only way I can ever picture that
man is smiling, and finding some way to help me out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Almost more amazing was the list of people that
I'd barely met, if at all: Cliff (as <a href="http://www.positech.co.uk/" target="_blank">Positech Games</a>) and Tommy were
there, apparently my responses to their questions hadn't turned them away.
<a href="http://indie-fund.com/" target="_blank">Indie Fund</a>, true to their word, had come through and contributed to
push us over the top(Jonathan Blow, Ron Carmel, Kyle Gabler, Aaron Isaksen,
Kellee Santiago, Nathan Vella, and Mathew Wegner). Some Indie Funders had even
double dipped and ponied up their own money in addition to the Indie Fund
money: Aaron Isaksen (with John Bizzarro as <a href="http://www.appabovegames.com/" target="_blank">AppAbove Games</a>), Kellee
Santiago, and of course, Ron Carmel. All three of whom had responded to my
unsolicited requests for advice when I was making A Virus Named TOM. The
universe was telling me I was heavy in indie karma debt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">At the end that’s how Duskers got funded, not by
my clever orchestration, but by indies that want other indies to succeed and
have built a structure to do just that. So what was the deal like? Pretty much
like the public <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w1GNHGrYUIockkESS56oLGLsuo5R9YtqLif5aOh2nHM/edit" target="_blank">Indie Fund agreement</a>. Humble Bundle, Valve, and Indie
Fund must share the only lawyer that doesn't get paid by the word because their
agreements are somehow fractions of the lengths of other contracts. Even so,
this one blew me away at a whopping 3 pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">So if you're an indie developer that's reading
this, I'm hoping that this story inspires you instead of making you want to
punch me. I think the takeaway from this is one that I've heard from countless
indie devs, at countless meetups and conferences. The people that can help us
most is us. We're not competing, we're too small to worry about stealing sales
from each other. So find other devs, help them, and trust that they'll help
you. It's what separates us from those trying to make a quick buck by
exploiting players or devs. I genuinely believe the hippie dippy concept that
the indie ecosystem is a win-win, where helping other indie devs simply adds
aweseomsauce to the whole indie sandwich.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">And as I sit here typing this under the shelter
of Double Fine's roof, getting brilliant ideas for Duskers from all manner of
indies, funded by indies that have succeeded before me, know that I'm in
serious indie love debt. So hit me up if you need some help and I'll do my best
to pay it down ;) <a href="mailto:info@misfitsattic.com">info@misfitsattic.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN">[Edit] You can now
pre-order Duskers at this <a href="http://duskers.misfits-attic.com/" target="_blank">snazzy website</a> Holly just made<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Everyone seems to have a strong opinion of exactly what "The Last Shadow" should look like... except for me :) But with all the interesting ideas I've heard, I thought I'd ask you guys to show me your thoughts...<br />
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So if you'd be willing to take a stab at creating a concept screen or two I'd be thrilled. I don't really have a strong notion other than:<br />
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<li>I'd like to keep it simple if possible. </li>
<li>Some people that play feel like ninjas</li>
<li>The idea of skinning character "balls" with indie characters could be cool (UI considerations)</li>
<li>something that could work with 2 or 4 players</li>
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Send them along to us at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MisfitsAttic" target="_blank">Facebook </a>page, our <a href="https://twitter.com/MisfitsAttic" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, or email them in to info [at] misfitsattic.com.</div>
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Some supporting materials if you're interested...<br />
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What is The Last Shadow?<br />
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/Ecbq6w8po-g" target="_blank">A slightly dated tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/pZ0pVisQlIE?t=33s" target="_blank">A more recent video</a></li>
<li>I added 4 player but haven't uploaded a video yet :\</li>
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Screenshots of 2 player:<br />
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<br />Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-37898755110138538912013-11-01T14:11:00.000-07:002013-11-01T14:16:57.827-07:00Help Children, Watch Games!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please help us raise money for children's hospitals across the country and around the world! Go <a href="http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=57693" target="_blank">HERE </a>and donate what you can (you can donate any time)! Saturday Nov 2nd I'll be streaming from 12pm PT to 1pm PT hopefully on both the <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/indiemegabooth" target="_blank">Indie Megabooth Twitch channel</a> and our <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/misfitsattic" target="_blank">Misfits Attic Twitch channel</a> (still figuring out if that's possible, if not use the Megabooth one). I'm attempting to hit a $475 goal so that the Megabooth can reach $10,000!<br />
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You can also tell me which game you want me to play (I listen best to donors!), either one of our <a href="http://games.misfits-attic.com/" target="_blank">three prototypes</a> or something else... We're all playing games for 25 hours straight to raise money.<br />
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Thanks so much for caring and helping! Here's the schedule for the 25hr marathon!<br />
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[Update: 16 amazing entries to our Steam Card Contest! Go vote on our <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/207650/images/?p=1&browsefilter=toprated" target="_blank">Steam Community Artwork Page</a>. Voting will end in a week (midnight August 15th). With so many great cards we may have to pick more than one...]<br />
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One year ago today (August 1st 2012) A Virus Named TOM was let out into the world. It's been a crazy year, and to celebrate, A Virus Named TOM is 75% off for the next 48 hours on both <a href="http://www.avirusnamedtom.com/buy.html" target="_blank">our site</a> and our <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/207650/" target="_blank">Steam store page</a>!<br />
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STEAM CARD CONTEST: (1 week: August 1-8)<br />
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So fans have been asking us when in the heck we're gonna get our AVNT Steam Cards out already. Well help us out then! We're reserving a Steam Card for you :) Simply create an image (1920x1080), post it on our <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/app/207650/images/" target="_blank">Steam Group</a> art page, <a href="https://twitter.com/MisfitsAttic" target="_blank">tweet </a>it to us, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MisfitsAttic" target="_blank">FB message</a> us, let us have it! We'll then hold a vote and the favorite will become an official AVNT Steam Card. Not an artist, or simply need some art assets to work with? Here, have a bunch: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2joy094ynbbmpzq/AVNT_SteamCardAssets.zip" target="_blank">ZIP FILE</a> (only to be used for fan art, please do not steal my wife & friends hard work).<br />
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BTW: if you're a <a href="http://games.misfits-attic.com/Sign-Up.html" target="_blank">Misfit</a>, check your inbox for a bunch of presents :) (if not check your spam folder)<br />
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Here's an example AVNT Steam Card, and below a peek at the art assets you can download.<br />
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<br />Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-39841849205543956202013-05-25T11:09:00.001-07:002013-05-25T11:09:21.320-07:00Indie Cabin = The Last Shadow prototypeSo everyone keeps telling me to do game jams, but I sometimes have trouble understanding how they can do this. I feel like I spend almost every waking moment working on the games that need to make me money, and have a wife & child that take up every other moment. Where can I find the time? How can I say to Holly: "Hey, take care of the kid for the weekend, Imma go work on a game, oh but not the one that I've been telling you will be done for the last 2 years..."<br />
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So there was an "indie cabin" that we put together to go to Tahoe and hang out & work on games together. I wanted to use this as an excuse to bang out a prototype I wanted to make, essentially do a game jam. But as the date got closer I had so much to do I decided not to. Then when I got there I was so out of my day to day mindset that I decided to spend my 2 days jamming out my game, and did just that.<br />
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<i>The Last Shadow prototype that I made at the cabin</i><br />
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I have to say, it was awesome. I got so much done, have the beginning of a possible new title, and feel refreshed. I spend so much time wearing my biz dev hat, my PR hat, etc, that I forget I can develop too sometimes. Not only that but it's what's most important. Holly saw the change in me instantly and is a strong proponent that I do this at least 3 times a year or so. She's awesome, and I've already married her so find your own! If you're a game maker: people care about us because of that, so let your PR be showing what you make, my weekly videos are trying to do just that.<br />
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As for the cabin, it reminds me yet again how incredibly fruitful it is to be around amazing and creative people. We played each others paper prototypes, games, and just enjoyed each others company. I'd like to do that 3 times a year as well ;) Thanks Brendan!<br />
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<i>Indie Cabin-ers: Left to Right: Myself (Tim Keenan), Brad Johnson, Pete Angstadt, Brendan Mauro, Ryan Williams, Randy O'Connor, Rich Vreeland, Holly Keenan</i><br />
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I didn't want to name the game Duskers since that felt like it'd be a story about a group. Then we thought that perhaps we could tack on a number to it. After all that only makes it sound more sci-fi, like the name of a ship (Holly chose 318 scientifically: it's our address). Then I thought that maybe these 'Duskers' have a code or guild. They'd have a ship name, but if they recognized you as another Dusker they'd use that as code. Kindof and honor amongst thieves deal where, if two of them came upon the same derelict ship, the more senior would get "dibs". Hence the number. If your number is lower, you're more senior. I thought it'd be cool if you were scouring a ship and another vessel approached claiming the call sign "Dusker 200" and told you to get the hell out, leaving you with a decision to make. I've heard decisions are good things to have in games.</div>
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Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-1701215142396702222013-04-24T11:13:00.001-07:002013-04-25T10:13:53.394-07:00The Awesomeness of Indies + CTG design feedbackHow amazing is this: I forgot my badge one day at GDC, so I sent out a message that if any indie devs wanted to play my paper prototype of 'Chess the Gathering' they could meet me somewhere and play. Then <a href="https://twitter.com/dcarrigg" target="_blank">Dave Carrigg</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/82apps" target="_blank">Erik Asmussen</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/HybridMindGames" target="_blank">David Evans</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/mcarriere" target="_blank">Michael Carriere</a> came to my rescue and hung out and played my infant prototype over some beers. I have to admit all GDC I felt kinda like the hot chick at a bar that forgot her wallet and is rewarded by being bought drinks all night, but really: indies are amazing and GDC is awesome.<br />
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Below is footage of some of the play through, but most importantly the design discussion at the end.<br />
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Again, I've fallen behind on posting videos. For videos 2, 3 & 4 of gamers playing CTG in the PAX East table-top area, check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWHgLfDKHMzzzh1V_GzTW9fTPJyK8KR8e" target="_blank">CTG playlist</a>.<br />
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[Update: sign up for CTG early access & updates here: <a href="http://ctg.misfitsattic.com/">http://ctg.misfitsattic.com/</a>]<br />
[Update2: Jess Conditt just wrote an <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/tim-keenans-paper-prototypes-invade-the-pax-east-tabletop-summi/" target="_blank">article about this</a>]<br />
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I took the "Chess the Gathering" paper prototype to the PAX East table top area hoping to see people play and hear what they thought. Jeremy & Kelly were the first ones to take a chance on a prototype and Jess Conditt (Joystiq) showed up in the middle to see the tom-foolery. I plan on posting the other 3 games as well. Then write a real blog post about it. Oh, and I missed about a months worth of updates so here's the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWHgLfDKHMzy_jZFDOu7nz1ZpeVoic8Mz&feature=view_all" target="_blank">Scavenger stuff you missed</a> and here's a <a href="http://youtu.be/4Y2eJmUAmZk" target="_blank">chat I had with Brian Cronin</a> (Unknown Worlds/Natural Selection) about AVNT, CTG, & Scavenger :)<br />
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impending doom, AVNT will be 50% off on <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/207650/" target="_blank">Steam </a>and at <a href="http://avirusnamedtom.com/">aVirusNamedTom.com</a> for our 28th week (Friday - Friday: Feb 15-21). So if you're loved one wasn't happy with their chocolates and
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Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-38436399734648788392013-02-07T23:04:00.002-08:002013-02-07T23:05:23.503-08:00Chess The Gathering: Design Part 2Continuing from <a href="http://youtu.be/Lppf1Fo3M4c" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, Holly and I go over how we designed "Chess the Gathering", a board game mash up of Magic, Chess, and other geeky concepts. In this installment we go over spells that modify creatures with new abilities, and murdering twins.<br />
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This series is in response to questions about our "<a href="http://youtu.be/YEklhdTpjOk" target="_blank">paper prototype</a>" video<br />
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'Tis better to give than receive... a virus. It's starting to snow in the City of Tomorrow and anit-virus drones are looking more like Frosty the snowman. Hydrators are spiting out Christmas cookies and you can even hear bells jingling in the air.<br />
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But what about TOM? Even viruses need some Yuletide joy... Help over-decorate TOM, make him look like the Holidays threw up all over him by finding holiday spirit hidden throughout the circuitry of Dr X's inventions. They'll be a new clue each day and the first to send an image of TOM completely decorated will get to decorate themselves with TOM (read: schwag)!<br />
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This is our holiday gift to everyone in the 'A Virus Named TOM' community! Thanks for making a great 2012! Available free on Steam (should auto-update... A Virus Named TOM: Winter Wonderland)<br />
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Hints webpage for holiday scavenger hunt <a href="http://www.avirusnamedtom.com/WinterWonderland.html" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
Cool Steam page <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/207660/" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
<br />Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-4768060245123371402012-12-14T12:16:00.001-08:002012-12-14T12:31:40.989-08:00We Present... Your Holiday TOM Avatars!THANK YOU to all who entered and voted, here are your 4... make that 5 top voted Holiday TOM Avatars! (there was a tie for 4th, so we made it 5 :) [Updated <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/aVirusNamedTom/Avatar/List" target="_blank">Avatars on Steam</a>]<br />
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Congrats to David, Ben, James, and Michael! We'll be messaging you about what item of <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/avirusnamedtomstore" target="_blank">A Virus Named TOM schwag</a> you want. And while I'm here, might as well give you a sneak peek at the holiday DLC that we'll be placing under your tree next week!<br />
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Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-68799153264258830892012-12-12T10:10:00.000-08:002012-12-13T10:42:09.548-08:00Vote For Your Holiday TOM Avatars!<div>
Hey virus faithful, it's time to vote! We received over 20 amazingly festive entries and we need help deciding which four will be our 'A Virus Named TOM' Steam avatars for the holidays If you want to see larger versions, or the 'honorable mentions' scroll down to the previous post and take a look (they're posted at the bottom). Anyone can vote so tell you friends! <b><span style="color: orange;">Voting ends Friday at noon (Dec 14th) (PT)</span></b></div>
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We're hoping to have our Holiday DLC out next week!</div>
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Well it's holiday time, and we're getting ready to launch our holiday DLC! The only problem is that TOM is still rockin his Movember mustache in December...<br />
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We need your help. We want to replace all the avatar images of TOM with holiday ones, but can't decide how.<br />
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Below are our current four steam avatars (w/transparent BG's). Take them, and infect them with holiday cheer! Then send them back to us and we'll put them up for a vote. The top four will not only be our Steam avatars for the holidays, but the mad scientists that created them will get a holiday gift: their pick from any item of schwag on our <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/avirusnamedtomstore" target="_blank">cafe press store</a>.<br />
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How to submit?<br />
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<li>Tweet it out ending the tweet with @MisfitsAttic #HolidayVirus</li>
<li>Post it to our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MisfitsAttic" target="_blank">Facebook page</a></li>
<li>Email us at contest@MisfitsAttic.com (a url/link to the image makes life easier)</li>
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The Deadline is midnight (PT) <b><span style="color: orange;">Monday December 10th</span></b>, so get decorating!<br />
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<td>Entry 1 (James D)</td>
<td>Entry 2 (Ben M)</td>
<td>Entry 3 (Fenrakk101)</td>
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<td>Entry 4 (Ben M)</td>
<td>Entry 5 (Michael G)</td>
<td>Entry 6 (Ben M)</td>
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<td>Entry 7 (Tony)</td>
<td>Entry 8 (Rory D)</td>
<td>Entry 9 (James D)</td>
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<td>Entry 10 (Przemysław K)</td>
<td>Entry 11 (James D)</td>
<td>Entry 12 (Kevin G)</td>
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<td>Entry 13 (Ben M)</td>
<td>Entry 14 (David C)</td>
<td>Entry 15 (David C)</td>
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<td>Entry 16 (Ben M)</td>
<td>Entry 17 (Jasper B)</td>
<td>Entry 18 (Richard S)</td>
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It takes 2 to spread a virus... 2-4 that is. With Steam <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/sale/big_picture_release" target="_blank">Big Picture launching</a> today <a href="http://www.avirusnamedtom.com/" target="_blank">A Virus Named TOM</a> (<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/207650" target="_blank">steam store</a>) is a whopping 75% off. Why so much? To celebrate being played the way it was intended: with friends of questionable morals over for a couch co-op session, causing mayhem throughout the City of Tomorrow!<br />
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But don't get the wrong impression. While it is cooperative, we mean that in the loosest sense possible. Sure you need to work together to infect the city, but no one said you couldn't get achievements for killing your teammates, or that you shouldn't rub it in their face when the results screen shows you solved most of the puzzle or took out the most drones, while they acted like some scared little email virus.<br />
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<i>"...the best feature of the game is its cooperative gameplay – which should say something considering the magnificence of the single-player game."<br />- Co-optimus.com<br /><br />“The most addictive co-op game we’ve played since Portal 2.”<br />– MMGN.com<br /><br />"Failing a puzzle in single-player mode is upsetting, but when you can blame at least half of the loss on another person (preferably one whom you care about deeply), it's much more enjoyable."<br />- Joystiq<br /><br />"Getting angry at a friend because he doesn’t see the solution as clearly as you is always fun and allows for some really entertaining moments."<br />- GamesRetrospect<br /><br />"While playing through the co-op levels with a friend, I couldn’t help but think about Portal 2’s co-op experience...If you’re looking for an engaging puzzler this one is a no-brainer, but if you’ve got a friend you can play co-op locally, it is a must buy"<br />- Internet Freaks<br /><br />“Friendships will be destroyed, but I’m sure that’s all part of Dr. X’s diabolical plan.”<br />- TruePCGaming</i></div>
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The heads of robot dogs will fill the streets, teleporters shall send different body parts to different zip codes, Muahahahaha!<br />
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Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-43856270557405163012012-11-27T15:55:00.000-08:002012-12-13T12:42:58.952-08:00Chess the Gathering? (A Paper Prototype)I love me some board games and as such I created a simple paper prototype of one that mixed elements from Chess and Magic the Gathering. However, as we played it more it became clear we needed to improve the paper prototype. Take a look at Holly and I making using what we could to make the game play smoother: Zombies, glue, Legos, and paint of course :)
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<li>A Virus Named TOM will be 25% during PAX Prime + 1 day after (August 31st - Sept 3rd) on <a href="http://www.avirusnamedtom.com/" target="_blank">our website</a>. We didn't want to leave out those that couldn't go to PAX Prime :)</li>
<li>If you make it to our Booth we'll be selling AVNT for 50% off</li>
<li>We'll have T-shirts at the booth (for sale & as prizes)! The poll looks a little different now then when we decided but large tom won (right). Prices will be cheaper due to a large run we did :)</li>
<li>We'll also be giving away free copies of the game, as well as a great prize we may have landed (TBD).</li>
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Tim Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863787871666031261noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962713199580173474.post-79589366782471239852012-08-22T13:15:00.001-07:002012-08-22T13:25:23.534-07:00Kickstarting a Virus (Poll)So we're happy with how sales are going, but we have a ways to go before we fill back in the giant hole in our savings. However, we want to add some of the features that we always intended to put in A Virus Named TOM, but ran out of money before we could implement. The solution: Kickstarter. Basically we're trying to gauge what features we should include in a kickstarter campaign to make sure we hit our funding goal (some features are more expensive than others). So please let us know what features, if any, would make you willing to fund us! Feel free to comment with other feature ideas. As always, thanks so much for all the support, it's been amazing!<br />
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