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Friday, February 24, 2012

The soundtrack to a virus

EDIT: I've removed the old tracks, please see the new tracks post HERE 

The following are 6 tracks created by the masterful Ian Hicks. Three will go with faster paced (dexterity) levels, and three will go with slower paced (puzzle) levels. Vote for your favorites below!



What are your favorite tracks?



Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Spoiler: Viruses cause mayhem

I can't believe we're actually nearing the finish line... I can't even remember life before TOM! Here's a sneak peek at an initial image Trav did for the closing sequence. Spoiler alert... shiz gets fukt!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Beta Update #1

I'm hoping to update the Beta regularly for everyone that's pre-ordered. Rather than boring you with bullet lists I thought I'd make a video of the updates and throw in everything from rotary phones to David Hasselhoff. Enjoy, let me know what you think, and spread the word!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Why I make indie games

So I put 'A Virus Named TOM' up for pre-order (beta version) and I got an email from a customer that they were having trouble getting the game to run on their computer. After explaining the problem, they ended with:

"If there no solution exept by a new computer, forget and keep the money for creation."

Now I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is (basically we were planning on making the build more friendly to older machines but didn't get around to it), but how awesome is it that they still wanted to help us fund the game, even if we couldn't get it working for them.

This is why I make indie games. For the people out there like Fabrice. There's an awesome community out there that supports us, and I want to make kick ass games that they love to play. Thanks for making my day Fabrice, we'll get you up and infecting soon!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

David Rosen is sneaky

While trying to replicate a bug, David Rosen (pink) snuck around and got an "Infection Domination" on myself, Alex Austin (blue), and Ken Fox (orange). If you watch, you'll see that he's also persistent. I didn't have the audio recording, so I went ahead and added an appropriate soundtrack.


Friday, January 20, 2012

White picket fence anyone?

Need a splash screen about using controllers in your game? Follow these proven steps:

1) Make ugly programmer art version of splash screen



2) Proudly send to talented graphic designer wife, explaining that everyone will see this before any of her pretty artwork in the game.

3) Wait...

4) Result: though I still think mine was more in the "indie spirit"


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Intro Anim: a familiar voice

So I said if I got enough replies I'd post the new intro animation to A Virus Named TOM with my voice in there as scratch. People really enjoy me acting like a fool apparently. Lemme know if you think I was born to play a crazy scientist (poll below!). And hopefully you'll like all of Trav's amazing artwork and Ryan's kick-ass animation!



What do you think of my voice?