Hi! My name's Cheese. I've been making games in some form or another for over 30 years. I'm a Linux-based devs, and had ported games and run Linux-focused communities in the past. I also like to write about games and interview developers from time to time.

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Bat Egg is available now!
Bat Egg

Bat Egg is available now!

Bat Egg

Cute flappy adventure Bat Egg releases today on Itch.io!

V1.2: The Hiveversary Update
Hive Time

V1.2: The Hiveversary Update

Hive Time

Hive Time is a cute and zany hive builder, updated for its very first birthday with some new events, some new music, some new hats, chat integration...

Money for the Honey (a look at Hive Time's finances and pay-what-you-want pricing)
Hive Time

Money for the Honey (a look at Hive Time's finances and pay-what-you-want pricing)

Hive Time

In Beecember last year, I released a bee-themed management simulator called Hive Time. For this project, I was in a position to commit to pay-what-you-want...

V1.1: The Informational Update
Hive Time

V1.1: The Informational Update

Hive Time

Today is a special day. Not only is it World Bee Day, but Hive Time has just received an exciting update! Phil, Tracy, and the team will tell you all...

New Demo, Old Name
In the Snowy Winter's Wake

New Demo, Old Name

In the Snowy Winter's Wake

The In the Snowy Winter's Wake demo has been updated with engine enhancements from other Icicle engine games and post-PAX Australia bugfixes.

Winter's Wake Early Demo Is Now Available!
In the Snowy Winter's Wake

Winter's Wake Early Demo Is Now Available!

In the Snowy Winter's Wake

After month's of waiting, the first demo of Winter's Wake is now available in 64 bit builds for Linux, Mac and Windows.

An Interview With Desurium Contributors

An Interview With Desurium Contributors

Linux Gamers 4 comments

Recently, I published an interview with several key Desurium contributors (including the original client's lead developer and DesuraNET's managing director...

Desurium 0.8 RC3 Call For Testing!

Desurium 0.8 RC3 Call For Testing!

Linux Gamers 13 comments

Last month saw the 0.8 branch of Desurium receive final polishes after entering a "feature freeze". We are on our third Release Candidate and are seeking...

Progress Towards Neverball's 1.6.0 Release

Progress Towards Neverball's 1.6.0 Release

News 1 comment

Recently, Neverball contributors came together for their first IRC gathering to discuss current development status and progress towards a 1.6.0 release.

Desurium Community Group

Desurium Community Group

Desurium 5 comments

Ten months ago, the source code for the Desura client was released under the GNU Public Licence under the name "Desurium". Since then, our small team...

An Interview With Neverball's Original Developer

An Interview With Neverball's Original Developer

Linux Gamers

Neverball community member Cheeseness interviews original Neverball creator about Neverball's inspiration, creation and evolution, and what it's like...

Hacking Neverball Part 1: NeverKinect
Neverball

Hacking Neverball Part 1: NeverKinect

Neverball 3 comments

Over the years, Neverball has been adapted for a lot of purposes by a lot of different people. Most recently, we've heard that somebody has been working...

Neverball and Neverputt are coming to Desura!

Neverball and Neverputt are coming to Desura!

News

We're excited to announce that Neverball and Neverputt are coming to Desura!

Guards vs Thieves Site Update

News 5 comments

After a year's worth of silence, we've had another update to the GvT site. We're launching two new site features, one which takes a look at the world...

Half-Life

G.S.T. Site Update

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters

We've finally had another site update. Lots of new production shots and concept art can be found in our Gallery section along with two new site features...

Half-Life

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters Site Update

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters

We've updated the web site again with four new production shots and one new piece of concept art from a new map that Josh is working on with a similar...

Half-Life

G.S.T. Updates

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters

We've updated our site yet again. This time we have four production shots of a new map that we have in the pipes. We've also got some new forums thanks...

Half-Life

G.S.T. Site Updates

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters

The Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters site has had another update. This time we've got some new concept art and production shots.

Half-Life

New Website

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters 1 comment

The Official Grenades Snarks & Teleporters Website has moved to bigger and better (and hopefully more stable) hosting at We're hoping the move will free...

Guards vs Thieves Update

News

G'day, we've had a major update to our Guards vs Thieves web site, with some more production shots available in addition to new voice samples and four...

Half-Life

Progress Update

Grenades, Snarks & Teleporters

The site's down, but our old parent site's been that way for nearly a year. We're working on three projects simultaneously right now, and while it's not...

Page Updates

News

We've updated the GvT web site to a new design in anticipation ofthe upcoming public beta release.