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Snake: The Elder Forest is now available on Steam!
Snake

Snake: The Elder Forest is now available on Steam!

Snake

The Elder Forest is a special world with ancient forest that is in danger. To save this world the Snake was called from another one. So before the danger...

What's New In Skein?
Skein

What's New In Skein?

Skein

It's been some time since I posted about Skein, so I thought I better update people on progress. New sound, new HUD, new graphics, Steam integration and...

Terrifying Trip preview
Terrifying Trip

Terrifying Trip preview

Terrifying Trip

MGDG Team is glad to present our first game - Terrifying Trip.

Black Triangle Days
Skein

Black Triangle Days

Skein 3 comments

In this newest dev diary, I'm going to talk a bit about what's been going on behind the scenes in the game, since visually not a lot has changed in the...

New game: The Adventures of Glitchboy in Bit land!

New game: The Adventures of Glitchboy in Bit land!

Arrogant Pixel

For those of you with eagle eyes, you may have seen some posts on twitter about an upcoming Arrogant Pixel game. We are pleased to announce "The Adventures...

Sound? What sound?
Skein

Sound? What sound?

Skein 4 comments

I've been ignoring sound a bit in my dev diaries, so it's time to fix that and talk about how I go about sourcing and creating sound effects for Skein.

Saving The Day
Skein

Saving The Day

Skein 1 comment

In any game, you need to be able to store information away for retrieval later, but what information should you be saving? Where to save it to? Local...

Eye Candy And Easter Eggs
Skein

Eye Candy And Easter Eggs

Skein 2 comments

This news post is about how I approached some of the effects (other than lighting) in Skein, as well as how (and why) I created hidden "easter eggs" in...

UI, UX And All That Jazz
Skein

UI, UX And All That Jazz

Skein 2 comments

The user interface and the user experience is one of the most important aspects of any game. If a game isn't pleasant to use right from the start, players...

The Tools Of the Trade
Skein

The Tools Of the Trade

Skein 4 comments

I thought I'd take a slight break from the Dev Diary format, and spend a bit of time talking about what tools I use to make my games (other than GameMaker...

Enemy At The Gates
Skein

Enemy At The Gates

Skein 2 comments

Skain still had no more than one type of enemy so it was time to fix that and start to expand the beasts and monsters that the player was going to have...

Caves Aren't Square!
Skein

Caves Aren't Square!

Skein 1 comment

After my crisis which changed radically the direction of Skein, it was time to start programming some more of the core engine... Which meant adding special...

Mid Game Crisis
Skein

Mid Game Crisis

Skein 6 comments

All devs have a period where they start to wonder whether their project is going in the right direction, and Skein was no different. In this article I...

Expect A Demo & Thank You Poster

Expect A Demo & Thank You Poster

News

Hey! We just wanted to thank all the people who are supporting us through this Kickstarter and Greenlight process. We've also decided to make a demo that...

Let There Be Light
Skein

Let There Be Light

Skein 4 comments

In this article I talk about how I created my own lighting engine for Skein after trying out a few of those available from the GameMaker: Marketplace...

They Live!
Skein

They Live!

Skein

In this news post I talk about the "dumb" AI in Skein, why I chose the method I chose (FSM), and what is actually going on behind the scenes.

Moving On
Skein

Moving On

Skein

Getting the player controls just right can be a tricky thing indeed, and today we'll explore some of the design decisions taken for creating and implementing...

A View To A Kill
Skein

A View To A Kill

Skein

Today I discuss the design decisions (and a bit of the code) related to how the views and GUI were set up for Skein.

Bringing The Game to Life
Skein

Bringing The Game to Life

Skein 3 comments

In this news post I'll be discussing the use of my procedural generation scripts to actually create a maze, as well as how I designed some of the graphics...

Organising Chaos
Skein

Organising Chaos

Skein

In this post I explore the various ways that I could procedurally generate levels in Skein - particularly the use of Binary Trees.

Mummy Where Do Games Come From?
Skein

Mummy Where Do Games Come From?

Skein

Where do games come from? It all starts with an idea, often taken from another source, which is then built on. Find out where the idea for Skein came...

Taking The plunge
Skein

Taking The plunge

Skein

So, I decided to take the plunge and publish to IndieDB!

GameMaker: Studio Sold

GameMaker: Studio Sold

GameMaker Studio 6 comments

Playtech has recently purchased the popular engine, what can we expect the new owners to do.

Special release of Invertical available
Invertical

Special release of Invertical available

Invertical

This special edition of Invertical brings a bit of colour into our hero Simon's world, available for free!

Linux version of Delta Loop released!
Delta Loop

Linux version of Delta Loop released!

Delta Loop

A native Linux version for our space shootem'up game has been released. Also, the Windows version has been updated with a few bugfixes.

Optical Ball 1.0 (finished) Freeware
Optical Ball

Optical Ball 1.0 (finished) Freeware

Optical Ball

Optical Ball is finished! You can download it for free.

Alpha Sign-Up
Kernel Space

Alpha Sign-Up

Kernel Space

Are you interested in testing the game? Well then sign up for alpha testing.

Which goal sound effect fits best?
Super Sec Soccer

Which goal sound effect fits best?

Super Sec Soccer 5 comments

Which of these 3 sound effects fits best. Or maybe no sound at all?

The Spẹcial Hallowen (◣_◢) 2SPOT! ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶MONSTER
DEBTEH

The Spẹcial Hallowen (◣_◢) 2SPOT! ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶MONSTER

DEBTEH

Check out The Spẹcial Hallowen (◣_◢) 2SPOT! ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶ FPS Horror-Psycho-Porn-2.5 Dimension First person shooter with Darkelectro...

ON SALE for $1.99 USD
An Imp? A Fiend!

ON SALE for $1.99 USD

An Imp? A Fiend!

My action/adventure platformer, An Imp? A Fiend!, is 50% off.