The Beard Ultimatum
November 3rd, 2010
If you're new to Wolfire, you might not have heard about the scraggly undergrowth I've accumulated beneath my chin in honor of Overgrowth. When we were first starting work on Overgrowth, I made a vow not to shave my beard beard until the foundation of our game's combat system was implemented. Over the course of our development ...
Lugaru HD is now on Steam
October 8th, 2010
The guys at Valve who have already agreed to help us distribute Overgrowth on Steam, have just made Wolfire's original ninja rabbit fighter, Lugaru HD, available on Steam for Mac and Windows. We were pretty happy with Steam for making the wise decision to reach out to Mac gamers and now our humble cross-plaform title is a part of ...
A Summary of Fantastic Fest
October 1st, 2010
Aubrey and I were in Austin, Texas last week at the Fantastic Fest Arcade. The main focus of Fantastic Fest is usually on independent film projects but this was the first year ever that the conference went out of its way to reach out to independent game developers. Indies in attendance included Derek Yu, Adam Saltsman, Jonathan Blow, Andy Schatz ...
Wolfire will be at Fantastic Fest
September 23rd, 2010
A celebration of indie-ness is about to take place in Austin, Texas starting tomorrow. It's called Fantastic Fest and while historically, their major focus has been on independent film, they've also been working hard to branch into independent gaming. A lot of indie developers are in town and rumor has it that a certain ninja rabbit fighting game ...
PAX Debrief
September 15th, 2010
As we mentioned in a previous post, Jeff and I were recently asked to speak on a panel at PAX about the Humble Indie Bundle. I think I can objectively say the talk went pretty well. We weren't sure how many people were going to show up because Wil Wheaton (who had thrown down a sweet celebrity tweet during ...
Wolfire's PAX Panel
September 1st, 2010
The gargantuan gathering of gamers known as PAX is just a few days away and those who have skimmed over the panel schedule may have noticed that Jeff and I will be giving a talk about the Humble Indie Bundle. This will be your big chance to catch the inside scoop about the inspiration and perspiration which led to one ...
Indie Water Cooler interview
July 15th, 2010
Our buddies at Dejobaan (makers of the recent AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! video game) recently hosted a novel interview with Eitan Glinert, Andy Moore, and me on their new site Indie Superstar. Click to go to the interview It was really interesting being interviewed by a fellow indie developer, alongside two other developers. There are some interesting anecdotes. Check it out here: Indie ...