Woven Wave
You can visualize every human who has ever existed as a node in space and time. We exist here and now, one in a vast array of faceted gems shining through space. We occupy orbital patterns, gravitate towards and away…
Join the Madness DevBlog, December 2021: Unspoken
With one thing and another, it’s tough to get much done during December, so almost all of the progress in this update happened in either the first or last week of the month. As I mentioned at the end of…
Pride and Ambition
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Nine Methods and Reasons to Not Enjoy Art
1. You’re tired already, and anticipating the sheer weight of emotion that might be dredged up by an unfamiliar but well-written story makes you uncomfortable. There is too much emotion on your plate already. Someday you’ll be up for it,…
Join the Madness DevBlog, November 2021 – Carnifex
One of the biggest outstanding tasks on my list, from the moment I started this project thinking it was a one-month game jam project, has been that of the first boss. It has come to stand in my mind as…
Lying’s Pride
We will believe any words said with conviction. Not all of us, not all of the time – sometimes people can tell the difference between flattery and observation, between pleasant lies and harsh truths. Still, as much as you may…
Cogs
As I worked on last piece about Inscryption, I also played Daniel Mullins’ other games, Pony Island and the Hex – primarily out of a desire to not put my foot in my mouth by making over-broad statements on their…
Inscryption – Curses, Sacrifices, and Roads Untraveled
I finished Inscryption a few days ago and feel I should write about it, but I don’t entirely know where to start. Well, let’s start at the outside and work in: Inscryption is, to begin with, a roguelike deck-builder –…
Singularity
There is a tendency to regard the mind as existing separate to, and separable from, the body. Long ago a person once beheld a corpse of someone they knew, now devoid of motion and emotion, thought and dream, and they…
Join the Madness DevBlog, October 2021 – Menagerie
Last month I said I wanted to get a few enemies done to flesh out these early areas. I also said, somewhat optimistically, that I thought I might be able to do them all in a week – this turned…