The Courageous Captain Pussyfoot!

For those of you who aren't aware, we finished our entry in the Ouya Create contest! It was quite the experience, let me tell you-- but I had an absolute blast making "The Courageous Captain Pussyfoot," in which the main protagonist is this adorable guy:

In order to submit our game, we had to make a "trailer," so I shot one in five minutes using my phone. It is far too embarrassing to post here, but I'll do you one better, you can PLAY THE GAME!

due to Ouya's hardware restrictions and limited capabilities, we had a difficult time keeping everything in there; the graphics were seriously compromised, and we had to take out a lot of elements that made the game so much fun. But since nothing in the rules stipulated that we couldn't release a PC version, we did so in full HD with all of the original elements in there.

CLICK ME TO GO PLAY THE GAME!

The above link will take you to Starlight Studios' website, where the team who helped me put this together provided the download link for the game. It's a small demo/prototype thing, but we hope you enjoy it!

Stuff is Happening

Holy crap, gais.

Firstly, I saw the announcement for Pokemon X and Y, and holy guacamole, it's freaking awesome. the pokemon series has transitioned OUT of the color era! (gasp). Looks like it's time to start saving for a 3DS! (and the game of course, but it will be coming out around my birthday...hint hint?)

Nextly (I know it isn't a word, dammit!) I must announce my entry into my first ever game jam. I'm gonna be participating with a few friends in Ouya's CREATE contest, and I couldn't be more excited! I'll let you know more in the coming days what's gonna be going down, but we've got some pretty amazing stuff planned! (which it will certainly take a miracle to perform in like, two weeks)

Wish me luck

Playing Journey

Allow me to introduce you to my latest obssession:

It's Journey, and it's a 2-hour length indie-developed video game by ThatGameCompany. Also, it is the most perfect game that has ever been made to date in the history of video games--notice the lack of the word "arguably" here. There are two different groups that react to that statement, one being those who disagree with me, and the other being those who have played the game.

But of course, dear reader, there may actually be a handful of people in this universe who played Journey and didn't enjoy the experience. As mentally incapacitated as these people may be, they are of course entitled to their opinion--after all, Journey is not my favorite game though I love it so; I have another favorite for personal reasons, so the same must go for these banana peels. However, I don't actually think that Journey is reserved, as it so often is, for the artistically inclined gamer--oh no, I think anyone who has the slightest interest in games should try it. Regardless of whether or not you enjoy Journey, it's easily one of the more accessible games out there that sit comfortably outside the lines of what a "typical game" feels like. In short, I'm a fan.