chainWorks and the GG Pod Cast

Hello everybody,

Wow what a hectic few months. Had virtually no time to work on anything game development related at all, which is such a shame when chainWorks was coming on so well. I stepped back on New Years day to think about the studio and realised that for a small team we had a lot going on. We had 2 2D titles, 2 3D titles and the pod cast - there just isnt time to do all that as an indie. What is more we were trying to do everything at once. So I decided for 07 my resolution was to downscale across the whole studio; something which I seem to do every 6 months now. To this end we have shelved some projetcs and downscaled others.

chainWorks


This is the last time you'll see chainWorks in this veil. Hopefully we should have some new, spiffy artwork in place before long. Just need to rustle up the funds! All thats left with this is to tie up all the strings. A lot has been changed from our last Beta in light of some feedback; and its taken some time to really make it feel right. Hopefully we will have a feature complete beta completed for Feb 1st. After that its polishing, and adding in the new artwork as it comes :)!

Garage Games Podcast
Well this was a cool idea which exploded into a complex radio show with multiple sections, bells, lights and whistles. Too much. I am still incredibly passionate about making a podcast about GG, there is so much going, and so many things to discuss. Instead of the previous grand plans however im planning on just assembling a panal of say 3-5 people, planning some direction pointers and then just recording the convo and putting it out there. Anyone who listens to TWiT, Mac Break or any/most of the TWiT network podcasts will know the format im talking about. Would anyone like this? Or is everyone after a more complex, news, reviews, previews, features etc?

This is something I really want to do. If you are interested in getting onto the panal please email me at robsandbach@urban-games.net. It should be a blast, just a few people talking about something we all share a passion in! All you need is a mic and skype, plus an hour of your time to give for the first show :).

So for now the focus is on getting chainWorks beta ready for Feb 1st and trying to assemble a group of people who want to talk about indie games and tech. If you can help with the latter then please give me a shout, no previous experience necessary obviously!

Thank you all for reading,

Rob Sandbach