Take a sneak peek at the first in-game images of the next Venture! (and brief thoughts on working with T3D)

Author Andy Schatz Date 06/23/2009 (6:47 pm) Comment 22 comments

A history of the last 7 years of indie development, as shaped by distribution channels. We always knew “indie” meant SOMETHING. But no one could ever define what it was. With the success of high-wattage IGF winners, the divorce of the casual gaming market from the indie gaming market, and the continued commoditization of free-to-play flash games, the beast has finally emerged from the mud. It has become clear what indie games are.

Author Andy Schatz Date 02/09/2009 (6:06 pm) Comment 4 comments

This is the story of how Dinosauria came to be. In fact, the entire Venture series was born in a dorm room in 1998, and has been percolating in my head all these years.

Author Andy Schatz Date 01/19/2009 (7:52 pm) Comment 1 comments

I've been starting the PR stuff early with http://venturedinosauria.com, and having great fun talking about the fledgling game and my design philosophy. A few links to note: ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 01/08/2009 (7:06 pm) Comment 3 comments

The next Venture has begun... Dinosauria is in development. http://www.pocketwatchgames.com/blog/news/announcing-dinosauria [image]http://pocketwatc...

Author Andy Schatz Date 01/06/2009 (8:50 am) Comment 12 comments

Sorry to keep cross-posting from my blog, but I've had lots of good stuff to talk about lately... Anyways, over Christmas week I decided to give Venture Arctic for free. Here are the results of th...

Author Andy Schatz Date 01/02/2009 (7:28 pm) Comment 3 comments

From my blog: http://qatfish.com http://www.pocketwatchgames.com/feed 2008 was mostly a year of triumph for indies, with just a few bits of controversy. Here...

Author Andy Schatz Date 12/31/2008 (6:11 pm) Comment 2 comments

You may remember Qatfish, the blog aggregator that let you rate game industry blogs and put them all in one place. Recently, Qatfish wiggled, sneezed, and transformed into my own blog -- a blog about...

Author Andy Schatz Date 12/29/2008 (5:21 am) Comment 4 comments

From now until New Years, Venture Arctic is free for non-commercial, personal use! Merry Christmas everyone! http://pocketwatchgames.com and click on Buy Now, then use thi...

Author Andy Schatz Date 12/24/2008 (5:10 pm) Comment 20 comments

I recently wrote an article for Notes on GameDev that might be of interest to people from this forum, particularly the people newer to indie game development. It's called "Nine Things I Wish I Knew (b...

Author Andy Schatz Date 11/09/2008 (10:04 pm) Comment 9 comments

Some of http://www.venturearctic.com biggest fans are adults, but I find...

Author Andy Schatz Date 08/02/2008 (1:08 am) Comment 7 comments

Two items of wonderful news coming out of http://pocketwatchgames.com this week: http://venturearctic.com is now available on store shelves: B...

Author Andy Schatz Date 07/26/2008 (7:04 pm) Comment 9 comments

I know it's been mentioned in a few other places around the forums, but I thought I'd just post a quick note that http://www.venturearctic.com was named [url=http://www.gamet...

Author Andy Schatz Date 12/23/2007 (7:59 pm) Comment 8 comments

Artie Moffa, the fella that wrote the poetry in Venture Africa, is going to be performing in Eugene on Saturday, Dec 1 at 881 Williamette St. 'Twill be a night of Slam Poetry, which is live, high-ene...

Author Andy Schatz Date 11/30/2007 (1:32 am) Comment 0 comments

EDIT: Do me a favor -- if you just want to snicker and play with smut, go to google and type "porn" into the little box. I was expecting some smut, and I was expecting it to filter itself out a bit, ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 10/17/2007 (8:22 pm) Comment 24 comments

I've been a bit lacking in motivation for the last few weeks. To perk myself up, I've been working on a few side projects in my spare time. The first is that I wanted to learn to make pixel art. ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 10/15/2007 (6:36 pm) Comment 12 comments

The 2008 IGF Entries have been announced. Here's my take on some of the ones that stood out to me: Another year, another group of stellar IGF entrants. Unlike two years ago, where Darwinia seemed ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 10/09/2007 (9:39 pm) Comment 9 comments

I've been on TV a bunch lately. Links to some of the appearances: Talking about Halo, M-rated games and more on the Halo launch day on Fox 6 San Diego: (by the way, Angela Chee, the interviewer, ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 09/27/2007 (10:41 pm) Comment 3 comments

Hey folks- If you happen to be at the Austin Game Developer's Conference, I'll be the keynote speaker at the Game Career Seminar on Friday (September 7) at 9:30 AM. From the program: [quote]From ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 09/05/2007 (2:14 am) Comment 3 comments

I think there's a San Diego person or two around here so I thought I'd plug myself -- I'll be on the Fox morning show (local) tomorrow (Wednesday, 8/15) between 7-8AM talking about [url=www.wildlif...

Author Andy Schatz Date 08/14/2007 (7:49 pm) Comment 9 comments