Quick update- The IGF just posted the list of 141 entries to the 2007 Independent Games Festival. The big scary ones that are likely to make the rest of the contestants cry in their milk: [url=...

Author Andy Schatz Date 09/11/2006 (7:40 pm) Comment 15 comments

[url=www.venturearctic.com]Venture Arctic[/url] IGF build complete. Submitted. I can't believe it's awards submission season again. Seems like only minutes ago we were submitting [url=www.wildlifet...

Author Andy Schatz Date 09/09/2006 (12:38 am) Comment 18 comments

OFFICIAL WEBSITE ANNOUNCEMENT [url]www.venturearctic.com[/url] Please click on the link and sign up for the newsletter! I haven't spoken much about our upcoming game, Venture Arctic. Bl...

Author Andy Schatz Date 07/30/2006 (8:35 pm) Comment 6 comments

Dan Cook over at one of my favorite blogs, [url=www.lostgarden.com]Lost Garden[/url], just released a set of free 2d tiles that might help some people here. Take a look.

Author Andy Schatz Date 07/08/2006 (7:49 pm) Comment 7 comments

Our intern, Ryan Peterson, just finished up his internship yesterday here, and I thought I'd show off a little bit of his work. He mostly worked on concept art for Venture Arctic. The art style fo...

Author Andy Schatz Date 06/09/2006 (1:58 pm) Comment 10 comments

I did an interview with Action at Indiegamepod a little while back. The sound balance got pretty bad near the end, but it's an hour of pure entertainment! [url=http://www.indiegamepod.com/]Listen ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 06/05/2006 (1:37 pm) Comment 1 comments

Hi sorry to post twice in one day. I've been running a small Blog syndication site [url]www.Qatfish.com[/url] and I've got a skyscraper advertisement slot that I am willing to offer for free to anyon...

Author Andy Schatz Date 06/02/2006 (3:13 pm) Comment 4 comments

After a good initial run for the Mac version of Venture Africa where Mac sales were keeping pace with PC sales, Mac sales have slowed down a bit. I'm looking for ways to promote the Mac version of th...

Author Andy Schatz Date 06/02/2006 (9:52 am) Comment 8 comments

Pocketwatch Games has taken a new step forwards today... we (I) hired our first full-time employee. http://www.garagegames.com/my/home/view.profile.php?qid=32730 immediately ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 05/15/2006 (10:02 am) Comment 9 comments

I just posted a http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=project&page=view.job&qid=5434 regarding fixing up the new DirectX implementation of GameSWF (the Flas...

Author Andy Schatz Date 04/27/2006 (10:10 am) Comment 1 comments

It occured to me out on the golf course today that most sports fall onto a continuum between A) Strategy B) Precision and C) Effort. A) Strategy - Making good choices within the game, planning ahea...

Author Andy Schatz Date 04/16/2006 (7:40 pm) Comment 5 comments

I'm sitting here babysitting my first full commit to my new Subversion repository (on WUSH.net, thanks Phil), so I figured I'd write about the design for Venture Arctic. The really interesting hook...

Author Andy Schatz Date 04/05/2006 (8:56 pm) Comment 10 comments

Need I say more? Wal-Mart! 1700 stores! And a http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=13158 from InsideMacGames to boot! Downloadable Mac version sh...

Author Andy Schatz Date 04/04/2006 (9:46 am) Comment 25 comments

There's a big difference in the design process between designing a game and improving upon an existing game. Your average recreational game designer spends most of his time thinking about how to impr...

Author Andy Schatz Date 03/27/2006 (11:06 pm) Comment 3 comments

Part 2 of the Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa Post mortem focuses on business and management issues. Again, this was originally intended as an internal document, but it also might be of help to some ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 03/17/2006 (7:53 pm) Comment 6 comments

Venture Africa Post Mortem I've just finished up Part 1 of my post mortem for Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa. This part focuses on Art, Programming, and Game Design. Part 2 will focus on ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 03/15/2006 (9:37 am) Comment 10 comments

Retail versions of Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa are shipping to stores AS WE SPEAK! Retailers carrying it: [ul]Gamestop Target Apple Stores Best Buy Microcenter ...

Author Andy Schatz Date 03/01/2006 (3:13 pm) Comment 49 comments

Critical Acclaim!... oh, and the poorhouse

Author Andy Schatz Date 12/11/2005 (4:47 pm) Comment 17 comments

The work doesn't end when you ship the title

Author Andy Schatz Date 11/09/2005 (10:13 pm) Comment 12 comments

Butterflies in my stomach

Author Andy Schatz Date 11/01/2005 (10:54 pm) Comment 19 comments