Game of the year nominee!

JayIsGames.com has always been so nice to my games in their reviews, and now they’ve nominated William and Sly 2 for game of the year! Voting is here…you know…if you want to vote.

You can vote multiple times, so I figure having a blog and a legion of fans will help milk the system. :3

I’ve also been automatically nominated for the Newgrounds tank awards by winning monthly first there, so lots of things to win in the future!

EDIT: Hey, they have Azurefish in the webtoy category too!

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What is this hideous beast?!

I’m posting this walking urinal in an attempt to show more of my game design process.

Urinalsaur

It kinda looks like Barney ate his own body…

Anyway, I’m flirting with the idea of using a surrealist’s happy place (or this poptart commercial – same difference) as inspiration for my next game. Somehow dinosaurs felt like an interesting direction to take. I think this little guy is going into the trash heap, though. I started working on a robotic looking fellow and he’s much more promising. Robots are easier to make too, so I can make more of them for you all to stomp on.

One thing to note, as ugly as the creature is, the beautiful rendering is the new Blender Cycles engine hard at work. Look at that sexy bump mapping and soft lighting; it even makes bodiless walking heads worth looking at!

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WandS2 has been unleashed!

Hooray! It’s finally out!

Everyone go here and vote bomb this thing with fives; I wanna try to win the monthly prize! :D

William and Sly 2 on Kongregate

I also submitted the music to the NG audio portal, so here you go!

William and Sly 2 Theme: Sequoyah

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Here’s a Quest Map

And Item Map

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Reviews!
(If you find any post a link!)

Jay is Games

Guidology

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If you ever have trouble sleeping…

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Who wants to play William and Sly 2?

EDIT: Alpha test is over now! The game goes viral on the 26th! Consider it a XXX-mas present. :3

Well, well, you lucky dogs! The saintly sponsorship man at Kongregate has agreed to allow an “Alpha Test” of William and Sly 2 here on my blog! Anyone who wants to play, comment on this post (it’ll ask for your email) and I’ll send you the super secret link!

Don’t forget to come back and let me know if you find any bugs (or just to lavish me with praise, I’m a total attention whore, you know. I suppose you could say it sucks, too. That’s still attention…). The game is done, so this is an unusual alpha test, but I’ll rest easier knowing the game is bug free when it spreads it’s quivering wings and flies out of my clutches.

Any portals who are interested in hosting the game, post an email so I can send you the file when the game is released.

William and Sly 2

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Gaming News

So, it’s been seven months, but I finally added Azurefish to the site, lol. They say laziness is a vice; that must be why is feels so goooood.

In other news, William and Sly 2 has been sent out to sponsors. It could be only a week or two away!! Everybody scream!

I think for my next game I’m not going to be so quiet about progress’n’such. It’d be more fun to post screenshots and talk about what I’m working on. I just wanted William and Sly to be a big surprise, haha.

So anyhoo, for my next game I’m thinking either RPG or fighting platformer right now – something nice and violent. I’m sick of pretty little forests and cutesy foxes trotting around nibbling mushrooms. What do you guys think? An RPG would probably take a lot of work, but I have a fun story planned out for one. The fighting platformer I’m thinking about would be a lot of fun too. I’m thinking surreal dreamworld full of bizarre candystriped monsters (I was inspired by those new poptart commercials, hehe).

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Best Amazon Review EVER!

Okay, this has nothing to do with anything, but I thought it was so funny I had to share it. LINK!

Hmm, that’s the second post I’ve made advertising products…

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Happy guy fawkes day!

Remember, remember, the fifth of November! I think I’ll go watch “V for Vendetta” to celebrate.

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Whoops!

Soo, just wanted to make a quick apology to Lachlan. I didn’t actually delete your post on the Skrillex video, it was just waiting for approval because you posted a link, and I never check that part of the wordpress dashboard…

I changed it so it’ll send me an email now, though, so POST WITHOUT FEAR!

As for your actual comment: I liked that video you posted, but it’s very bizarre lol. I thought the Skrillex video was well paced to the music while making a narrative, which is mainly what I was wishing we could see more of in the movies.

However, the two styles are pretty different. I think The Venetian Snares are trying to do something more elegant, like you said. Well, aside from the part where the blue screen error happens. I think I nearly lost an eardrum, haha!

In case anyone’s wondering, here’s the link Lachlan posted:

On an unrelated note, William and Sly 2 will be done in just a few days! Don’t get too excited though, I have to be a good little capitalist and make money off it before you get to play it. :P

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It’s like magic…

Yes, another youtube video…and a commercial on top of it. But damn, it’s just so cool! For some reason I really want a Samsung phone now…

Oh, and look at my last post. I wanna see how many people are affected.

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