Sorry for the late upload time on this one, there's some fairly GPU-intensive segments in this video and the encode failed a few times!
Deckbuilders are the future - from humble beginnings as...
2020-07-03 01:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the itch.io bundle - get it whilst it's hot! https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-...
2020-06-12 00:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post
What's up Patrons?
I was going to do a special 200 subs thing but between the political climate right now and the fact that 200 isn't a particularly important milestone - I'm going to give i...
Hey! What’s up? It’s time for another fascinating instalment of The Architect Address, wowee!
Let’s talk about some videos that came out recently, huh? Well the first one would be...
2020-05-24 21:54:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the weird upload time, friends! Had to re-encode this bad boy and upload from scratch so it's currently 4AM. Enjoy the vid though!
Listen to North Star Rising!: 2020-05-22 02:45:38 +0000 UTC
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RNG is a big sore spot for gamers everywhere, it doesn't feel great, takes away control, and can be seen as a quick and easy way to get out of making levels yourself - but Randomness is actually cr...
2020-05-03 01:24:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello hello hello and welcome to yet another architect address! How are you all holding up with the COVIDs? Hopefully good, remember to wash your hands you filthy degenerates. Well, enough about th...
2020-04-16 16:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Doom Eternal came out, and it's been a little divisive - some players love it even more than Doom's 2016 reboot, but some fans just can't get to grips with all the new features, crazy new story and...
2020-04-11 20:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Play the Super 1-1 Challenge: https://sean-noonan.itch.io/super
Metroidvanias are a beloved genre that have been aro...
Well well well, what do we have here? Another episode of the architect address you say? Wow! Better catch up on the previous videos that have been released, huh?
Yeah, only two - unfortunatel...
2020-03-05 22:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Shh! Don't tell anyone, but video games have these things called secrets in them - and they're pretty cool! But what makes a good one?
Well, the Architect has been sticking their distinct lac...
2020-03-01 18:49:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Check out Alex Hoyle: https://www.youtube.com/user/EdbotnikThe/featured
Nintendo are the kings of mak...
2020-02-10 23:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(Pictured: my messy-ass desk which is still getting organised)
What's up?
This is just a quick update to explain why this post isn't the next video, and some t...
We're back with the first Architect Address of the year!
Transcript:
Hello Folks, wow it’s been a while, huh?
Yadda yadda yadda I’m b...
2020-01-22 20:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Mystery stories, detective fiction, whodunnits- they're all a part of a nebulous genre of narratives that involves deducing clues and figuring out abstract puzzles before it's too late. We've got g...
2020-01-19 21:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post
2019 was a bumper crop for fantastic games, but that's had the unfortunate side-effect of meaning that a bunch of otherwise great or interesting games have been overshadowed by AA...
2019-12-22 19:04:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! Welcome to another director’s cut!
One of the big things Platinum do well that I just didn’t quite have the space to talk about is the interesting way they try to make g...
2019-12-06 15:56:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Platinum games are a one of a kind studio- no-one else can make games that feel quite stylish and fun to play, and what's more, Platinum titles can be enjoyed by just about anyone.But h...
2019-12-05 18:19:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Check out Errant Signal: https://t.co/57JMC0IPXm?amp=1
Also I lied, you folks don't need a link to my Patreon, sike!
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And we're back with another Architect Address! I've also gone through the liberty of posting the transcript here in case people would rather read than watch:
Iiiiiit’s been tw...
2019-11-01 23:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Systemic games are a real enigma, they're revolutionary and important- but no-one can really explain what they are. To make things even worse, systemic games are also supposedly responsible for fix...
2019-10-28 21:14:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Batman Arkham games are beloved for a reason, they perfected cinematic action brawling, they've got great open world and some of the best baddies in videogaming, but there's one thing that The ...
2019-10-08 23:27:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Fun fact about this episode- and a small part of the reason why it took so long, is that what was originally going to be a single video has split and mutated into three different episo...
2019-09-20 14:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The biggest gaming trend of the 2010's was undoubtedly the idea of an open, explorable world- but for all the games which jumped on the bandwagon- not all of them pulled it off well.
Now that...
2019-09-19 18:40:37 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Just a quick headsup to say I decided to take a few days off for my health after getting a bit sick, so expect the next video in a few days rather than, like, today- which is when I orig...
Hello Patreon Friends! here's the latest video- there's a few error corrections I make in the credits section because I missed that some of you were giving me money! If you see me miss anyone's nam...
2019-08-27 18:52:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Genre fusions are a bit weird, AAA devs seem to love lumping a bunch of genres together to try and appeal to as many people as possible, but the end result is often a watered-down version of two di...
2019-08-06 15:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Another Architect address, this time dealing with two new videos and the issues of making the damn things fast enough.
2019-07-20 20:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Enemies in video games are one of the most obvious sources of great design, from the humble goomba all the way up to the likes of Prey's mimics. So why is it so hard to explain why we like these en...
2019-07-18 12:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post