Hey team
After I finished my Breath of the Wild video, I toyed with this idea of doing a bonus follow-up video, to touch on that same topic, but from a different angle.
This would allow ...
2017-03-23 07:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Had to do it! Lots to talk about in Breath of the Wild (from climbing to adaptive soundtracks to immersive sim design to wayfinding to whatever, it's full of stuff I have praised on GMTK), but decided...
2017-03-20 13:56:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Lemme know what you think!
2017-03-18 16:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most controversial aspects of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the fact that weapons are super brittle. Like, a powerful knight's sword will break down faster than a launch era Xb...
2017-03-16 21:32:52 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone. Just wanted to check in, as it feels like forever since we last talked.
As you can imagine, I have been absolutely wrapped up in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is a huge, addicti...
2017-03-10 07:47:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy! Let me know if you try any of the games :D
2017-02-28 18:45:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone. Before I start, I want to talk about email spam.
I'm very aware that I write more posts than the average Patreon creator, and while I think that's a good thing - ...
2017-02-28 09:29:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Thanks for taking part in the first GameClub, on Psychonauts. It was so great to read all your thoughtful responses to the game.
I think Julian really summed up the game fo...
2017-02-27 12:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello boys and girls. It's that special time again, when I unleash a whole bunch of interesting articles, engaging video essays, and weird internet discoveries.
Hope you enjoy!
Residen...
2017-02-27 09:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Now with 100% fewer audio bugs (hopefully!)
2017-02-27 07:18:22 +0000 UTC View Post
OOPS. There's a nasty audio bug in this upload. Will fix and re-upload tomorrow. SORRY! Replaced with the previous video for now.
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Hello!
My new episode is out tomorrow. It's...
2017-02-26 19:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
So, this was fun to make. I haven't done something like this in a while - where I look at a general design topic, and use examples from loads of different games. So it was nice to revis...
2017-02-25 17:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Hope you had a chance to play some Psychonauts - and enjoyed your time.
For me, it was great to go back to this game (I hadn't played it in about 10 years). While it hasn't aged amazin...
2017-02-23 16:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! Here's a new video for you. Sorry, no subtitles, thumbnail, or description yet. Will be doing all that on Monday (when the video goes public)
Do let me know what you think!
2017-02-18 10:02:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello super special $5 Patrons. Thanks for your advanced support.
So, Breath of the Wild will be taking inspiration from the first Zelda game. Here's why that's exciting (and why Zelda 1 isn't...
2017-02-17 09:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostSo, a while back IGN asked me if I'd like to work with them, either by syndicating my content on their channel or having me make exclusive stuff.
I asked you guys for advice, and we came to the conc...
2017-02-16 20:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone.
So, I decided to dip into the Patreon coffers last month to finally get something I've been meaning to buy... a PC.
Yeah, yeah, I know. Console peasant and all that. I used 2017-02-05 20:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay! By a considerable margin, the winner of the first GameClub poll is... Psychonauts!
Let me give you some historical context for this one. Psychonauts is the first game by Doubl...
2017-02-02 15:37:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
So, as promised (ages ago, sorry for the delay!) I'm going to be running a game club on Patreon. It's like a book club, but with fewer paper cuts.
Obviously,... 2017-02-01 11:20:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey team. Thanks so much for your support in January.
Post script
So, this was my first month doing Game Maker's Toolkit full time. It was fun and weird and it completely flew...
2017-01-31 11:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for your extra support this month. Here are three indie games, released in January, that I enjoyed.
2017-01-31 09:33:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to talk about two awesome FPS games, and how they focused on fun gameplay above anything else.
Okay, I think I can put 2016 to rest now. Got some nostalgic stuff coming up in February...
2017-01-30 14:29:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all!
I've put together an absolutely weird hodgepodge of stuff this month. There's no overarching theme, no crossheads, and no telling what you'll get from link to link!
There are a lot ...
2017-01-30 10:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Decided to use January as an excuse to cover some 2016 games I didn't catch last year - namely, The Last Guardian, Doom, and Titanfall 2.
Subtitles enabled, all other bits coming on Monday whe...
2017-01-28 20:45:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone. Thanks for your questions this week. Here are the answers - hope you find them interesting. If you have any suggestions for longer posts, like Julian's Q about scripts, lemme know.
Rig...
2017-01-28 08:10:18 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone. Earlier today I asked you to contribute questions that you'd like to hear me answer in a Q&A...
2017-01-19 22:38:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Right. After a brief hiatus, Boss Keys is back!
This series is getting hard. The dungeons are generally more straightforward at this point in the series and so I'm either going to end up moaning or ...
2017-01-19 14:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Things are going well - Last Guardian episode got great comments and the video was 2017-01-19 11:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
So I thought it might be interesting to look back on what 2016 looked like for Game Maker's Toolkit. See what did well, what I achieved, and what I can learn.
This post is really, rea...
2017-01-11 14:05:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
In this video, I used The Last Guardian as a way to talk about how games can communicate story, character, and ideas through their mechanics.
This video has closed captions available ...
2017-01-07 15:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post