It's been too long! 2023 update

It's been around two years since last I updated this blog. Holy fuck does time fly.

I recently left my last job, where I helped fix planes. Needless to say it was very stressful, so I'm looking to work on something I actually enjoy. With Bird Tapper and the Great Krampusnacht Cleansing being so well received publicly, and with this new Bird Tapper game doing similarly well (at least so far), I'm pretty excited to see where things go!

Since my last post I've released 5 web games: T.O.F.U, Adventure of Leek, Ruby Heart Matchmakers, Bird Tapper and the Great Krampusnacht Cleansing, and Bird Tapper: Purple Platoon Panic.
> T.O.F.U is a visually boring "I Wanna Be the Guy" clone where you can jump on your own corpse. Physics are a little too finicky, and corpse mechanics didn't work super well in my opinion.
(4/10)
>Adventure of Leek was ok: I like the character designs, and the game was fun, but my art was very sub-par with this one.
(7/10)
>Ruby Heart Matchmakers was fun, even if the final game feels a little clunky and unpolished. The character designs I think turned out pretty good, though some parts of the game feel a little off in retrospect.
(6.5/10)
>Bird Tapper and the Great Krampusnacht Cleansing. I did an entire YouTube video going over this one, but TL;DR: I'm happy with the core gameplay, although the power-ups and level design probably needed a little extra work.
(8.5/10)

I also just wrapped up Bird Tapper: Purple Platoon Panic! It's a little too early to have many thoughts on it, but I do have plans to go back to the game!

Internally, we're talking about a "map pack"-type game that'll add maybe 20 new levels at most. It'll be a separate game page, but will feature identical mechanics and physics to the original Purple Platoon Panic. The levels this time around will be designed by a few of our friends: mostly fellow game developers, but there might be contributions by some people you wouldn't expect. We're starting it in December, and I'm excited to see how it goes!

I'm also working on a little JRPG called Giggleforce. It'll likely take a long time to be anywhere close to done, but it's a fun little side-hustle whenever I have the time for it. I was aiming to get a Christmas demo out this year, but with Bird Tapper doing so well, I think I might have to delay that until 2024.

Anyhow, that's all from me so far! I'll try to post more shit here lol.