Jacking up

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Aug 272009
 
Jacking up

Save Jack was one of last year’s honorable mentions in Microsoft’s annual DreamBuildPlay game development competition, made by a pair of South African devs with a penchant for interesting ideas and a desire to put them into action. We decided that it would be a good idea to interview these good folks for their take [...]

Playing with Clay

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Jul 092009
 
Playing with Clay

Blazing in at the IGF and leaving a clay-ridden trail of aliens, shotguns and grumpy farmers, Cletus Clay is shaping up to be one of the most interesting indie offerings around, not least because it uses a game world built entirely of plasticine models.

Speaking about Spelunky

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Apr 022009
 
Speaking about Spelunky

We’ve accosted indie developer Derek Yu, creator of Aquaria – which we covered extensively in the past – for a chat on his new creation, Spelunky, a unique blend of the replayability of roguelikes and the immediacy of platformers. All this goes well together with our review on the game this month too.

Mar 282009
 
Swimming with Bit Blot

This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 19, released in December 2007. Bit-Blot, comprising of indie developers Alec Holowka and Derek Yu, is the force responsible for the IGF Grand Prize winning game, Aquaria, which was released on 7 December 2007. We chat them up and ask them about their exploits and their future prospects. [...]

Mar 282009
 
A Day to Remember

This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 22, released in June 2008. Q. Mind telling us a little about yourself? Danny. My name is Danny Day. I’m 27 years old. I own QCF Design, an independent game development studio. I run Game.Dev, a non-profit community of South African game developers. I’ve lectured on games at [...]