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 […]
Miscellaneous
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 […]
Swimming with Bit Blot
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. […]
A Day to Remember
This article originally appeared in Dev.Mag Issue 28, released in January 2009. To accompany our review of the game, Dev.Mag sat down with Daniel Remar, the sole creator of Iji, and harassed him with questions about the development of the remarkable game.