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Play my newest game, Fuck That Noise!

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Fuck That Noise, made in Twine for the One Game a Month challenge, is an interactive guide to deciding whether or not you should go to law school, and how to get there. Ok, really it is just a pissy little takedown of the whole process of applying for law school, but it takes the form of a guide.

For the record, I have now been accepted to a number of schools, and I am feeling much better about the whole thing, but I started writing this game when I was really hating the process, so that’s where the tone comes from.

I made this as catharsis and also to force myself to learn some of the style features of Twine that I did not utilize in my first Twine game. I was counting on fonts to get some of my points across, but then I found out that only a select few fonts are universal, which resulted in a lot of changes. But that’s the learning process, I guess. Criticisms are welcome and appreciated

Anyway, if you have a second, you can play the game in your browser by clicking the link above. When you make choices in the game, try to resist the urge to go backwards, as you’ll get some repeat content that way. And remember - there are many ways to lose, but you can win any time you want. 

Fuck yeah Shawn.

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Making it in Indie Games: Starter Guide

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Every now and then someone will ask me for advice on making it as a professional indie game developer. First, it’s a huge honor to be asked that. So I want to say “Thank you!” Second… damn, if I really want to help out it’s a serious endeavor. Of course, I could always say “Give it your best! Work hard! Be true to yourself!” and it wouldn’t be a terrible reply… just not a terribly useful one, either.

So here it is. Here is what I’m going to link when that rare situation arises again, because it’s too much work to write it up more than once! This is advice that I feel may actually be practical to someone who is just starting out as an indie game developer. Hope it helps!

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Freeware Recommendations (Twine edition)

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Often, I find free games that are good, but for whatever reason do not warrant a full review. They may be too short or too prone to spoilers to review separately, but are still interesting and worth a playthrough. Occasionally, I like to do these with a theme - all of today’s picks have been made with the simple text game making software Twine! All are playable in your browser, so check them out:

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Hidden Maze City (Mike Leisz & Miles Simon) - Those who know my taste in games know I value interesting above almost all else, and interesting is what Mike Leisz does. He and Miles Simon created this game for Porpentine’s Big Chaos Twine Jam. Going above and beyond the typical text-only stuff that most people make with Twine, these guys added distorted pixelated visuals and electronic music loops. Many Twine games are good stories, but have no traditional game elements, and this game reverses that. There are legit branching paths and win/loss conditions, but the story is more a series of images than a cohesive narrative. Overall, this is one of my favorite Twines yet. (Plus, honestly, any game with a reference to Outkast’s “ATLiens” is clearly worth playing.) 

Hidden Maze City, a Twine game I made with Miles Simon for Porpentine’s Big Chaos Jam, got some love recently on Discovergames.

Check out the full post HERE, which also highlights Footling Summer’s Body of the Moon and Gaming Pixie’s What’s in a Name.

Thanks for the kind words, Shawn!

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    • #interactive fiction
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Thanks again Porp!

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The Furnace

A game I was afraid to make

Play it HERE

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I did the theme for Nightrun, Jereon’s One Game A Month entry, a couple weeks back.

Here’s the loop.

You can play Nightrun HERE.

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Twine Resources

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Porpentine compiled a bunch of Twine resources today.

Dynamic mini-maps and random text abound!

I’ve been going through them and having a lot of fun.

Making Twine games making Twine games making Twine games

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Hidden Maze City

Miles and I made a ridiculous and stupid Twine game for Porpentine’s Big Chaos Twine Jam.

We had a lot of fun, and after checking out the other entries, we’re really stoked to crack Twine/Twee open and get at some of its more in depth features. This is a truly beautiful and exciting movement and medium.

If you haven’t checked out the Twine community, I highly recommend it! Especially Porpentine’s Twine games; she is a fucking wizard with this shit.

All Big Chaos Jam entries are HERE, and Phack maintains a hub with like every Twine game ever HERE.

Oh and, you can play Hidden Maze City HERE

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LAST JAM WE HAD
13
GAMES
THIS JAM WE HAVE
50+
TRULY CHAOS IS THE MOST POWERFUL MAGIC OF ALL
——
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF SOMETHING NEEDS CHANGED OR IF I MISSED ANYONE
——
PROFANE BEAST SOLDIER by madamluna
Narcoleptic Insect Smuggler by Unguided
talentless hack. by cuppy
Banish Reality by Jack Sanders
Visual Snow by noyb
NORTH KULL by antibesnice
THE BOG-NYMPHS OF NEPTUNE by Kitty Horrorshow
ANDROID MAKEOUT ATTACK by swampmaiden
Ancient Ghost Ignition by Poesnacks
streamy by ???
Meta by James Heslin
glowing architecture. by adam dickinson
Twine Jam by mno
Uterii. by cuppy
that thing _ do by Tof
Lethal Elevator from Hell by Snow McNally
Anne Hathaway: Erotic Mouthscape by Lillian Behrendt
HUNT FOR THE GAY PLANET by anna anthropy
Frames by brain sullivan
ART GALLERY by Isaac Schankler
Soup by lalanl
6-Million Dollar Tricycle Co-op! by Solon
Integral by Jonathan Schoenfelder
Terrible Animal: The Dark Project by Kim Moss
Preschool Funk Demolition by Joseph Miller
Never Have I Ever by Molly Carroll & Ashton Raze
Reset by Lydia Neon
Star Trek Shopping Simulator by Lydia Neon
rogue shaving pimps by nanosity
shells by alex
BUBBLEGUM SLAUGHTER by merritt kopas
Bloody Princess Farmer by porpentine
Super Twario by azurenimbus
pathetic train of might and magic by matthew thompson
A Trip to the Clinic by Wojit
Drunken Mind Control Slaughter by Tom “@TomSmizzle” Smith
Resonance by partyhatjones
The wolf cried while the fairy sparkled, screaming about a million tiny worlds. by Mark Gobbin
We Love Magic Police by swampselkie and prunescholar
Press X to Hex by Barclay Hanks
Rockin’ Night Crusade by 1. anime #teens
Snowfall by oh no problems
Phoenix Wright: Trailer Park Inferno by Evil Roda
BORING BOXING CONFLICT by maddox pratt
Future Jazz Psychiatrist by oblivion NZ
To Make Games, or Not to Make Games by Devin Raposo
The bed problem by Mallory
Hidden Maze City by Mike Leisz & Miles Simon
CHAOS CAVES by Kyle Brodzky / Capntastic
——
TRADITIONAL NON-TWINE MYSTERY BONUS GAMES
Sun Sets by mcc
Gjve up« by plule
——
CROSS-POSTED HERE AT MY SITE
THANK YOU FOR PLAYING BIG CHAOS
PLEASE KEEP CREATING


Ahoy! Miles and I made a Twine game called Hidden Maze City for the Big Chaos Jam.
Twine is fun.
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porpentine:

LAST JAM WE HAD

13

GAMES

THIS JAM WE HAVE

50+

TRULY CHAOS IS THE MOST POWERFUL MAGIC OF ALL

——

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF SOMETHING NEEDS CHANGED OR IF I MISSED ANYONE

——

PROFANE BEAST SOLDIER by madamluna

Narcoleptic Insect Smuggler by Unguided

talentless hack. by cuppy

Banish Reality by Jack Sanders

Visual Snow by noyb

NORTH KULL by antibesnice

THE BOG-NYMPHS OF NEPTUNE by Kitty Horrorshow

ANDROID MAKEOUT ATTACK by swampmaiden

Ancient Ghost Ignition by Poesnacks

streamy by ???

Meta by James Heslin

glowing architecture. by adam dickinson

Twine Jam by mno

Uterii. by cuppy

that thing _ do by Tof

Lethal Elevator from Hell by Snow McNally

Anne Hathaway: Erotic Mouthscape by Lillian Behrendt

HUNT FOR THE GAY PLANET by anna anthropy

Frames by brain sullivan

ART GALLERY by Isaac Schankler

Soup by lalanl

6-Million Dollar Tricycle Co-op! by Solon

Integral by Jonathan Schoenfelder

Terrible Animal: The Dark Project by Kim Moss

Preschool Funk Demolition by Joseph Miller

Never Have I Ever by Molly Carroll & Ashton Raze

Reset by Lydia Neon

Star Trek Shopping Simulator by Lydia Neon

rogue shaving pimps by nanosity

shells by alex

BUBBLEGUM SLAUGHTER by merritt kopas

Bloody Princess Farmer by porpentine

Super Twario by azurenimbus

pathetic train of might and magic by matthew thompson

A Trip to the Clinic by Wojit

Drunken Mind Control Slaughter by Tom “@TomSmizzle” Smith

Resonance by partyhatjones

The wolf cried while the fairy sparkled, screaming about a million tiny worlds. by Mark Gobbin

We Love Magic Police by swampselkie and prunescholar

Press X to Hex by Barclay Hanks

Rockin’ Night Crusade by 1. anime #teens

Snowfall by oh no problems

Phoenix Wright: Trailer Park Inferno by Evil Roda

BORING BOXING CONFLICT by maddox pratt

Future Jazz Psychiatrist by oblivion NZ

To Make Games, or Not to Make Games by Devin Raposo

The bed problem by Mallory

Hidden Maze City by Mike Leisz & Miles Simon

CHAOS CAVES by Kyle Brodzky / Capntastic

——

TRADITIONAL NON-TWINE MYSTERY BONUS GAMES

Sun Sets by mcc

Gjve up« by plule

——

CROSS-POSTED HERE AT MY SITE

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING BIG CHAOS

PLEASE KEEP CREATING

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Ahoy! Miles and I made a Twine game called Hidden Maze City for the Big Chaos Jam.

Twine is fun.

    • #twine
    • #indie games
    • #freeware games
    • #indie dev
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