I have a new itch.io page for my games, where I will be publishing a selection of my own projects. I am starting with the free ones that have already been published elsewhere, so that it can act as a nice repository of my games, all in one single place. The first one to appear… Continue reading Ariadne in Aeaea is now on itch.io
The small experimental game I made with Tea-Powered Games for the last Ludum Dare game jam is now published on itch.io and available for free for both Mac and PC. Nightwards, Heartwards is a minimalistic game that deals with mental states, the exploration of your inner self and coping with different challenges and situations of… Continue reading Nightwards, Heartwards is on itch.io now
My latest commercial game is out just today, available on Steam. Immortal Redneck is a frantic FPS starring the titular Redneck, an undead yahoo who goes on a mummy-shooting rampage after having a Very Bad start to his holiday in Egypt. It has received quite a lot, and I mean a lot, of rave reviews,… Continue reading Immortal Redneck is out today
Finally, and after a lot of dithering, I have taken part in a game jam – namely, the 38th edition of Ludum Dare. It’s take some insistence on the part of a certain designer friend and the lovely offer of collaboration from Dustin and Florencia, the amazing guys from Tea Powered Games. Working with them… Continue reading Nightwards, Heartwards (Ludum Dare 38)
Ariadne in Aeaea is a parser-based game created with Inform 7, which placed 12th in IFComp 2016. It follows the exploits of the mythological Ariadne, as a rather mundane priestess in training in the fictional but non-mythological setting of a small Aegean island. You can play it online clicking here, or read on for a… Continue reading Ariadne in Aeaea postmortem
This year I was able to attend AdventureX, an event geared towards narrative and writerly games. The venue, at Goldsmiths University (southern London) was not exactly easily accessible but the warm atmosphere and casualness of the event more than made up for any shortcomings. If I had to pick two talks among the range… Continue reading IF and poetic design at AdventureX
Let me announce the game I will be making for this year’s IFComp. The Interactive Fiction Competition is probably the oldest IF event, this year being the 22nd. It’s been described as the Superbowl of interactive fiction, and while this sounds perhaps a bit too grandiose, it definitely is the biggest event. Last year I… Continue reading Ariadne in Aeaea (WIP)
One of the great things about April in London is EGX Rezzed. I attended last year’s mainly thanks to my girlfriend, who pretty much dragged me there by an ear, going as far as winning my ticket in a drawing competition (she already had bought one for herself, which also says something for our comparative… Continue reading Revved for Rezzed
A few weeks ago GameCrimes.com ran a series of articles about gamedev in Spain, to celebrate the first anniversary of the podcast. The idea was to cover each and every field of development, from programming to art to localisation to marketing. Each article had to be written by an insider in the subject matter –… Continue reading Scribbling in the sun: the state of the art in Spain
So just a brief newsflash to announce that I will be writing and doing some live podcast interviews for Game Crimes. Game Crimes is a newish podcast and blog in English that focuses on Spanish independent developers. They make a great job of dragging unknown devs out of their dark basements and into the light,… Continue reading Smooth [game] Criminal
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