I forgot to post about this here earlier but Expand was in Humble Indie Bundle 17. We were added to the bundle half way through the promotion. If you paid more than the average then you received a copy of Expand, the soundtrack and a slew of other games.

Below is a listing of all the games in the bundle. The lineup was pretty fantastic.

In case you missed it, Moirai is available on Steam. The response has been pretty overwhelming. I’m probably going to be writing up a long form piece on it later. So keep an eye out for that.

Leading up to Christmas I’ve been pottering away on a prototype for a programming game. My friend Matt, whose game Hacknet has piqued the interest of educators, has been pushing me to look at educational games. I’m not really interested in these kinds of games but I told him that I’d think on it. After thinking for a while I came up with a small prototype which you can play by following the link below.

In the game you need to write some basic programming code that will reduce all the numbers in a grid to zero. The game limits the number of times you can use loops and if statements. The game will step through your code showing you which lines are being executed and when changes are made to the grid. It should take you about 10 minutes or so to get a feel for the game. Please read the README file before starting.

Download Loop Game Prototype(Windows only)

I’m not really sure if I want to pursue the game any further which is why I’m posting out to see what people think. Feel free to post a comment with your thoughts, email me or tweet at me.

So a few days ago we launched Expand onto Steam, itch.io and Humble Store. The game is only $6 and soundtrack $4. We have a 20% discount for the launch week. You can view the launch trailer below. If it looks like a game that would interest you then we highly recommend picking it up.

I’ll probably write up a much longer post once things settle down.

In preparation for a release in September 2015 we have opened up a Steam Greenlight page for Expand. If you’d love for the game to be available on Steam then please vote for it. We are really humbled by all the support everyone has shown.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been learning how to use the Unity game engine. I decided that I’d be good practise to make a new game with it. Recently I read the Quarterly Essay called Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by good old leftie commentator David Marr. It was published back in 2012 before Abbott’s first election against Kevin Rudd. One of the recurring ideas in the book was how the electorate had forgotten many of the awful statements that Abbott had made publicly. I thought I’d make this small game to highlight some of those statements.

Play Shit Abbott Said on itch.io