Myself and Matt (our community & marketing person) went on a trip to meet the good people of the European Space Agency and I had the nerdy, but obvious idea to record our new Mars Horizon: Blast Off! boardgame alongside one of the Rosalind Franklin aka ExoMars Rovers, which my colleague Kathryn kindly put to music…
It was exciting to demo the game to actual people working on Mars missions and everyone there was so kind. If you missed out, you can join in here. The Kickstarter update is here.
The Development of Chainsaw Warrior
Following an odd conversation at work, I dug out a flow chart that I’d made as part of the development of the classic Chainsaw Warrior. To set the scene, the game is a 1989 boardgame by Stephen Hard and published by Games Workshop where a lone cybernetic warrior has to enter a demon-infested New York to save the city. Here’s the trailer:
So the boardgame looks quite simple in terms of components;
Chainsaw Warrior Original Board Game
But it has an excellent gameplay system that is quite complex to convert;
(If you click that link, you get the PDF) If that sounds of interest, do check out the podcast on it here (scroll down to the ‘deep dive’ into Chainsaw Warrior). Also you can grab the game and sequel on Steam.
Oh and there are t-shirts too! Selling fast…..
It’s been a long time coming, but it is going to be well worth the wait! Here’s the official trailer…
Updated Dark Future Beta News!
We were due to be running the Dark Future beta last weekend, but due to issues out of our control, this didn’t happen. We’re looking to run this weekend. Either way, sign up here!
Off to GDC… #GDC2019
Today I head off to GDC. Oddly it’s the first time in over 20 years in the games industry. I’ve managed to not go before from a mix of having other projects on and not really wanting to travel that far.
If you’re going to be there, would be great to say hello – tweet me or if you’re going to be at:
- Day of the Devs screening (19th)
- UK Industry drink reception(UKie event, 20th)
- ID@Xbox event (21st)
I’m there in part demoing Dark Future and Mars Horizon, so grab me if you want to see them. In part having bizdev meetings re with publishing, offering porting and more – so grab me if you want to talk that. I’m also chatting a bit re Bristol Games Hub, so also grab me if you want to chat that. (Even if none of those, say hi anyway!)
See you soon!
Games Companies Cooperating – Us!
I was very pleased to be part of this announcement…
And don’t forget!
