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    Posted on October 1, 2015 5:32 pm by Chris Emory Comment

    At PAX, Dan interviewed Chris Johnston, Senior Games Producer of Adult Swim Games. He was nice enough to give us a little insight into the process of going from online flash games into full on indie publisher.


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    Posted on September 30, 2015 1:20 pm by Chris Emory Comment

    We didn’t really take any time to break down the experience at PAX this year (honestly we didn’t really have much time afterwards), so I’m going to go back through and highlight some of my experiences.

    In this case – Wattam.

    I remember watching coverage of E3 and seeing the Wattam trailer. My soul knew exactly what I was looking at; some kind of Katamari friendship/pyrotechnics simulator. Every fiber of my being was urging me to find this game and acquire it. Hunter/gatherer instincts peaked. Unfortunately by the end of the video, it was clear that the game was not available for purchase.

    In order to continue functioning in the real world, I buried the acknowledgement of Wattam existing into the depths.

    bombfriends

    Fast forward to PAX – we are surveying the indie game landscape conducting interviews and I happen upon a familiar site. My world explodes with a vibrancy and color I haven’t experienced since….E3. Wattam is available to demo. By people. Human beings.

    Hey. I’m one of those two things.

    In the game, you play as a series of characters based on caricatures of real life objects such as a cloud, a coffee bean, a record player, etc. (except for the mayor, he’s just a square green blob). You’re given interpersonal puzzles to figure out with the goal of making friends with characters based on available abilities of friends you’ve already made. As Takahashi-san says, it’s a game about connections. Creating those connections (and the rewarding happy explosions you’re treated to afterwards) provides a unique kind of satisfaction – it’s something you’ve really never experienced before and probably never will again outside of this game.

    Go ahead and try to explain to me the feeling you get when you cheer up a weeping pillow.

    GangsAllHere

    The icing on the cake was the chance to meet Keita Takahashi and record an interview that Dan did with him. He even signed a Wattam shirt for me, taking the time to draw a few characters from various games. I don’t get star struck per se, but in Katamari Damacy I found a new kind of joy and fun that video games rarely provide anymore, so I spewed out an incoherent thank you of sorts.

    So, here’s the interview Dan did – it’s short but sweet as Takahashi-san was constantly kept busy by a steady stream of people who recognized him, but it’s one that I’m particularly happy to have been a part of.

    “Happy, cute, explode.”

    -Keita Takahashi


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  • Infinite Lives Interviews: Dan Fessler of Discord Games

    Posted on August 31, 2015 3:03 pm by Kevin Nelson Comment

    Jon finds out about Chasm, an upcoming Metroidvania style game at PAX Prime 2015 from one of the artists on the dev team.  The game play footage shown is Jon facing his limited mortality minutes before the interview kicked off.


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  • Infinite Lives Interviews: Caley Charchuk of Slick Entertainment

    Posted on August 31, 2015 1:03 pm by Kevin Nelson Comment

    Jon talks with Caley Charchuk of Slick Entertainment at PAX Prime 2015 about Viking Squad.  Viking Squad is an upcoming brawler due out in 2016 on Steam and the PS4.


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