Nicholas O / Essay Games

Bundle of Joy is OUT NOW! 🎉 🎉 🎉 I can't believe it. I don't really know what to say. What a day. Please go check it out on #Steam and @itch.io store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/... essaygames.itch.io/bundle-of-joy #indiegames #godot

Virtue and a Sledgehammer is out in less than 5 hours. store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/...

Mentioned earlier that I've been playing Sovereign Tower this weekend. Absolutely agree with Gareth. It also has great choice design! Finding resolution when moments of conflict arise inherently involve strategic compromise. There must've been so many rounds of intense balance playtesting!

Last call on RSVP’s for tomorrow’s NYC Godot User Group meet up!

I really like this worksheet! I might even use it for my own designs for the project I’m working on.

Started playing Sovereign Tower last night and it’s way more systems heavy than I had expected. Really love the art style and mechanic, but felt a bit info overload to get started.

RT if you don't use AI for coding

ICYMI, the NYC Godot User Group is gunna be at Pratt this month (and hopefully for the foreseeable future?)

Pratt's Game Maker Guild will be hosting the NYC Godot User Group next Monday from 7-9pm! Super excited to help host this with our amazing students and if you're in the city and want to meet other Godot devs RSVP ASAP! luma.com/8fwqqpfp

I posted a new blog post about the game I've been working on since the start of the summer, narrative system design using Ink (and Godot), and some "big-picture" thinking about influences and technique: www.essay-games.com/blog/buildin... Hope you get a chance to read and lemme know your thoughts!

Speaking of great student projects, this is a really fun game by some alum of RIT who we saw a lot of at festivals and cons last year. Special s/o to @drewg8.itch.io!

Bernie Mattson’s Doo-Daa mentioned in this! A truly wonderful project by a very talented Game Arts grad ❤️❤️❤️

I hadn't seen that the #NYGamesWeek youtube channel had posted my lil' dev interview video about Bundle of Joy on their channel over the weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkuP... I really wish I would've shaved before recording this piece lol.

I hadn't seen that the #NYGamesWeek youtube channel had posted my lil' dev interview video about Bundle of Joy on their channel over the weekend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkuP... I really wish I would've shaved before recording this piece lol.

I'm going to be doing a dev stream this morning from about 9-11am ET. Working on some of the Johnstown project and wanting to implement some "timed" narrative encounters; something like the kind most recently implemented in a notable way by Dispatch. Come say hi! www.twitch.tv/m3m3x

Immediately adding this to my student professional development resources list!

Vibe-y tech demos do not make game design.

KRZ End of act 2

On my way uptown to give my talk!

I know this is making the rounds, but this is really first rate reporting from @duckvalentine.bsky.social: kotaku.com/inside-the-f...

Seventeen years later… The time has come for Machinarium 2 🦾🔧 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

The deepest sale of Bundle of Joy ends today. Grab your copy for #NewYorkGamesWeek

This Friday I'll be giving a talk at CCNY for the EGD collective lecture series entitled: Your story needs a system: Thoughts and Examples of Technical Narrative Design. I'll highlight work I've been doing w/ Ink & Godot, as well as Yarn Spinner stuff I'm been teaching this year. See you there!

It was so amazing to see Bundle of Joy in the first block of games on the NY Games Week Live kick-off stream yesterday! I'm still buzzing from the feedback & so honored to join the incredible NYC devs & artists featured. Can't wait for the rest of the festivities this week! Check out the clip!

Alllsoo, BoJ is 50% off for this week in celebration of NY Games Week so if you wishlisted it yesterday (or have thought about checking it out) this is the deepest discount it's (ever?) going to get! store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

Support developers this NYGW by wishlisting and buying games, as well as sharing the Steam event. Steam events are invaluable to devs in reaching their goals; it's an easy way to make a huge difference. store.steampowered.com/curator/4630...

I spent far too long yesterday trying to rationalize with a rando asking me to work on a completely unproven project for equity and I’m still wishing I had all that time back.

Dreamwalkers, a really fun collaborative storytelling TTRPG by Pratt Game Arts alums Meg Donohoe and @anamillia.bsky.social, is in Indiepocalypse #81!

Bandcamp Friday and Steam Autumn sale landing on the same day is a move.

My subtle 6-7 joke teaching Yarn Spinner variables in my technical narrative design class was barely noticed.

Always a highlight to see! I really wanted to pitch a panel this year… maybe next year!

I’m really glad hockey is coming back, but I’m gunna be even more excited when the PWHL comes back in December.

It’s my darling boy’s birthday. He is truly a treasure and the best storyteller I’ve ever met.

Where do I ethically source a stainless steel French press?

The CONTROL Resonant viral marketing campaign is going well

I'm making something v serious

Congrats to GDoC Expo! So proud to be a monthly supporter of this incredible org!