I don't make games featuring bald, white male protagonists. I make cute ultra-violent brawlers (Spartan Fist, on Steam). I make games about lesbian detectives with disowned cat heiress partners (Hot Tin Roof, on Steam). I make games about crazy cat lady firefighters (Jones On Fire, on Steam).



In short, I don't make normal games. They're quirky. Quirky is great if you're independent. But when you're not, and have to talk to a publisher, and take their money, the quirky bits are usually the first to go.

Check out Amnesia Fortnight. It's where DoubleFine gets all of their awesome ideas, and it's part of why their games are so good. The thing is, an event like that is expensive. I don't have much time between projects to just experiment and figure out what to do next, I kind of have to launch straight in to the next sellable project and hope the idea is sound.

Those goals up there? Those are my Amnesia Fortnight. They let me take time to experiment, try weird ideas, and maybe, something from one of those sparks into our next big project. Even if it doesn't? Hey, you get to see me make more awesome, weird, probably unsellable artsy games.

No, absolutely not. There's a bunch of us, and some of us (like me) are fulltime, and some are part-time, and some we just call on for a few bits of work per year. The above videos and screenshots reflect the contributions of the entire team, not just me.

(For the moment, I'm the only one on the team experimenting with Patreon, but if and when others make their own, I'll add them here)

If I'm not actively working on a game, usually, I'm being active in the community. I used to run CiGDA (a group that promotes independent game development in Colorado), I talk on panels about game development et al, and I've even run a booth at a career show aimed at showing young girls that they can make video games too!



I also used to hike the flatirons a lot (it's a Colorado thing - it's also cheap exercise), now I spend a lot of time exploring the woods in Western Washington, and I eat a lot of spinach, and drink a lot of tea. The rest of my time is playing games or reading. Basically, I'm a giant geek.

You'll note that there aren't product-type rewards. That's because we sell games, and frankly, it makes more sense to go buy one of our games. This page is here for those that really love the kind of stuff I'm doing, and want to support it in a different way. If you're that kind of person, hey, you maybe also care about reading my long-form meanderings, so the mini dev blogs, those are for you! Whether you're that kind of person or not, though, I appreciate that you took the time to read this! So, from the bottom of my heart...