Utah Indie Night – Fall 2010

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 29, 2010

I can’t report too much on last night’s event, though if Greg gets around to making a write-up I’ll link to his. The evening started out with a short presentation about the dangers of Easter Eggs in games to the industry. He noted the Hot Coffee scandal (which I didn’t see as an Easter Egg […]

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Alpha Is Boring. Except For Those Poor Souls Working On It.

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 28, 2010

I have been prepping Frayed Knights for the Utah Indie Night tonight.  I was kind of excited, because, you know, now it is finally ALPHA. You know, testable. Being tested. Being fixed. As a complete game. But, uh, that doesn’t leave much to really SHOW. At an indie night. See, I’ve already shown off most […]

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Exult: A New Release to Play an Old Game…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 27, 2010

There’s finally a new official release candidate for Exult: Get Exult 1.4.9 Release Candidate Unfortunately, it wiped out my previous saved games, so I’ve started Serpent Isle once more. This is like the fifth time… For those who do not know, Exult is an engine that allows you to play Ultima VII Parts 1 and […]

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Indie Gaming Poll

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Feel like fessing up about your indie gaming habits? Indie Superstar has a poll for you. I kinda worry the poll will be skewed by the kinds of people who actually hear about it… but hey, ya gotta start somewhere.

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The Coming App Stores

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 26, 2010

Due to the success of iTunes and the iPhone / iPad App Stores, I assume. we’re soon going to be seeing them everywhere. Apple has announced an app store for the Mac that will mimic their mobile app store, and rumor has already linked that Microsoft is planning an app store with Windows 8. This […]

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Frayed Knights: Skulking in Real-Time

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 25, 2010

Okay, this isn’t really an update on the upcoming indie RPG Frayed Knights so much as a commentary from the trenches. Since my life these days seems to revolve around this frickin’ game… As part of alpha, I’ve been going back and cleaning up levels and “modernizing” them with systems that hadn’t been implemented when […]

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Telepath RPG: Servants of God Update

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 22, 2010

Craig Stern tried to bribe me with “exclusive” screenshots from his upcoming indie game Telepath RPG: Servants of God.  As he describes it, these are  “showing off part of a multi-part, multi-room block puzzle from one of the deadly, trap-filled desert crypts you may find yourself exploring during the course of the game.” There are […]

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RPG Combat: Good Reasons Why You Got Your Butt Kicked

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 21, 2010

I felt like rambling on today a little bit about CRPG combat, and my philosophy on how combat should work in CRPGs. Of course, all CRPG combat systems are different, so it’s very hard find a enough commonality to compare them all. But we can start with the basics. Like getting your butt kicked. So […]

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How to Honk Off the Indie Gatekeepers

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 20, 2010

LateWhiteRabbit asked for my opinion on this particularly ugly little feud amongst indie developers for the XBox Live Indie Games channel: The Controversial Saga of the Zombie Massage Makers I’m not directly involved with the “Indie Games” channel. So once again, I’m probably talking about stuff of which I know very little. Please correct me […]

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What of the Gaming Journalists?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 19, 2010

So once again, I’m gonna talk about something I know little about. That rarely stops me, anyway. Today’s topic: Games Journalism. Once upon a time, back when it was helmed by Johnny Wilson, I was a big fan of Computer Gaming World. As a poor newlywed college student in a tiny apartment, I had little […]

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Frayed Knights – Revisiting Pokmor Xang

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 18, 2010

Yes, I’m doing two Frayed Knights updates in a row. One problem with being so focused on making a game is that it leaves very little brain-power left over to think about other things to talk about.  Right now conversations with me kinda go like this: Person 1: “Jay, how was your weekend?” Me: “Uh, […]

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Frayed Knights: An Impromptu Q&A… And Announcement

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 15, 2010

Arianna: Um, hi. We don’t know where Jay is right now. We’ve been looking all over for him… Someone in the Closet: Mrrrr… HRRRRRR!!!!! Benjamin: Guys, I don’t know if this is really right… Dirk: Okay, what we meant to say is, The Rampant Coyote is a little… tied up right now. Chloe: You mean […]

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Halloween Creepiness: A Ghostly Scream…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 14, 2010

My wife is now a storyteller tour guide for Ghost Tours. She’s been a storyteller for years, partly specializing the cool creepy ghost stories that get her a lot of gigs in October. That being said, she’s never really had a supernatural encounter – she just loves the kinds of stories that make you shiver. […]

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The Temple of Elemental Evil

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 13, 2010

Well, GOG.COM is kinda fulfilling my dream scenarios on making old RPGs available, so I guess I’m finally forgiving them on the whole faking-their-own-death thing. This week seems to be about encouraging me to re-buy games I already own. This week’s double-dose offering includes Betrayal in Antarna as a free addition to Betrayal at Krondor… […]

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Real Heroism

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I’m a sucker for happy endings. It’s easy to become cynical with all the strife and violence taking place in the world today. But today the story, pictures, and videos of the rescue of the trapped miners in Chile makes me proud to be a human being. And as a side note – that whole […]

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Din’s Curse Just Got Cheaper!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 12, 2010

Soldak Entertainment has dropped the price of Din’s Curse down to a mere $19.99.  This is a fantastic game and well worth the price. You can grab it here: Din’s Curse – Reduced Price! So if you still haven’t been convinced, the demo remains free (and the brand new demo has a higher level limit, […]

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