Itch.io for Game Devs – Quick Tip
Itch.io, as you may know if you are a game developer, is a massive indie game store. It’s a little like Steam but catering more to indie developers and experimental games. One really nice...
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Protospiel Online Feedback Jan 2023
Last weekend I attended Protospiel Online (Jan 2023). I took A Taste for the King, Flip Control (Working Title) and during the weekend I came up with a new idea and gave that a...
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Solstice Party at the Edge of the World – Sketchmas 2022
In December 2022 I ran the 3rd 12 Days of Sketchmas Game jam. This was the most successful Sketchmas yet with 6 entries from 4 participants! Sketchmas is a yearly relaxed game jam where...
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One Bullet Man – #TriJam 201
The theme for Trijam 201 was You Got 1 Shot. Trijam is a game jam where participants try to create a game in 3 hours or less. I wasn’t originally going to take part...
Itch.io for Game Devs – Quick Tip
Itch.io, as you may know if you are a game developer, is a massive indie game store. It’s a little like Steam but catering more to indie developers and experimental games. One really nice...
Protospiel Online Feedback Jan 2023
Last weekend I attended Protospiel Online (Jan 2023). I took A Taste for the King, Flip Control (Working Title) and during the weekend I came up with a new idea and gave that a...
Solstice Party at the Edge of the World – Sketchmas 2022
In December 2022 I ran the 3rd 12 Days of Sketchmas Game jam. This was the most successful Sketchmas yet with 6 entries from 4 participants! Sketchmas is a yearly relaxed game jam where...
One Bullet Man – #TriJam 201
The theme for Trijam 201 was You Got 1 Shot. Trijam is a game jam where participants try to create a game in 3 hours or less. I wasn’t originally going to take part...
Safe – The Newest Addition to A Taste for the King
In my efforts to make A Taste for the King more interactive between players, I have added a new mechanism to the game. This comes in the form of an ability: Safe. Each player...
This Year’s Game Jam Entries – 2022 Edition
This year Drentsoft Games took part in several very fun game jams. While I have taken part in several Ludum Dares in the past Ludum Dare 50 marks the first since Drentsoft Games was...
The Apprentice Witch – TriJam #200
The theme for TriJam 200 was Expect the Unexpected. For this TriJam they gave us an extra 20 minutes (200 instead of the usual 180 minutes) and it was the last TriJam of 2022....
Larry’s Discus Throw – TriJam #199
The theme for TriJam 199 was Energy. I had the idea to make a fairly simple shooting range style game where you play as Larry, a Discus obsessed doomsday prepper who spends his days...
Let’s Go Camping – Trijam #198
The theme for Trijam 198 was Let’s Go Camping and I had an idea for a game where ex-military hunters are on a camping trip when they find an invasion force crossing the border....
Split Up – TriJam #197
The theme for TriJam 197 was Split Up. I had a couple of loose ideas for this but the one that stuck was a Nuclear fission reactor game. Why? Because fission reactors split atoms...