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1. I am a judge for best game of 2008. It was terribly surprising to be asked to do this, and I'm hoping my decision will be a smart one... there are many wonderful games this year and choosing between them is going to be very difficult. There are some games that should've been nominated (in my opinion) and others that should not have been nominated at all... not monthly winners included by default, but staff inclusions. There are still some games I have to play/replay before I can choose, so this will be a busy weekend.

2. I am making a new game with Snubbyc, who programmed Supertank. I'm really happy with the art (and programming :3) so far and I think it's going to be great when it's done... It's a remake of an old project, that is actually posted publicly on the Internet. If you can find it, then you can feel like we share a special bond. Also you'll get to play a crappy game and get transported 2 years back in time, when I drew with the mouse and thought I might actually get good at programming. HEH. I still have a lot of game ideas in the back of my mind, and one of my goals is to really speed up my thought process and work, so I can think through and finish games much faster. I've got a lot to learn before I can finish things in a matter of weeks, though.

3. Started storyboarding Invertebrata, Larvae's half-brother. I'm working hard to try and make it as good as it can be, so it might be a while before I even begin animation--I'll show the animatic around first and probably rework a lot of it. You should probably forget about it entirely, it'll save you a lot of waiting.

4. I found a torrent of all the music from The Neverhood, the game that dominated my brain for years. After several failed attempts to download it, I finally triumphed, and now all of its glimmering treasures are mine. Download it here. It will change your life.

5. I bought Edmund Mcmillen's CD and it's fantastic. Buy it and help a brother out, aight? Oh yeah I bought it from his etsy store instead of the NG store, which is why I don't get a fun little icon on my GEAR page. oh well maybe next decade

uh I think that's everything. here's a FUN SNEAK PEEK at the new game thing

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19 Comments

Jan. 29, 2009 | 11:25 PM Mexifry says:

Epic. :3

Jan. 29, 2009 | 11:55 PM Luis says:

HAI SYNJ

Jan. 30, 2009 | 8:33 AM Ansel responds:

:'(

Jan. 30, 2009 | 12:36 AM HolyPeanuts says:

Never played the game, but I took a listen to some of the music, and its great, definitely getting it!

Jan. 30, 2009 | 8:39 AM Ansel responds:

There's another torrent floating around somewhere with the game AND music

but whatever

Jan. 30, 2009 | 1:19 AM BoMToons says:

I think I know what game that is.

Jan. 30, 2009 | 8:39 AM Ansel responds:

sssssshhhhhhhhh

Jan. 30, 2009 | 1:30 AM Snubby says:

huzzah

Jan. 30, 2009 | 3:47 AM f0d says:

very much lookin forward to Invertebrata

Jan. 30, 2009 | 8:40 AM Ansel responds:

well KEEP LOOKIN, PAL

Jan. 30, 2009 | 9:37 AM Lesjuh says:

Good luck with your stuff :)
...
What else to say -_-

Jan. 30, 2009 | 10:49 AM LazyMuffin says:

Neverhood soundtrack is awesome.

Jan. 31, 2009 | 10:34 AM Ansel responds:

yes.

Jan. 30, 2009 | 12:08 PM thedo12 says:

man I totaly though you were that cannoncrouch guy till I saw you were the 15 year old prodigy kid.

Jan. 31, 2009 | 10:36 AM Ansel responds:

i-smel is my alt

Jan. 30, 2009 | 12:14 PM nathanielmilburn says:

I hope the game doesn't use that strong of a red in the background :/

Jan. 31, 2009 | 10:35 AM Ansel responds:

It does :/ It has a really limited red/black/white color pallette, which looks cool but is pretty hard on the eyes after a while

Jan. 30, 2009 | 12:40 PM I-smel says:

lol Im that cannoncrouch guy.

Yeah I can definately pick 5 games of the year, but I think the major decision's between who's first and who's second.

I wanna play the game.

Invertebrata needs a storyboard?

Jan. 31, 2009 | 10:33 AM Ansel responds:

Yeah, I can pick out my 5 favorites for sure, but putting them in order is going to be awful. it's like having to choose between 5 equally delicious flavors of ice cream and no matter which one you choose you'll wonder what you missed

as soon as we've got a working first level, we might start showing it to people for beta testing... If not, we'll definitely need testers when it's "done."

Invertebrata has a storyboard cause I'm plotting out every shot before I work on it. not like larvae, which was like dumping my brain into an swf

oh yeah and you should get on AIM again someday

Jan. 31, 2009 | 6:06 PM mraw says:

Downloaded that torrent, this music is fucking sweet. thanks

Jan. 31, 2009 | 10:02 PM NoneZop says:

ansulel

Feb. 1, 2009 | 1:20 AM Luis says:

the whole point and appeal of larvae was that it was your stream of artistic impulse... i liked that it was unplanned and unpredictable. i can tell im not going to like Invertebrata

Feb. 1, 2009 | 3:06 PM Ansel responds:

it's still a stream of impulse and thought, i'm just thinking it all through more. All the IMAGES in it are still coming straight from my mind, I'm just spending more time on how things look and move... To me, larvae looks unpolished and poorly made, and I know that's why some people like it, but I want to take things to the next level.

Feb. 1, 2009 | 7:01 PM UltraPitchFork says:

I don't understand why Bible Bot isnt on the top games this year. You should definetly take a look a this game and make it enter the contest.

Feb. 2, 2009 | 2:11 PM Ansel responds:

why is your game not done yet alablglaglblglb

Feb. 2, 2009 | 5:12 PM Hermite says:

Because some mexican dude cut my arms off. No seriously I'm redoing the graphics and stuff, starting over again.

Feb. 2, 2009 | 9:43 PM Ansel responds:

wrong account? lmao

Feb. 3, 2009 | 12:28 AM UltraPitchFork says:

oops lol

Feb. 3, 2009 | 9:01 AM Ansel responds:

doh hohohohoho

Feb. 4, 2009 | 2:30 PM PieLover61 says:

Good luck, my love.

I need to check out that game, it sounds awesomeeeee. And they're making a movie about it? I gotta play it so I can show off my knowledge before it's out! >:D

Feb. 10, 2009 | 9:30 AM MrAbnormal says:

You deserve being a judge. And I can't find out what game your talking about. Grr. But looks cool and all, you're art is looking pretty amazing.