I collaborated with Jess A. M. on this little walk and talk 'em up, which describes itself thusly:
"After unwittingly causing chaos, a young apprentice must save his cursed, tale-telling teacher in this narrative-driven, exploratory 3D adventure that blurs the lines between picture book and video game!"
Steam
A 2D neon space game where you and your friends snap rocket parts together and fly around.
This is the most recent iteration of Captain Forever, rebuilt entirely in JavaScript so it runs in browser again and is properly multiplayer. Also I added crafting. And cat ears. And ballsports. Play it now while I can still afford the servers!
Browser
If you scout this list (or sort it alphabetically) you'll see there are quite a few Captain Forever games, but they're all pretty short. What would happen if, instead, one of them was an epic hundred hour RPG?
What would happen is I haven't finished building it yet. But you can still play it! I've released early versions since 2010 under the names Captain Jameson, The Dawn Star, and now Captain Forever Universe.
To play, grab a copy of Captain Forever Trilogy and follow the instructions below.
The Instructions Below
The exact midpoint between Super Crate Box and Disc Room, a zippy little score attack challenge built for the Disc Room game jam.
Itch
I've long admired the way webcomics build a whole universe through the drip drip drip of regular little updates, and I've tried several times to do that with videogames.
This time around I managed four of them, which is a personal best!
They're delightfully compact things that I love and wish I'd kept making...
Walking Simulator (Browser)
Leap Dog (Browser)
Dial (Browser)
Yum (Browser)
A strategy shooter game in the vein of System Shock 2, but with a modern nonlinear game loop, graphic novel visuals, and a narrative designer who read everything by Douglas Adams.
Website
Steam
Probably the definitive edition of the first three Captain Forever games (Forever, Successor, Impostor). Includes a fancy new renderer, updated module graphics, and (because they look amazing) wings! If you're going to play a Captain Forever game, I'd recommend playing this one or Captain Forever Remix.
Steam
A text input incremental game where you buy a trillion copies of Captain Forever Trilogy. Involves some light programming.
Browser
A speedrun-friendly edition of ROM CHECK FAIL where you can manually swap to any character at any time. This opens up a huge array of abilities to the player, and some very cool time optimization strategies.
Download (Windows)
A single-player-with-bots sequel to Cumulo Nimblers. My response to Flappy Bird. The goal is to reach 1000 points, but the current world record is 104. Maybe you can beat that?
iOS
An interactive poetry toy commissioned for the launch of the novel Echo of the Boom. Bleak.
Browser
A puzzlescript experiment, creating disorder and tasking the player with cleaning it up.
Browser
A puzzlescript experiment, does what it says on the box, is surprisingly fun.
Broswer
A massive CCG / Tactical Game hybrid, 40+ hour campaign with optional co-op and a ranked multiplayer mode that's still alive and kicking 7 years after launch. Won some awards.
Browser (Flash)
Steam
A four player exhibition / party game about bouncing on clouds, built for Comics vs Games 2012 and then toured various museums via TIFF DigiPlaySpace. Works best with four controllers. Features art by John Martz and music by Big Giant Circles.
Download (Windows)
A demake of Captain Forever, now as a 1942-inspired shmup. There are several versions, with the original linked here. Captain Forever supporters can download the windows-only EX edition, and (spoiler) there's a vectorfied VX edition hidden in Captain Forever Trilogy.
Browser (Flash)
A mashup of earlier project Fishie Fishie (below) and Rob Fearon's excellent Synso games. Built for Indie Kombat, where Rob also mashed these games together and produced something even better (according to popular vote). Similar to Fishie Fishie, however the world tears apart to reveal a neon shooter underneath. Released on Xbox Live Indie Games, which is sadly now defunct.
Video
A port of my earlier game Fishie Fishie (below) to Xbox Live Indie Games, with the addition of mutliplayer. Specifically, 52 player local co-op via controller sharing. Quite silly.
Video
A gigantic community-built adventure game. A nonsensical pixel art wiki adventure. A toilet wall for the internet.
Browser
A series of 2D neon space games where you snap rocket parts together and fly around. Won a couple of awards. Since flash is being pushed out you're better off playing the 2018 Steam edition Captain Forever Trilogy.
Browser (Flash)
A short platformer announcing my resignation, sent to the 2K Australia allstaff list.
Coverage (Kotaku)
Browser (Flash)
A swirling glitch-soup of classic videogames, reforming every 10 seconds into a new playable mass. Won the TIGSource VGNG competition and some very nice press.
Browser (Flash)
Download (Windows)
My only attempt at the "casual" market, as it was called at the time. A friendly looking game with a very challenging one button control scheme. A disastrous mismatch of presentation and gameplay. Whoops. Beautifully illustrated by Simon Lissaman.
Download (Windows)
This was the first independent game I released, built in three months as a practice run for future projects. It's an abstract platformer where you collect tiles and rearrange them in order to reach more tiles and progress up the level. Raigan Burns liked it. The art was inspired by a snowboard.
Download (Windows)
An isometric car game built on the Fallout: Tactics engine.
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