D-pad Studio

Owlboy at the Raptus Convention

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:23:00 GMT

Hello again everyone! This may come as a surprise, but we recently showed off an Owlboy demo at the Raptus Comic Convention. I would have given everyone a fair warning in advance if I could, but nothing was confirmed until the day before things was to be set up, so I apologise to those that might have wished to drop by.

Time was really not on my side when I set this up, so it was a fairly bare bones presentation, but did give me the opportunity to study how people play and possibly to spread the word a little. So for those of you that missed our two day demo, I've uploaded some pictures to compensate.

Work Work Work

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:09:00 GMT

Alright, so first off we might have solved our programmer problems. A big thanks to Joseph for his enthusiasm and I hope he keeps working with us in the future. So Owlboy is finally moving again and we can get back to business as usual. Lots of work to do, nothings gonna stand in our way, not tonight~!

Over on my side of the pond a first chapter is coming to completion in pencils. Half of it is inked, the other half is penciled. I'm going to try and complete my last page today and then go back to examine everything prior. I've had so many false starts and employment delays, but I'm about ready to release something for evaluation.

Blake's still super busy with work and from what he's told me, staring at the computer all day at work makes him batshit-crazy to do it anymore at home.

Well, that's all for now, and keep sending those nice emails. I'm glad people are interested in what we are doing.

Reset Glitch Interview

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:45:00 GMT

Justin over at Reset Glitch had a ton of fun questions about Dpad and Owlboy. I enjoyed answering them all (when I could) and I think it's worth a read if you're a fan of our work.

Go read it now!

The Expo floor and IGF awards

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:31:00 GMT

Well, it's time for a detailed look into the going ons on the Expo-floor, along with a look at the annual IGF Awards. (well... moderately detailed anyway.) Games were played, people were met and famous people were gazed on with ones own eyeballs. Read on! (or, if preferred, rock on!)

Warning, this thing is long!

Previous GDC posts:

IGF Summit Roundup

Sightseeing in San Francisco

Pre-GDC Status Report

Preparing for GDC

GDC Summit roundup

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Ahoy!

Well, GDC is over and I'm ready to do a complete roundup on the events that took place. I'm still a bit out of it (that 11 hour flight and the massive jetlag that followed isn't exactly helping,) but I'm going to do my best doing a concentrated walkthrough of what's been taking place. This post will go through the Indie summit talks as well as some the happenings before the opening of the expo floor and the IGF awards.

Previous GDC posts:

Sightseeing in San Francisco

Pre-GDC Status Report

Preparing for GDC