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GDC and Me!

I’m at GDC!

I got to step on stage for a minute or so during the keynote and play some Dishwasher. Joystiq loves me, they really do.

Gamespot got to play the game at the demo kioks. They did a hands-on, with nice bits like:

The terrific visual design is replete with muddy blacks and rusty reds, and we especially loved the splashes of blood that splattered against the screen and trickled down. Ska Software has delivered a demo with remarkable potential, and we look forward to getting our hands on the complete product.

A trial of The Dishwasher is available on XBL for a very limited time. Also, this crazy video they made about me should be on XBL somewhere.

This has been an awesome week–so far I’ve met a bunch of Bungie guys, Cliffy B and his lancer (he does impressions), Itagaki-san (major Dishwasher influence right there) and Peter Molyneux, who gave me lots of interesting advice. It’s a bit surreal to get attention from a total industry icon.

I’ve also been chillaxing with the XNA team a bit, which has been a kind of neat experience all around: I’ve been working with the XNA framework–their baby–for over a year now, and they’ve been watching XNA being promoted by The Dishwasher–my baby–for about the same amount of time.

More updates to come!

February 21, 2008 posted by James

Filed under: GDC,XBLA

9 Comments Comment away!

1. isaacwilson | February 21, 2008 at 6:56 PM

Your game is fantastic! I am eager to play the full version. How will I do this? can I buy it on XBLA eventually? I thought that’s where it was going to end up when I first heard of this game. Will I need to do anything like buy an XNA club account, ’cause I can’t afford that. I just want to buy your game.
2. tmntfreak7 | February 21, 2008 at 7:16 PM

holy crap this game is freaking amazing, thank you ign and xbox live, I can’t put it down, it’s truly amazing, that’s all i can say. When will it be available to download on xbox live? Love it and can’t wait to play the full version. If you want to talk

AIM: tmntfreak7

MYSPACE: myspace.com/iloveninjaturtles

I’m in the process of changing my gamer tag so I’ll let you know when that happens
3. nudgenudge | February 21, 2008 at 10:57 PM

I must be honest, I didin’t hear of the game before yesterday and the Community announcement. But after playing a bit, I can honestly say: you, sir, kick major ass.

And after hearing that you did everything, I got jealous. You’re a genius. And when it’s on the XBLA, you so have my money/points.
4. rmatheso | February 21, 2008 at 11:09 PM

Wicked game dude, but you need to put in some brightness/contrast/gamma controls. Some of the dark brown levels are really dark. Other than that, I must have this game now!
5. zebraniner | February 21, 2008 at 11:09 PM

The game is just SO awesome! I can’t wait to play more of it! Seriously man, just a fantastic game.
6. ruairiau | February 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM

I just played your demo; it’s fantastic – you’re gonna be rich mate. How did you do this all by yourself??? You have a LOT of talent – I’ll be looking out for future games from you.
7. mikekearn | February 22, 2008 at 4:19 PM

I played through the demo on XBLA last night. Then I played through it about 7 more times. Holy shit, your game is fucking awesome. I’m disappointed I hadn’t heard of it before; clearly I need better news sources if they aren’t reporting on this.

Just as an aside, I went through your blog here to see if there was anymore juicy info I could find, and noticed some people who wanted to do a Wikipedia page on the game. I checked it out, noticed it wasn’t that great, so I added a bunch more stuff from various reviews and interviews you posted here. I wondered if you had anymore you could link? Wikipedia LOOOOOVES its sources.

In any case, I can’t wait to get my grubby little hands on the full version! Keep up the awesome work!
8. mikekearn | February 22, 2008 at 4:25 PM

Oh yeah, I also wanted to know if you had/have an image that can be used free for the article, otherwise I have to write out a “Non-free use rationale description page” and that’s boring.
9. meatmaggot | February 22, 2008 at 4:39 PM

Lad, you did hell of a job there. I was yearning for a hack’n slay game that combines the best of the best – taking the overall basic combat and movement system established by “Ninja Gaiden”, additionally implementing the firearms and juggler-combos from “Devil May Cry” and putting on top the quick-timed skirmish and finishing moves from “God of War” – and the whole thing presented in ultra-paced 2D. You made that goddamn wicked little dream of mine come true, man! I’m so happy and grateful, if I wasn’t living in Germany, I’d just pay you a visit and bring you a bottle of Single Malt. But well, I’ll drink at least a very large toast to you!