Boulder’s Gate 4 by XCVG My entry for So Bad It’s Good Jam 2025. Ostensibly, it’s a parody of Baldur’s Gate 3, but the modifier this year was “genre fakeout”, and this one has a few layers to it. I can’t really say much about this one without spoiling the twists. There will probably be… Read more »
Shattered 3 – Queensreign by XCVG Shattered 3 is effectively abandoned at this point, but here’s a demo of how far it got. There’s a bit more explanation on the game page and the itch page, and there’ll probably be a devlog in the next month or two going into what this project was going… Read more »
A surprise game, created for Trans Joy Jam 2025. By day, you’re a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. By night, you fight mysterious nightmares with magical powers. You’re just like any other normal magical girl, inasmuch as any magical girl can be considered normal. There’s just one elephant in the room… It’s more of a sidescroller… Read more »
By The Meridiem Gleam, formerly Project Daybreak, is here! This is the third game (fourth if you count The Crystal Tower) of the series, and can be considered an ending to the first arc or phase. Gina and her companions are recruited into a special task force and sent around the world to fight monsters-… Read more »
The third part of Gap Year, a three-part illustrated novella that ties into the Outliers and Outsiders series of games, is out now, completing the story. Part 3: New Normal is set mid-late 2021, picking up immediately after the second installment. It continues developing the relationship between Gina and Sakura and concludes the main story arc of… Read more »
CommonCore (page, repo) R6 is now released… and that means something a bit different than previous releases. There’s been a slight change in nomenclature, as you may have noticed, and with that change in nomenclature come some changes in how releases will be done going forward. This is a very small release compared to 5.0.0, because it’s… Read more »
The second part of Gap Year, a three-part illustrated novella that ties into the Outliers and Outsiders series of games, is out now- just in time for Christmas! Part 2: Pandemic Time is set in early-mid 2021 and continues directly from the first installment. It continues the same arcs while focusing in a bit on Gina’s relationship… Read more »
CommonCore (page, repo) is now up to version 5! This is a pretty small release, continuing the trend of versions 3 and 4 but coming sooner after the previous release. This version targets Unity 2021, and I’ve decided to shorten the release cycle to move on to Unity 2022 sooner while still doing one major… Read more »
Gap Year is a tie-in to the Outliers and Outsiders series of games, set between At The Break Of Dawn and The Crystal Tower. It can be considered a miniseries of illustrated novellas, or one illustrated novella in three parts. It is more than a companion piece, but rather a core part of the series in terms of… Read more »
The Crystal Tower (takagi) has been updated for 2022! The plan for this game has always been to update it a bit every year, and this iteration is here just in time for Christmas! The 2022 version (2.0.0) isn’t a dramatic overhaul, but some of the jankiest gameplay sections have been smoothed out, and the… Read more »