I recently occupied a booth over a weekend at GDX for the second year in a row. I brought three games; Legumi, Edmontonian Slapp, and Spritz the Happy Onion. Over the course of three days, I’ve spent about 30 hours explaining these games to hundreds of people. My voice is coarse, and I was really not excited about going to work on Monday, but I had a blast and I can’t wait for next year.

GDX was a bit different than last year. In 2023, GDX took place in two of the Expo centre ballrooms which were a bit out of the way, and this year it took place in Hall F, between the shopping halls. This meant that while it was a bit darker, and a lot louder, it was also much much busier. And these weren’t gamer people who decided to go to the video game show, these were just regular people passing through. I could spend a million dollars on playtesting and not get the amount of valuable feedback I got this weekend. There was a bit of confusion I think; a lot of people had to be convinced that the games were free to play, (nothing is free at KDays,) and they seemed less into gaming in general, but I think if GDX stays in hall F (and I hope they do,) it’ll gain familiarity over time, and become something people look forward to. 

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Sternus is a short story about a man getting swept up by a cult, somewhat based on my interactions I have at work with the sorts of people who write utopian texts. About half the people who read it think it’s funny, like intended, and the other half are taken aback by how dark it is. You’ll have to decide for yourself what it is! It was recently published as part of the Edmonton Public Library’s fourth Capital City Press Anthology. You can read it for free here: https://capitalcitypress.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/sternus/ 

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Spritz the Happy Onion is a video game in development by me! It is a momentum-based platformer in which you play as a little onion with a knife in his head named Spritz. Why does he have a knife in his head? He’s just unlucky, I guess. A monster from deep space has come to eat the moon, so it’s up to Spritz to gather the ingredients for a cake that will spoil it’s appetite. 

Please wishlist the game on Steam! Wishlisting on Steam helps me a tonne!

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