Hauntibles

Trailers are probably the most important way indie developers can introduce their games. They're extremely vital, which is why I came out with one so early. But looking back, I think the messaging in this first video wasn't as clear as it could have been. Good trailers highlight, they don't summarize. They show you why the game is fun and worthy of your time. My first trailer focused too much on the game's origins, and not enough on what makes the game interesting. I also think it relied too heavily on motion graphics, which went against the real-world vintage textures found in the game. So, I'm filming another trailer. This one requires a lot more production, and I've spent the last few days assembling a collection of spooky props. These objects were sourced them from my neighbor's basement, Target, Ikea, and a few I've picked up at rummage sales. Props in the trailer relate to various elements of the game, highlighting all the coolest featur...

"I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us." - Thomas Edison You read that right. Thomas Edison, the famous American inventor, might have built a ghost detector. There's no evidence he actually constructed a working prototype, but he did go on the record to say that he was thinking about it. "This apparatus is in the nature of a valve, so to speak. That is to say, the slightest conceivable effort is made to exert many times its initial power for indicative purposes."  Although Edison may never have gotten past the development stage, there are others who claimed to have created working ghost detectors. In fact, whole laboratories were set up to study  communication with the supernatural. A New York Tribune article about the "American Psychical Institute", which pioneered several ghost hunting apparatus.  There is a ghost detect...