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Indie Games: How to make a bad slideshow and give a fun lecture

Indie Games: How to make a bad slideshow and give a fun lecture

How to give a really fun and cool indie guest lecture (when you don’t really know what you’re doing)

Tom BarrerOctober 15, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, non binary

Chromacon Indie Arts Festival = very neat

Chromacon Indie Arts Festival = very neat

A little wrap-up of the ShelfLife team’s experience exhibiting at Chromacon 2019.

Tom BarrerOctober 15, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, non binary

Q and A with ramenjae

Q and A with ramenjae

Q and A session with Animation Student “Ramenjae” (post Chromacon 2019)

Tom BarrerJune 4, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, non binary

Meet the Team: Pickle Darling (Lukas M.)

Meet the Team: Pickle Darling (Lukas M.)

A mildly belated but still cool Q&A with our Audio Artist and Soundtrack Themperor Pickle Darling!

Tom BarrerMarch 4, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, InsideOUT, non binary

Meet the Team: Nate T.

Meet the Team: Nate T.

A buttery smooth Q&A with our Writer and Co-Director Nate Tamblyn!

Tom BarrerFebruary 20, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, InsideOUT, playtesting, non binary

Meet the Team: Thomas B.

Meet the Team: Thomas B.

A crunchy, possibly fresh Q&A with our Art Director and Project Lead Thomas Barrer!

Tom BarrerFebruary 20, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, InsideOUT, playtesting, non binary

Meet the Team: Sam B.

Meet the Team: Sam B.

A succinct, supple, short Q&A with our Lead Programmer Sam Baker!

Tom BarrerFebruary 20, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, InsideOUT, playtesting, non binary

Exploring ‘LGBT’ identity with InsideOut

Exploring ‘LGBT’ identity with InsideOut

Take a look at some of the awesome LGBTQIA+ resources made available by InsideOUT.

Tom BarrerFebruary 5, 2019indie, indiegames, christchurch, indiegamedev, demo, lgbt, lgbtqia+, InsideOUT, playtesting, non binary

Low-Poly Environments and Pixel Art Textures

Low-Poly Environments and Pixel Art Textures

Showing the some of the process behind working with low-poly and pixel art.

Tom BarrerFebruary 4, 2019indiegamedev, maps, environment, low poly, gamedev, shelflife, shelflifegame

Developing In-Game Locations

Developing In-Game Locations

An early look at how we are tackling the environments / locations in ShelfLife.

Tom BarrerAugust 2, 2018indiegamedev, maps, environment, low poly, gamedev, shelflife, shelflifegame

ShelfLife 'R&D' Successfully Funded

ShelfLife 'R&D' Successfully Funded

Our team (Fnife Games) were successful applicants for the 2018 IDF fund from the NZFC with our project ‘ShelfLife’.

Tom BarrerJuly 22, 2018indie, indiegames, pixelart, christchurch, indiegamedev, NZFC, IDF, funding, demo