Anonymous asked: Hi I'm responisible for DVD attached to every issue of CHIP - monthly computer magazine published in Poland.I'd like to attach your Middens to our DVD attached to issue 7/2013 and for this I need your official agreement. Best RegardsJaroslaw Cichoszewski
Sure, you have my permission. Share at will. (+__+)
Middens Creature Chibis.
(Designs for a WIP)
From the Middens soundtrack
Ryan King from Nowgamer has published a recent Q & A regarding my follow up project to Middens.
ironchefgolbez asked: How does the production of Moments of Silence? All of the info, trailers, etc. have made me very excited after how much I loved Middens!
Weaning off more than my spare prana Moments of Silence
is basically the sacrificial fire where I offer all my available time and energy in oblation and prayer. You could even say I’ve been eating for two ;).
An artist, I believe, can either create for the external senses or create for the internal senses. Those who mean to please your eyes, in particular, are like gardeners who raise only the most pleasant smelling and innocuous flowers. Growing in the plain sight of the sun’s reach this artist will advertise their work aggressively, prune its thorny parts for easy handling, and leave their audience with an impression of beauty that everyone understands and recognizes.
On the otherhand; when an artist sets out to intoxicate the inner senses they become like a misfit nurturing psychoactive mushrooms in the dank and dark of their basement. The potency and outreach of their yield depends on conditions of secrecy. Even the biological imperatives of the fungus itself depends on concealment.
Being in the latter camp myself Moments of Silence is unlikely to see much light before its release. It requires the dark to thrive. Even publicized details will be sparse until then.
The conclusion to my discussion with Indie Statik is now available online.
The title image to my little game project ‘Gingiva’.
Several months back I sat down for a conversation with Indie Statik’s editor in chief Chris Priestman to discuss a wide gamut of subjects ranging from video game preservation to traditional animation industries. The subsequent dialogue is now available to read via the Indie Statik webpage.
Anonymous asked: dear sir, i'm seriously enjoying Middens, and before that I've enjoyed Yume Nikki, which seems to be an influence. it seems you are the real deal and you have another similar game in the works. in some ways though, i feel jealous and i feel like putting my own game-creating aspirations to rest because were i to create a game, it would be done with a similar style. it's like, if others can do the same but with more talent and experience, why should i bother? - arctic3005@yahoodotcom
I’ve little doubt in the cheesiness of this pep-talk type sentiment…but does the proficiency of the bear in hunting render all its neighboring creatures purposeless? Since the cheetah is faster than its fellows would it be justice that all other animals ceased to run? Are all the fish in the ocean meager because the blue whale exceeds them in size?
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
Regardless of whether you believe in reincarnation or heaven or the prevalence of void, you’ll never again experience what it was to be you, on this Earth, under this name and in this life, in this moment—-again. It would be tragic to let any self-defeating attitudes constrain you.
-Seen above is a sample of the preliminary map drafts that Shaina constructed for ‘Moments of Silence’. The present plan is to hand paint each screen in a style similar to that shown above.
-Work on my miniature game ‘Gingiva’ should wrap up this month opening the freeware title to a February release date.
-Cheers to the New Year.
