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Surprise! Our turn based fighter meets village sim, Hisato no Saku just dropped!
As Hisato, it is your duty to guard the gate. Discern friend from foe with your wits. Protect the village against those who would refuse to leave. Ensure the people survive the harsh winter that fast approaches.
Available now on Steam and Itch.io!
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1508370/Hisato_no_Saku/
Itch: https://rhoq.itch.io/hisato-no-saku
More of our Super Friends doing Super Awesome Things! This time it's Oreganik with the Kickstarter launch for Chess Heroes! This one is not to be missed. It's a grand chess adventure from a guy with a lot of heart and soul.
Oh, and it's totally the subject of an unreleased episode of Indie Van Game Jam.
A dollar, a follow, a like, a share: any currency helps.
Chess Heroes is a video game that makes it fun to learn chess!
Our friends at Butterscotch Shenanigans are the subject of an awesome documentary. These guys are great, their story is inspiring. Go check it out on Kickstarter and back this project. (The latest update includes the first 13 minutes of the film.)
3 brothers. 2 years. 1 massive game. This is the story of Butterscotch Shenanigans and the development of Crashlands!
In collaboration with Beau Kittredge we just launched a Kickstarter for our game, Jack Nimble: Attack of the Boredom Bugs. Check it out, buy the game, feel good!
Only you can defeat Boredom.
Bounce armadillos, bowl porcupines, and fly owls to defeat the invading Boredom Bugs.
Want to help make a difference in the tech world? Beau Kittredge, the creative mind behind our game Jack Nimble (http://www.jack-nimble.com) is partnering with Lightspeed Venture Partners to raise money for Girls Who Code through the AUDL Spirit Challenge.
https://audlspirit.razoo.com/story/Lightspeed-Ultimate-Ventures-1
Girls Who Code is a charity which aims to help increase the number of girls that pursue careers in computer science by providing exposure to 1 million young women by 2020.
Donate today to support charities for the AUDL Spirit Challenge
If you're at the SXSW Gaming Expo, stop by the IGDA booth and check us out!
We're rolling special features for Indie Van Game Jam and showing a sneak peak of our game for the Austin episode, Stoic.
Looks like another screening on the horizon! If you missed us in Austin, it's just a quick 29 hour drive to the AMC in Burlington!
Trust us, that'll get you in the spirit!
Want to see the first three episodes of Indie Van Game Jam and some special features? Here's your opportunity to see it on the big screen!
Thanks to everyone who showed up for the screening of Indie Van Game Jam last night! Now go forth and host your own screenings in your own city via www.tugg.com!
3 and a half hours left to preorder tickets for tonight's screening at the Alamo Drafthouse!
http://www.tugg.com/events/12603
Please join us for a special screening of the first three episodes of Indie Van Game Jam along with special features and a Q & A with the creators!
If you never got a chance to help play this game we developed, now's the time!
Happy Valentine's Day! If you botched it and totally forgot to get your special someone a Valentine, we've got you covered with these printable Indie Van Game Jam valentine cards!
(High-res version available on our site: http://binarysolo.com/blog/2015/02/13/happy-valentines-day/)
Do you live in, close to, or are willing to travel to Austin? We'll be showing the first three episodes of Indie Van Game Jam on Thursday, February 19th from 7:30 - 9:00 PM at the Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline and we want to see you there! What have we got in store?
Never-before-seen special features? Check!
SWAG and prizes? Check!
Q & A Session? Check!
We've got an exciting night lined up and hope to see you there.
Please join us for a special screening of the first three episodes of Indie Van Game Jam along with special features and a Q & A with the creators!
We're proud to announce our next project. It is a collaboration between us and Beau Kittredge, professional Ultimate player and children's book author.
Together, we are going to bring you a kid-friendly, unique twist on the tower defense genre.
Beau is crazy creative and incredibly driven. We can't wait until we can share more. For now, here's a concept by Beau of some of the game's characters.
Happy Thanksgiving! Let's keep our bellies full, turkeys living in fear, and sweet games about blowfish on our Apple-branded glowing rectangles.
Big thanks to everyone who came out to Game On! Thursday and played our Oculus Rift version of "It's Not Me, It's You!"
We had a blast. Hope you did, too!
The Hunt for Steam Greenlight continues for many indie devs. Check out the last three picks of September as we feature some new and unique projects that we think deserve your 'Yes' votes on Steam!
Today we feature three new games which we believe deserve to be Steam Greenlit.
Check it out! Steve Marinconz of Kotaku came to town a while ago and in true Binary Solo fashion, we shot an interview in our big, blue van!
The "Indie Van Game Jam" was supposed to drive around the country, making games and interviewing developers. Their kickstarter project didn't make enough money, but they decided to do it anyway.
Oh snap! Did we just launch episode 3 of Indie Van Game Jam?
http://www.indievangamejam.com/episodes/episode-3-wreckingball-run/
I think we did.
In this episode, "Wreckingball Run", we pick up where episode 2 ended. A call from a mystery producer thrusts us into the second jam of our trip. This time we need to take our guest's brand, Pixel Dash Studios, and update it to make them seem "hip," "cool," and "with it." With a tight deadline and an ominous theme, we jam our hearts out in this episode.
Please check it out!
Because that's how we plan to deliver special features, extra games, and other goodies! Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Your email address will not be published.
Check out some cool games that are on Steam Greenlight in a new blog series called The Hunt for Steam Greenlight! Every so often we'll pick some projects and feature them on our site. This week, picks from Chad, Diego, and Scott.
http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/08/22/hunt-steam-greenlight-august-22-2014/
The Hunt for Steam Greenlight begins. The August 22nd batch profiles three contenders currently in the Thunderdome.
Photos were taken this past weekend at Classic Game Fest in Austin, TX. Gamers played Stunt Mitch using an NES USB controller and watched our Steam Greenlight Campaign trailer!
Show some love for Indie Van Game Jam by voting 'yes' on Steam Greenlight here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279095382
Hey folks! Just wanted to post a quick update!
It looks like we're making record progress working on episode 3! If you read our post production post (http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/07/25/making-indie-van-game-jam-part-iv-editing/) we are well into the scene a day phase and our cut is just shy of 30 minutes in length. While it's the hardest to let go of that last 8 minutes, it means we're over halfway there!
We don't want to say it will be done at the end of August because anything could happen. Instead we urge you to go subscribe to our channel on YouTube so that you'll be notified instantly.
http://youtube.com/binarysologames
We just posted the fourth part of Scott's series on the making of Indie Van Game Jam. If you've ever been curious about how we take ten hours of footage and cram into a 20 minute jam-packed episode give it a read now.
http://www.binarysolo.com/blog/2014/07/25/making-indie-van-game-jam-part-iv-editing/
Let’s wrap this up and talk about post-production and editing! How long does it take to edit an episode of Indie Van Game Jam? The short answer is two months. In the spirit of being completely transparent about our process, here is the editing schedule for episode two: What’s your editing setup/pr…
The Making of Indie Van Game Jam Part III of IV is here! Go behind the scenes of filming an episode:
http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/07/18/making-indie-van-game-jam-filming-episode/
An in-depth look at what it takes to film an episode.
Featured in Indie Game Mag: Us. By the numbers.
http://indiegamemag.com/indie-van-game-jam-three-developers-a-van-and-some-questions
The Indie Van Game Jam is two things: A game jam, and a documentary. Three people — Diego Almazan, Chad Stewart, and Zeb West, all from the development team Binary Solo — are traveling all..
Last Friday we launched our Steam Greenlight campaign. Now we've got a really cool trailer to go along with it. It features some of our guests and all of our games. (Spoiler alert?)
If you have Steam and haven't already voted 'Yes' for us on Steam Greenlight, hit up http://www.indievangamejam.com/greenlight!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279095382 Indie Van Game Jam is on Steam Greenlight! Please show us support by voting 'yes'.
We were at the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention in Dallas this past weekend promoting Indie Van Game Jam on Steam Greenlight! Please show us support by voting 'yes' on Greenlight.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=279095382
The second episode of Indie Van Game Jam, "Wizards of the East Coast", is now on our website. In this episode we visit PhykenMedia in Orlando.
http://www.indievangamejam.com
Because that's how we plan to deliver special features, extra games, and other goodies!
The Making of Indie Van Game Jam - Part 3 of 5: Pre-Production!
http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/07/08/pre-pro/
Indie Van Game Jam is a reality web series about the challenges three indie game developers take to create video games in a van — in a compressed amount of time — as they road trip across North America. Special guests (seasoned indie devs) play the games and provide helpful feedback and suggestions…
Part 2 of 5 is here! Scott writes about the gear and tech involved in making season 1 of Indie Van Game Jam.
http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/06/27/gear/
Today’s post is all about the gear and tech for Indie Van Game Jam. Here’s the complete list of gear we used for Season 1: Canon EOS 5D Mk. III Canon EOS 25-105mm. f/4.0 lens Canon EOS 100mm. f/1.8 lens Canon 5D Mk. III batteries (5) Canon 5D Mk. III chargers (2) Kingston 266 x …
If you ever wished you could put an Indie Van Game Jam sticker on your laptop or throw an Indie Van Game Jam disc around, you’re in luck! We just opened our online store where you can buy Binary Solo and Indie Van Game Jam themed goodies.
Both products to start feature Flip Bitworthy, the Indie Van Game Jam mascot you see in the show during the introduction and driving across the map. The first is a high-quality vinyl Flip Bitworthy sticker. It’s about 9 cm in diameter, so it’s a good size for the back of that Apple MacBook. The other product is an Ultimate disc with a Flip Bitworthy Indie Van Game Jam logo. For the curious, it is a Discraft Ultrastar, the kind used by USA Ultimate players.
There’s plenty more to come, of course, but stop by and check it out.
Missed us? We have an update on the second episode of Indie Van Game Jam from Scott, our editor! It's Part I of a FIVE part blog series on the making of the web series!
http://binarysolo.com/blog/2014/06/20/episode-two-update/
Hey Everybody, Scott here. I’m Binary Solo’s resident filmmaker and editor for Indie Van Game Jam. Much like the characters in Game of Thrones promise that “Winter is coming,” I also promise that episode two is coming soon. You probably won’t see it coming. It will knock you off your socks, the…
Well, how flattering, ShineApp!
Today I will present to you a special game, called 'Blowfish Meets Meteor', an arkanoid-like game. This game is more different than more arkanoid games I have
Just had an interview we did with Patrick Klepek of Giant Bomb drop today! Give it a read if you want to hear our thoughts on going from AAA to Indie, thoughts on "the scene," and a little bit about our van purchase!
After years working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, a group of Austin creatives bought a van, and started touring the country.
Excited to announce that Blowfish Meets Meteor is currently featured as a 'Best New Game' on the UK App Store! In honor of our Independence, the game is a dollar off this weekend! Great time to check it out as the iPad version is now available! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blowfish-meets-meteor/id792430459?mt=8&uo=4&at=10ltSe
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Surprise! Our turn based fighter meets village sim, Hisato no Saku just dropped! As Hisato, it is your duty to guard the gate. Discern friend from foe with your wits. Protect the village against those who would refuse to leave. Ensure the people survive the harsh winter that fast approaches. Available now on Steam and Itch.io! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1508370/Hisato_no_Saku/ Itch: https://rhoq.itch.io/hisato-no-saku
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