Disco Pixel

02/01/2018

The UCLA school paper wrote about video games... and Jungle Rumble!

Games have always been a huge part of the entertainment industry, but what makes them entertaining? Game makers expend significant effort making design decisions people often don’t think about when…

10/28/2016

It's a Boston game bundle! Boston!

Purchase now and 60% of proceeds helps the St. Baldricks Foundation!SummaryThis bundle includes the following: A City Sleeps™ AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome Albino Lullaby: Episode 1 Catlateral Damage Dyscourse Emily is Away Girls Like Robots Go Home Dinosaurs No Pineapple Left Behind…

09/09/2016

Say what? It's 9/9? It's Dreamcast Day!
http://66.media.tumblr.com/e40e1806f1c4c452292c540d5ca632c3/tumblr_n3tqykf3Bl1qd4q8ao1_500.gif

05/27/2016

Talking with Examiner.com about Jungle Rumble.
http://www.examiner.com/article/monkeying-around-disco-pixel-s-trevor-stricker-on-jungle-rumble-cancelled-andr

Independent studios are all the rage in the gaming industry nowadays; from one man developers like Toby Fox to small yet enormous presences like thatgamecompany

05/02/2016

Playing Werewolf at PAX East 2016! Deception, mayhem, and many bad jokes by Pete, Nicole, Shawn, Michael, Ziba, Dominique, Adriel, Frank, Steven, and the untaggable Daniel and Razlo.
https://youtu.be/jmaImtN-GKg

Indie game designers playing Werewolf in front of an audience at PAX East 2016.

04/26/2016

Trevor suffers a horrible fate at the hands of Adriel's game design! playing Werewolf at with Michael, Ziba, Pete, Shawn, and a few others.
https://youtu.be/WetWw5ZFs68

Playing werewolf on stage at PAX East 2016. Trevor dies.

04/21/2016

PAX East 2016! Trevor's wagging his chin on a bunch of crazy things:
Remixing Werewolf LIVE in front of the audience
Saturday at 9pm
http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/indie-game-design-werewolves-return-to-paxylvania

My First Pixel: Getting Started Making Games
Sunday at Noon
http://east.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/my-first-pixel-start-making-games

A selection of indie game designers return to PAX East to play another round of the parlor game Werewolf. Each designer will introduce their own modification to the game's traditional mechanics, be dealt an altered role at random, and play out the modified game. Revenge-seeking villagers and previou…

03/05/2016

AAA and indie devs chat about Game Design, with capitals! With the editor of Joystiq questioning designers from AA Rock Band, NBA 2K, and Bioshock, plus indie Flame in the Flood, AaaAAaaaa, Elegy for a Dead World, and of course Jungle Rumble this should be a really in depth conversation!

Game design is a black art. Everybody knows about levels, strategy, and locked chests. The art is making a distant, locked level be an enticing carrot to strive for. In this panel, designers stretching from massive console hits to acclaimed indie titles, will discuss and debate their game design phi…

02/20/2016

It just hit midnight in Japan on Feb 21, which means that it's now officially The Legend of Zelda's 30th anniversary!

02/05/2016

Trevor wagging his chin in San Francisco about how making games is hard.
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/62673/video-disco-pixels-trevor-stricker-on-making-it-as-an-indie/

As part of Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015, Trevor Stricker , President of Disco Pixel, gave a slightly pessimistic talk on "making it" as an indie. "Unity is the electric guitar of 2015"...

02/03/2016

Trevor and a bunch of Boston devs are talking making games at Boston Unity Group (B.U.G.)

Hey BUG! This month, we'll have a panel of great Boston game devs, with a huge range of experience and perspective, discuss getting started with Unity and the game development world! The panel is

12/16/2015

Forgive us for this Star Wars spoiler...