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DUDE, i made that game gish.. remember gish.. that game that came out like 3 years ago that never went anywhere.. that one. im cool you fucking assholes. oh also super meat boy

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Indiecade 2009 SEX!

Posted by Bluebaby - September 6th, 2009


So ive been waiting to announce this for a long time.. and im still very confused on whats going on with the announcement.... but Aether is a finalist in Indiecade 2009!

I was told that the finalists would be announced by the 1st.. not too sure whats going on but i really wanted to post about it.. i could be doing something wrong here but, such is life.

Indiecade asked its 2009 finalists for to make a "mini documentary" about our games.. an interview or something along those lines.

So i interviewed my 3 year old niece Acacia, and re-edited it in a way that i felt expressed the theme and mood of Aether.

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This game was a huge personal achievement for me as a designer, its one of a few games ive made that i feel have pushed my limits and its the game i feel was by far the most personal piece ive ever done.

Aether was a game based on my child hood, i wanted to make a game that felt how i remember feeling when i was between the ages of 5 and 7. There was a great deal of though and personal expression that went into almost every aspect of the game, even thought it only took 14 days for Tyler and myself to finish.

If you haven't played Aether yet, please do. you can play it online Here.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
459147

Aether was the 3rd in a series of games id done that i felt pushed emotional and abstract aspects of game design, the first 2 being Triachnid and Coil. It was also 2nd in in a series of allegorical games based off of my personal life (Coil, Aether, Spewer and Time Fuck).

Anyway it makes me feel pretty good inside for Aether to be recognized this way, i hope to one day finish the story with a full version of it.

But right no my life is filled with Meat.

-Edmund


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I think this is the first time you've spelled Time Fuck properly

maybe i actually spelled it wrong!

OMFG THAT GAME SUCKS HALO ODST SHOULD HAVE MADE IT IN INSTEAD

Aether is visually stunning, and I love the music. I can understand how much it means to you and how much of an achievement you see it as.

Maybe I need to try harder with it, because everytime I tried playing it I just don't seem to be able to get anywhere. :/

I'll just try again.

try going in full circles. A>S>D>W>A>S>D>W round and round. that should help a ton

aether was good from an artisic point but the gameplay was not fun at all

BTW damn still no gameplay for super meat boy

Aether really deserves this award- very few games in my life have successfully conveyed such a vast range of emotion and depth, the few that have managed this being Okami, LOZ: Majora's Mask and World Of Goo. And Aether is right up there with the best of them. And Glaiel-Gamer, Halo is hardly an Indie game, is it?
Also, If Spewer is a game based on your personal life, then do you go around vomiting on people and taking pills all day? Actually, I'd rather not know...

You need help man.

awwwww she reminds me of one of the little sisters from Bioshock if she didnt have that adam slug in her brain XD

shes adorable!

l8s

Aether was great!
Also your niece is adorable, but that video really creep'd me out.

So sweet video :)
Ahh, You daughter is cute.

Aether is quite amazing indeed, but I have to agree on the gameplay. It's rather hard to get, if you don't know what you're doing. But, it must have something to do with going in circles..

I love the vibe I get from it though, and how it has a lot of meaning to it. It's extremely inspiring, and I must say you're beginning to grow as one of my inspirations for stepping into game design. How you manage to turn games into pieces of art so well (fun art, I might add). And you make it seem so simple too..

Yet, trying myself, it's not simple... Insanely hard for me.

Just thought I'd let you know. :3

"WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke P.O. Box *Censor* Oakview CA 93022. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guarenteed. I have only done this once before."

So Time Fcuk is going to be based off of your personal life? o 3o

yes

Spewer as allegory? We're you....anorexic or something?

But good luck in the contest. Amazing work for 14 days, amazing regardless.

allegory isnt literal interpretation :)

Are you going to be at indiecade?

yeah i think so

How the hell did you do (Aether) the great art and the complex physics in 2 weeks?

just worked hard.. also Tyler did the physics so.. Tylers just awesome

I'm gonna try and be there saturday and sunday...
Hopefully I'll see you there :D

Are you going to release Time Fkuc?

Oh god please tell me he's going to release tiem fuck.

i want time fcuk please ;(

Time fuck is being testing. it uses the NG data base so its taking longer then expected to get integrated.. should come out today

HOW DO YOU HAVE TIME KCUF medals?!

I reckon Edmund is testing the integration with NG's medal ssystem/driving us all mad with wild frothing demand

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