Yearly Archives: 2013

May is Motivation Month

By Rubes | Published: May 26, 2013

May is shaping up to be one of the better months for Vespers.

I’ve talked for years about eventually reaching a point in development where I could submit the game to an indie game competition such as IndieCade, particularly one that would accept works-in-progress. However, each time, year after year, the deadlines came and went without ever quite getting there.

The goal, as always, has been to finish development up to a truly playable version that would allow people to play through the end of Act I, which ends with a short cutscene acknowledging the first significant dramatic event of the game, which then sets the stage for the remaining four Acts. Getting all of the different components of Act I put together, [More...] Read the rest

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Random Screen Shot Thursday

By Rubes | Published: February 21, 2013
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The St. Medard Window in the Church (click to enlarge)

“The snow flies against the glass, but refuses to stick. Medard stands tall, with an eagle’s outstretched
wings above him.”

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A Milestone Of Sorts

By Rubes | Published: February 20, 2013

Time for another pseudo-quick update.

I know it’s been a long road so far with this game, a lot longer than I planned. It’s amazing how much the computer gaming world has changed since I started this thing — back then, there were no iPhones or iPads, and most gaming was either on desktops or consoles. Now, the game industry has shifted dramatically toward mobile devices, just like a lot of other industries. I sometimes wonder how many people still use their desktops for gaming. Nevertheless, this game needs to be done and put out there, and it’s about time I did something about that.

So as I mentioned in my last post, I managed to get over a pretty large hump at the [More...] Read the rest

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Hello? Is this thing on?

By Rubes | Published: February 16, 2013

Oh right, the game thing. Almost forgot about that.

Well now that you mention it, yes, as a matter of fact it is definitely on. For a while there it didn’t seem like it, but if you ask me why that was, I’m not sure I could give you a great answer.

2012 started strong, but March never seems to be a good month, and apparently I have problems getting past it. Last year, it was a combination of things, but I think the biggest reason is that I just had too many things to do in life and not enough hours in the day to do them. On top of that, I had run into a real road block in development, the kind that [More...] Read the rest

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