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Diver-cast: Q&A -Part 1

2/28/2015

Hey everyone! Hope you have been enjoying Diver-cast, I know we here at Deep Digital Design have been having a great time recording and sharing our thoughts and experiences.

For an upcoming episode of Diver-cast we would like to answer some questions that listeners or fellow up and coming indie devs might have. Feel free to leave a comment below or submit a question to our tumblr. Once we get enough we will record an episode and do our best to answer all of your questions.

The Team - Deep Digital Design

Dannylv100 - Game/Level Designer with experience as a consultant for indie game studios.
juanitudev1 (Juan) - Tech Artist/3D Modeler, experience in quality assurance for Guitar Hero.
Crayyon (Andrew) - Animator - Lots of experience animating in 2D and 3D.
Shimi Rank 1 (Shimmy) - Vfx artist and resident Call of Duty player. The "Hardcore" gamer of the squad.

What kinds of Questions to ask?

- Feel free to ask about games, movies, comics, music etc.
- Ask one of us specifically about our field of expertise, for tips etc.
- Keep it professional, no profanity or anything crude and nothing that can be deemed controversial.
- Make sure to leave your name and info after your ask your question (Ex: Greg Game Art Student @twitter).

- Danny Q
@Dannylv100

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Divercast Ep.9: Console Countdown

2/9/2015

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And we are back! After a month of computer troubles, we finally got things solved. For our first episode of 2015. In this episode we are talking about our favorite/memorable games for each game console, starting with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

So sit back, relax and get ready for another Divercast!

Divercast Ep.9: Console Countdown by Divercast on Mixcloud

Want to hear us talking about the most disappointing games we played? Check out Ep. 3 of Diver-cast.

Do you have questions, comment or concerns? Email us at [email protected]
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- Danny Q
@Dannylv100

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Indie Arcade: Into the Box & Biff 'em Up!

2/1/2015

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Pick up and Play!

Welcome to another edition of Indie Arcade! In this month's edition I have two games that are easy to pick up and play, you know the kind of game where it can go on forever and you set the score the beat.

I am taking a look at Into the Box, a musical free fall platformer and Biff 'Em Up!, an endless wave brawler. Both are games you can play right in your browser and forever!

Into the Box

Into the Box is what I call a "Free Fall Platformer". The premise of the game is to fall down and fall into the box beneath you(ahead of you), you keep diving from box to box to build up a combo. You have limited control of the direction of your fall and the ability to boost slightly faster.

What I love about this game is the music, and when you are in the zone racking up a huge combo it all comes together so perfectly well. The Kaya brothers have a background and music (and music games) and it comes together in this game so perfectly. I played this game over and over trying to get a combo higher than one hundred. Something about boosting through an abstract void to blaring techno music is just awesome. You need to see the game in motion to get a feel for it, images do not do this game justice.

Biff 'Em Up!

Biff'em Up! is a game where you fight endless waves of enemies. The only thing you can do is move and punch. You have 10 hit points and the orange enemies take about 3 hits to be Knocked out.

Just like Into the Box BEU! is a very easy game to pick up and play. I really enjoyed "biffing" the evil orange characters to some sweet techno music. My high was just around 50 biffs before I got biffed. Think you can beat that?