Tarot Interview

I did a really fun interview for Playsthisthing.com today.

Please read :)

http://playthisthing.com/tarot-reading-edmund-mcmillen

-Edmund

Grey Matter

I finished another game!

Grey Matter

I made it with Tommy (of Goo! fame), he was awesome to work with and had some great input that really made the game (ie the trinity attack). I'm very proud of the outcome, its unlike anything else ive done.



Grey Matter is an "Anti-Shooter". Basically a shooter in the genre of Robotron / Geometry wars, except you don't shoot bullets... you are the bullet.

Run into the exposed brains of incoming attackers to destroy them.
Killing 3 of the same type of enemy will cause a "Trinity attack" killing everything inside it.

Avoid enemy dangers (flashing bullets, tails, teeth and lazers)

The games story is left up to interpretation and (like most of my games) vague enough to not matter to those who are just looking for a quick play, but cryptic enough for people to pick it apart and find its deeper meaning.

You can play the flash version online here:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/467236

Download the stand alone version here


http://www.newgrounds.com /downloads/flash/greymatter.zip

The game also features some really sweet music by Danny Baranowsky of dBsoundworks.com. anyone out there looking for an amazing composer should really look into hiring him, i hope to do many more games with him as well :)

Spread the word people!
-Edmund

Big Business

A few drawings i did today for some awe inspiring bands i love.

Big Business


The Melvins


-Edmund

Triachnid 2

Well im currently getting over a bad case of food poisoning (i blame the Chinese), so i thought id use my down time to post some screens from Triachnid 2, i dont think i have ever released any officially and i think the games looking pretty enough to do so now.



Triachnid 2 is a project Florian and i have been working on, on and off, for about a year. We are currently working on fixing the obviously problems with the 1st game, working on controls and more open ended game play. Tri 2 takes place shortly after the first game, where the traichnid leaves his home with his egg sack in search of a safe place to raise the last of his species.

To escape the rain the Traichnid sets up his nest in a small cave, then ventures out into the world in search of food for its young, adventure ensues.







im not sure when it will be finished, Florians currently putting his balls in buckets for a 2nd time and im finishing up a game with Tommy (goo) called Grey Matter and then its on to Meat boy 1.5. But im sure we will have it done soon enough, we just need to catch that wave of inspiration and ride it for a few weeks.

but yeah just thought id share!

oh and if you haven't played the first Triachnid, you should.
-Edmund

A sexy lil late night post

So i finalized the "Dr Fetus" Meat Boy image im going to be using for the Meat boy T-shirt (to be sold on newgrounds.com). It took a while but i finally decided to go with "Good day to you, Sir!" instead of "Class in a Glass" and "Abort this" text, but thanks to Both Danielle, DannyB and Jon for the suggestions.

Heres the final art.



It should be up in the newgrounds store in a month or so, im sure ill post it here when it is. Its nice to finally design a tshirt image that ill actually wear. Ive been working for tshirt hell for the past 2 years and dont get me wrong some of the shirts are pretty cool, but i have yet to design one id actually wear.

oh i also did this for the back, but turns out they only print graphics on the front :(.. poop.

-Edmund

The Ass Kicker

So it hasn't officially been announce on our blog (i should probably do that soon) but i was a little too pleased with what i was working on not to share.

So basically Alex and i are doing a "album" of games 4-6 easy to pick up games that are mildly based on old arcade games. The animation below is a the start of a sprite sheet from a prototype called "gun", nothing is set in stone as far as what prototypes will work out for the final game, so dont get your hopes up!

Right now hes just called the ass kicker, kinda a combo of Punisher and Snake Plissken. If all goes well theres a good chance he will be going up against Hitler!

-Edmund

My lifes Work

So im finally officially announcing that very soon ill be releasing my life's work on a single CD.

"This is a Cry for Help: A celebration of 10 years of artistic independence " will go on sale online on Newgrounds.com on November 7th (Nov. 3rd you're lucky enough to live in Santa Cruz Ca).

The CD contains basically everything ive done artistically without outside financial support for the past 10+ years of my life, starting with my first independently published comic, to my most current indie video game.

The CD features:
17+ games: (flash games also in .exe form)
15+ Comics (over 450 pages)
4 Sketch Books (over 300 pages)
Animations / interactive movies
Developer commentary on everything
and loads of Easter eggs, concept art and extras

A full detailed list of all the cds features can be viewed here.

Im very happy to finally have all my work in one place, and hope that people out there that enjoy my work will pick up the CD. I only need to sell a few to make back what i spent to have them printed, so tell your friends!

for more info (and a look at the cover of the CD, check out my new website EdmundM.com

-Edmund