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Dead Secret at GDC

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Chris

Hey! We’re going to the Game Developers Conference in March and we’ll be talking about Dead Secret.  The topic is designing for mobile VR, and the work we went through to convert Dead Secret from a tablet game to virtual … Continue reading →

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Android TV and the Video Game Middle Ground

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Chris

We shipped Wind-up Knight 2 for Android TV last week.  If you were at Google IO, maybe you saw our logo flash up there for a moment.  If you actually have an Android TV, Wind-up Knight 2 is one of a … Continue reading →

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Nanobots: Making Games in a Week

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Chris

When Casey and I founded Robot Invader back in 2011, one of our goals was to build a team that could produce high quality games in a short amount of time with just a few people.  We produced Wind-up Knight with … Continue reading →

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Wind-up Knight 2

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Chris

We’ve been pretty quiet lately.  It’s been almost a year since our last game, Rise of the Blobs, and other than a few blog posts here and there (and an award or two) we’ve kept a pretty low profile.  But … Continue reading →

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Free-to-Play is A-OK

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Chris

Let’s talk about free-to-play games. I mean, really talk about them.  Pick them apart. Analyze them.  Maybe even learn a few things. Because sometimes I feel like talking to game developers about the topic of free-to-play games is like talking … Continue reading →

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Playing the Story

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

Last week David Jaffe, the outspoken designer of tons of games including God of War and Twisted Metal, gave a speech at DICE about how games and stories are incompatible.  The coverage of the talk makes it seem pretty cut and … Continue reading →

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Pay by Numbers

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Chris

Why tear out my heart for all the world to see? Why not paint by numbers Catchy melody Burn it up the charts with sweet simplicity Then do it again — Self, Paint by Numbers If you ask experts in … Continue reading →

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The Other White Meat

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Chris

We’ve been quiet lately.  We’ll make some noise soon. Baw-baaaawk!!

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Play WIND-UP KNIGHT at Tokyo Game Show!

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Chris

We know you’ve been biting your nails with anticipation for Wind-up Knight, so much so that you’ve started to eat into the fleshy bits at the tips of your fingers.  Fortunately, we have a way for you to avoid all-out … Continue reading →

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Personality Goes a Long Way

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Chris

Robot Invader is housed in a small office in Mountain View, California.  The office is located in one of the many featureless business parks that pepper the Peninsula like the aftermath of a boring meteor storm, a rectangular wedge of … Continue reading →

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