With INDIE INTERVIEWS, I talk to the game developers hanging here on Cohost to learn more about new games you might love.
I've been in the mood for indie sidescrollers lately. It's not that there's a lack of them or anything, but at some point around 2018 I told myself for some reason that I had to keep looking for different genres. Enough time has passed and lately this feeling came back, like...I just want to go back to a nice sidescroller. So now I'm treating myself! And having a great time with all sorts of platformers and such. And lucky for me, I found a few here on Cohost to scratch the itch, like Virtue's Heaven and GB Rober from @MOKKA.
GB Rober is available on Steam and itch.io, Splinter Zone is available on Steam and itch.io. You can wishlist Virtue's Heaven now on Steam!
Introduce yourself for everyone here on Cohost! Who are you?
My name is Eric and I'm a German sort of non-binary/agender (it’s complicated) person in their late 30s. I’ve released two commercial games so far, both 2D platformers that heavily borrow elements from Mega Man games, as well as a bunch of other smaller stuff.
Is there a project you're working on currently? Tell us what you're up to these days!
Right now I’m working on a game called “Virtue’s Heaven”, which is an action/adventure platformer (some might also call it a Metroidvania) about infinite Dogs, radical Friends and the End of History. I’ve tried turning this project into something since early 2018, but always ran into problems. This current attempt has been going for about a year now and though it still some ways away, I’m reasonably confident that this time I will actually be able to finish it.
I'm always grateful when folks let me talk about my work.