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IndieGamesOfCohost
@IndieGamesOfCohost

With INDIE INTERVIEWS, I talk to the game developers hanging here on Cohost to learn more about new games you might love.

Today, a chat with @ninecoffees about writing, exposing yourself to different literary cultures, and resisting "commercial brain."

You can find The Good Weapon on itch.io

Introduce yourself for everyone here on Cohost! Who are you?

Hi hi, I’m a Madeline, an Asian writer who dabbles on game dev on the side. I spend most of my free time drinking coffee, complaining about it, and baking pastries and cakes. I’m also the weird person at the party complaining about the lack of public transport and infrastructure in the city.

Is there a project you're working on currently? Tell us about it!

This question catches me just as I’m winding up on something new. I think the joy of indie games (at least, those who do it as a hobby) is that you don’t feel a massive pressure to chase trends or make every piece something to slot into your portfolio. My particular writing niche tends to be mysteries and drama because I enjoy breaking people’s hearts or making them cry. That being said, I was in the middle of brainstorming before I stopped myself and remembered that unlike writing, game dev isn’t a solitary discipline. So I threw it away and went back to the drawing board.

The Good Weapon was designed from a top-down perspective i.e. I finished the writing, layouts, and used stand-in art until everything was playable start to finish and then went looking for artists. That caused some problems because it turns out that X or Y asset I wanted wasn’t doable since it wasn’t their particular skillset. We spent a while working around the issues and learned a lot.

This time, I started by talking to some artists instead. I approached a bunch of people and asked them what they’d like to work on. Amongst the spread of these one-worded responses, every single one of them was centred around ‘cosy’.


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