With INDIE INTERVIEWS, I talk to the game developers hanging here on Cohost to learn more about new games you might love.
I've seen the colorful work of @ctmatthews pop up on my Cohost feed over and over again, so I knew I had to chat with her to talk about her projects! We discuss sidescroller inspirations, Assist features, and custom level editors. Enjoy!
You can wishlist Ducky's Delivery Service on Steam
You can find Chessplosion on Steam and itch.io
Introduce yourself for everyone here on Cohost! Who are you?
Hi I'm C.T. Matthews, or you can call me Cass. I make strange 2D action games about ducks! Previously I spent a long time working as a programmer at various game studios and competing in fighting game tournaments (I won Evo a couple of years ago!). One day I'll make a fighting game of my own...
Is there a project you're working on currently? Tell us about it!
I'm working on Ducky's Delivery Service, an action game where you are a duck who uses a propeller backpack to fly around and deliver mail. It's inspired by games like Balloon Fight and Crazy Taxi and it's coming to Steam and itch.io on July 20th!
How did you find yourself first getting into game development?
I was always a huge fan of arcade-style 2D action games, and in the mid 2000s I became completely obsessed with Japanese indie PC games such as Melty Blood, Suguri, La-Mulana, Sispri Gauntlet and the Touhou series. These drove me to want to make games of my own so I studied software engineering...and started working as a programmer at a AAA game studio on a project that I wasn't really interested in at all. The curse of entering the workforce during the 360/PS3 era of western AAA games...
After a decade of working for various game studios and daydreaming about all the cool games that I would be able to make if I had infinite free time, I eventually forced myself to sit down and make a game from start to finish. That game was Chessplosion, and I kept going from there!