Capcom brought a lot of their offerings from E3 to PAX for the public to enjoy. Surprisingly Dead Rising 4 only had 2 demo stations at their official booth although more where playable at the Microsoft booth. Indie title Warcube was part of the PAX Rising selection at PAX West. Our own Renee Gittin’s “Potions: A Curious Tale” was playable on the show-floor :D! Cards Against Humanity had a very creative store front at the entrance to...
Continue reading...Potions: A Curious Tale
I Accidentally Made a Game Girls Love
When I started Potions: A Curious Tale a year and a half ago, I didn’t know where it would lead me. I didn’t know that it would be an inspiration for girls. I didn’t know that I would become an inspiration for them. I made a game that I would enjoy and, as I was a woman developing the game, I produced a game that girls and women enjoy immensely. This wasn’t my intent, though, and I only stumbled onto that realization...
Continue reading...Renee Gittins Featured in My Selfie Life
Renee Gittins is no stranger to struggle, she’s been fighting her whole life as a girl gamer, a female engineer, and now a female indie developer. Renee can now add to her list of accomplishments female TV star. Fusion brings her struggles to life as she wrestles with a male dominated world of game developers to get her game Potions: A Curious Tale into PAX Prime, to show it to the world. Follow Renee on her journey, and watch from her...
Continue reading...Take a look at Renee’s game Potions a Curious Tale on Kickstarter!
This week I once again got to sit down with the multitalented Renee of our own staff, to talk about her current effort to Kickstart her game, and what it really takes to get a game from concept to the point where you can put it on Kickstarter!
Continue reading...My Path to Game Dev (Impostor Syndrome) – Talk for Women in Gaming
Renee presents a talk she prepared for a luncheon for women in the game industry. The talk is about her path to being a game developer and the struggles she faced.
Continue reading...The Female Impostor: Impostor Syndrome as a Woman in Games
My name is Renee. I am a gamer, game journalist and video game developer, and I have impostor syndrome.
Continue reading...Making Potions: A Tale of Game Development – Blog 6
Welcome back to our weekly devlog with Renee! In this double packed episode Renee talks about her time at IndieCade, bugs she has found in her own code, code improvements from both a technical and design standpoint, and inventory and loot tables.
Continue reading...Making Potions: A Tale of Game Development – Blog 5
In this part 5 of our Developemnt series with our own Renee Gittins, we hear about the basics of Potions: A curious tale, get too see some of the business side of development, and Renee gets the basic game working with basic monster AI, hitpoints and damage!
Continue reading...Making Potions: A Tale of Game Development – Blog 4
In the fourth episode of our developer log series, Renee takes us in to her mind, talks about how she desls with self doubt, and shows us how Game development isint just about all the happy times.
Continue reading...Making Potions: A Tale of Game Development – Blog 3
Part three of our exciting Developer log series with our own Renee Gittins in this episode Renee talks about singletons, issues with Unity’s keyboard inputs and her approach for managing similar game objects. [youtube id=Gikcsdo8_oE]
Continue reading...Making potions: A development series with Renee Gittins part 2
Welcome back to our weekly dev log with Renee! Today Renee talks about her first experiences in Unity, including animation, character movement, throwing objects, and prefabs, as she works towards making Potions a Curious tale. She also talks slightly about the doubts she faces stepping into the unknown. Join us as we onece again delve in to the developing world of Renee’s game Potions a Curious tale, and as always be sure to visit Renee on twitter @RikuKat and...
Continue reading...BrokenCast Episode 5 – “Potions A Curious Tale Developer Interview”
Our latest episode of BrokenCast our semi-regular podcast about the world of gaming is here for your listening enjoyment. This week I and managing editor Fionna Fox sit down with Potions: A Curious Tale developer Renee Gittins, the founder of indie developer Stumbling Cat. We chat about what it is like to enter the world of indie development fulltime as well as what it’s like to show off your game to thousands of potential players at the...
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