As part of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo showed off a whole ton of indie games they have on the way. Some we already know, some we’ve already played. With nearly 30 titles on the way, though, Wii U and 3DS owners will have plenty to do. Games like Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Don’t Starve have been out for a while, so they’ll likely appeal mostly to gamers who play...
I'm beginning to wonder if the reason I am not getting hyped for these holiday sales is because I've already bought everything on my wishlist. That can't be true though, because my horrific Steam library still towers over my relatively small digital PlayStation collection. Week 2 of PlayStation's Holiday Sale is still soul searching for that drop dead amazing deal that I can't possibly...
You know what’s wild? In the five months since its initial release on PC (and then on the PlayStation 4), Octodad: Dadliest Catch has managed to sell more than 250,000 copies. The folks from Young Horses decided that this morning would be a good time to publicly celebrate that stat with the announcement of upcoming DLC for the game that’s about a completely normal father who definitely...
Some games don't have much of a narrative, or require you infer or create your own. For others, the fun of the game is almost entirely dependent upon the narrative. Those games rely heavily on world building; that is, creating a place and making you feel like a part of it to whatever degree is necessary to make the game work.
After a group of students from DePaul University got together and built a little demo called Octodad for the IGF Student Competition and turned a lot of heads, they had a meeting. It was in that meeting that several of the team decided to get together and turn Octodad into a real, full-fledged game. That team became Young Horses. In July of 2011, they turned to Kickstarter in order to...
Watch live video from JoeyDavidson on TwitchTV Grab a drink, perhaps something to eat, and get ready to watch us play a video game. We're trying something new here on TechnoBuffalo, we're livestreaming a game on release day. Starting at 1pm EST, we'll be playing 30 minutes of Octodad: Dadliest Catch for your amusement. The video sits at the head of this post, and the Twitch chat...
After digging into the demo at PAX East, I decided I wanted to get in touch with someone from the Octodad: Dadliest Catch team to talk more about the project and its development. A few emails with Young Horses’ CEO and Community Manager Phil Tibitoski lead me to Kevin Geisler. Kevin Geisler is a Producer and Programmer at Young Horses working on Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Dadliest Catch...
In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the sequel from Young Horses’ free student project called Octodad, players are tasked with living the life of a father of two and husband to one. Sounds simple, right? Hold on. You play an octopus. No one else knows you’re an octopus. Octodad has to go about his daily life without raising too much suspicion. If his human wife and human children ever figure...