thedavoo

Game project in development

It's far from finished, but I've released it early. Updates to come.

Upcoming backer rewards?

I've been chiseling away at at this upcoming project all summer. I think it's coming out pretty well so far, and I should soon be able to formally announce it and explain what it will be about. Announcements will be on my website:

 http://thedavoo.com/ 

My plan is to release some amount of preview content (sample videos, and even something like a 30-minute demo eventually) and use that to promote this Patreon c...

Something new

In the next few months, there will hopefully be more to show, and a more formal announcement can be made. When that happens, I should be able to re-implement various Patron reward tiers relevant to the upcoming project. For now, just enjoy this screenshot. You can check out another Special Exclusive Screenshot™ on TheDavoo.com.

New game: Chamber of Hex

I made a new game. Everyone who has ever Patroned at least $1 are mentioned in the credits! You can find out what this game is on the itch.io page or on my website. I'm here to give you a bit of a behind-the-scenes dip.

Gameplay trailer

This whole year has been a lot of diversions and detours. I wasn't getting a lot done. But then things started to stabilize for me late in the summer. I finally h...

Focus

I wanted to quickly repeal the post below this one. Early this year, I started working on a big project that would take my focus away from game development. I had said there was a possibility I would cancel that project, and indeed I did.

I sort of talked more about what I've been doing in a twitlonger recently. Sort of:
https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqsg38 

So the focus to games return...

Another project

Last month, I was in the middle of brushing my teeth when I suddenly had a new idea. It's a pretty good idea. I'm not quite as enthusiastic about it as I am for making video games--if my game dev passion is at 100%, my passion for this new idea is currently at 80%. But it is a much more economically viable idea. Games have about a 2% chance of making me a livable amount of money within a year, while [new idea]'s odds are about 25%. These are still not great numbers, but in this reality where ...

ATOMINOUS

It was an on-and-off effort, but I started it over a year ago and I'm very plussed to see it finished. Quality-wise I think it's a light-to-decent 6 out of 10 if you're into this kind of game.

It does sadly have issues with some antivirus programs, and I don't yet have a solution to this. If you're a patron and your computer won't let you play it, you should probably cancel this payment.

Anyway, as stated the other day, this is my final post that will be charged individually. I'm going t...

That's a wrap

Here is the list of Patrons that will be shown. Let me know if anyone in here wants their name to be something different, or not shown at all, ext.

AkaiKuroba

Amphituber Wollywog

Andrew

Anna-Ester Volozh

Ashutan

Aurelius

Ben Saint

Benjamin Paul Wiche

Brian Fisher

carmscotch

Chris Wagoner

Digibro

Erick Gutierrez

Ethan Menegakis

Francisco Persona Portón

HannibalQ

hgbguy

ImplyingSage<...

Oh yeah

I didn't completely think through that last post. Obviously, there would have to be a cutoff point where the end credits would be finished. Sooo I'm going to go with 12:00AM, November 5th, GMT. That's the deadline; about 30 hours from now as I write this.

One last post

I'm about to finish a game called Atominous.

http://thedavoo.com/

When I release it, I will Patreon'ify it here. Everyone who is a Patron right now will be listed in the credits (alphabetical order) as per crowdfunding etiquette. You can swoop in and pledge just $1 if you just want to get into the credits, it's no problem.

This will be the last thing I charge for. I'm switching to monthly after this.

How to understand themes

A video that is very short, but in my opinion is really super good anyway. Also, it's made up of 100% original assets, so that gives it more "value" I guess, so I think it's worth patroning.

A Koufuku Graffiti Video

You just can't have a normal conversation about some good old fashioned anime with The Otaku Gonzo Journalist without him demanding that you make a video out of something you said offhandedly. Such is the way of things.

An Ichigo Marshmallow video

My Debate With A Commenter (The Story of Dowww)

Some guy accused me of some things in a comment on my video. Stuff happened.

This is also a sort of celebration of the 1 year anniversary of my RCT3 video, which was the first thing I submitted on Patreon, so that's kinda cool.

The Feel of Games Episode 1 (The Sands of Time)

So I'm gonna start this new series. Here it is. It's about why the Prince of Persia from 2003 is fun to play as.

Tight vs. Loose Sidescrollers (Genesis & SNES)

People often say games "have tight controls", or "slippery controls" and stuff. Well here's my 19 minute thesis on what that means, and how it applied to 16-bit sidescrollers.

How Weird Al is Similar to Yoshi

This is a very important thing to discuss

Guide to Successfully Ripping-off Undertale

How to make more games like Undertale in a GOOD way. How to take inspiration, without being a predictable copycat.

You'll notice I'm not charging for this video. That's because I *already charged* for this video a few days ago, because I really wanted to have the money before the end of the month. I will try very hard to avoid ever doing THAT again, believe me!

Other Games By the Guy Who Made Tetris

I kind of assumed the guy who made Tetris didn't make a whole lot of games after that... I've never heard of them, after all. Well guess what? NO. So watch this video and find out for yourself.

Dear patrons:

As you can see, this one is quite large and took 2 entire weeks to make. If I want to stay comfortably ahead of my rent payments, I'll have to either make one other video (preferably two) before the end of this month, or have Digibro have me edit something for him (he may not hav...

DEFINITIVELY proving the worth of movies/TV/cartoons/video games/anime

Any lingering doubts about the validity of watching/reading/playing stuff all the time? Doubt lingeringly no longer!

So this one is just audio set to gameplay footage, and it's kind of a farcical thesis. Even I'm not sure how serious I am about this. So I would be inclined to NOT monetize this on Patreon, but I still think it's interesting, and when I consider how my last video was pretty long and highly edited, and my next 2 projects are ALSO quite big and a lot of work, I figure I can cu...

Big Hero 6 Critique

Big Hero 6 was an outstanding achievement in visuals, cinematography and characterization; but it all crumbled apart at the weak story for most people. This will make the case and explain this in detail.

Dreams of jumping over mushrooms...

I sure do forget to post these here. Blurbp.

Pac-Man Wannabes of the 80's

Here you go, peeps!

Next video is hopefully gonna be a "June 2015 Steam Games worth checking out" type thing. Not sure how that's gonna turn out.

Let's Preserve Video Games, BUT...

A thing on a thing

Rollercoaster Tycoon ONE vs. THREE

Starting off this Patreon campaign with a really big one. They won't usually be this long obviously.

Why don't I like movies? ep3: Clue (1985)

Why don't I like movies? ep2: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Why don't I like movies? ep1: Dune

Roller Coaster Tycoon ONE vs. TWO