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"title": "What Works And Why: Nonlinear Storytelling In Her Story", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-06-27-what-works-and-why-nonlinear-storytelling-in-her-story/", "published_at": "2015-06-27T17:37:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ea2bd41c", "title": "Tiny Design", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-06-05-tiny-design/", "published_at": "2015-06-05T22:32:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644eb254392", "title": "Thoughts On Neon Struct", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-05-29-thoughts-on-neon-struct/", "published_at": "2015-05-29T16:36:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ebc7acb7", "title": "Thoughts On Invisible Inc And GalCiv 3", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-05-22-thoughts-on-invisible-inc-and-galciv-3/", "published_at": "2015-05-22T15:53:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ecbf4490", "title": "Why I’m Letting Heat Signature Get Bigger", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-05-19-why-im-letting-heat-signature-get-bigger/", "published_at": "2015-05-19T15:52:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ed19e774", "title": "My Idea For An ‘Unconventional Weapon’ Game", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-05-17-my-idea-for-an-unconventional-weapon-game/", "published_at": "2015-05-17T14:26:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644edbe7f0f", "title": "A Day’s Experimentation With Heat Signature’s Nebula Generation", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-04-30-a-days-experimentation-with-heat-signatures-galaxy-generation/", "published_at": "2015-04-30T17:45:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644edd736cb", "title": "Galactic Zoom In Heat Signature", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-04-12-galactic-zoom-in-heat-signature/", "published_at": "2015-04-12T15:57:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644edddd7af", "title": "Thoughts On The First Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Trailer", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-04-09-thoughts-on-the-first-deus-ex-mankind-divided-trailer/", "published_at": "2015-04-09T16:08:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ede75e73", "title": "From Gunpoint To Heat Signature: A Narrative Journey", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-04-01-from-gunpoint-to-heat-signature-a-narrative-journey/", "published_at": "2015-04-01T17:12:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644eeaf9825", "title": "Thoughts About Praise And Confidence At GDC And Rezzed", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-03-16-thoughts-about-praise-and-confidence-at-gdc-and-rezzed/", "published_at": "2015-03-16T19:48:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644eef2bd1d", "title": "Detpacks", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-02-24-detpacks/", "published_at": "2015-02-24T16:20:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644ef2c70f1", "title": "The Cost Of Simplifying Conversations In Videogames", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-02-14-the-cost-of-simplifying-conversations-in-videogames/", "published_at": "2015-02-14T17:06:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f0204448", "title": "First Steps In Skyrim", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-01-31-first-steps-in-skyrim/", "published_at": "2015-01-31T20:37:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f03990c0", "title": "How To Find An Object’s DrawGUI Co-ordinates In Game Maker Studio With A Rotated View", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-01-27-help-me-with-a-trigonometry-problem-for-heat-signature/", "published_at": "2015-01-27T15:34:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f127db22", "title": "Christmas Chocolate Workshop 2014", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-01-14-christmas-chocolate-workshop-2014/", "published_at": "2015-01-14T20:11:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f17b0e57", "title": "Video Tutorial: Make A Game With No Experience", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-01-09-video-tutorial-make-a-game-with-no-experience/", "published_at": "2015-01-09T17:24:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f20afcc6", "title": "Thoughts On Dragon Age: Inquisition", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2015-01-09-thoughts-on-dragon-age-inquisition/", "published_at": "2015-01-09T11:28:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f2bfa0c1", "title": "What Works And Why: Invisible Inc", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-12-29-what-works-and-why-invisible-inc/", "published_at": "2014-12-29T00:48:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f331012c", "title": "Thoughts On Far Cry 4", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-12-08-thoughts-on-far-cry-4/", "published_at": "2014-12-08T13:28:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f33e67a0", "title": "Podcast Tips: Nick Frost On WTF", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-12-07-podcast-tips-nick-frost-on-wtf/", "published_at": "2014-12-07T14:24:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f410bda8", "title": "Heat Signature, One Year Later", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-12-01-heat-signature-one-year-later/", "published_at": "2014-12-01T20:16:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f4ca8444", "title": "New Heat Signature Trailer Shows Art, Music, Wrenches And Guns", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-11-19-new-heat-signature-trailer-shows-art-music-wrenches-and-guns/", "published_at": "2014-11-19T18:11:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f58e2392", "title": "Heat Signature Screenshots", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-11-06-heat-signature-screenshots/", "published_at": "2014-11-06T09:47:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdcd-16af-7262-94db-e644f5b2e2df", "title": "Heat Signature Trailers", "url": "https://www.pentadact.com/2014-11-05-heat-signature-trailers/", "published_at": "2014-11-05T10:43:16+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice original ↗

8 Jan 2026

2025

Project Battleaxe Dev Log 1: The Four Verbs original ↗

25 Jun 2025

2024

Tactical Breach Wizards Is Out!original ↗

22 Aug 2024

Tom’s Tstretch Timer original ↗

29 Feb 2024

A Snowy Ramble On What Makes Games ‘Different Every Time’original ↗

19 Jan 2024

2023

Blundering Into Dead King’s Bluff original ↗

13 Nov 2023

Unity’s Trap original ↗

16 Sept 2023

Tom’s Timer 5 original ↗

6 Aug 2023

The Bone Queen And The Frost Bishop: Playtesting Scavenger Chess In Plasticine original ↗

28 May 2023

2022

Five Problems With Chess original ↗

10 Nov 2022

Badminton original ↗

8 Jun 2022

We’re Looking For Someone To Make A Tactical Breach Wizards Trailer original ↗

8 Apr 2022

2021

Void Bastards Vs Heat Signature: A Completely Objective Analysis original ↗

30 Jul 2021

Seeking A Composer For Tactical Breach Wizards original ↗

5 May 2021

2019

Gridcannon: A Single Player Game With Regular Playing Cards original ↗

20 Aug 2019

Making A Better Card Feel Worse With UX original ↗

12 Aug 2019

Steam Quirks For Developers original ↗

10 Apr 2019

Charity original ↗

8 Feb 2019

My Week original ↗

22 Jan 2019

2018

Dad And The Egg Controller original ↗

18 Dec 2018

Heat Signature’s Space Birthday Update Is Live!original ↗

27 Sept 2018

The Potato ‘Paradox’original ↗

12 Aug 2018

What Works And Why: Emergence original ↗

30 Jul 2018

Pitch: Tactical Breach Wizards original ↗

2 Feb 2018

2017

Heat Signature’s Fair Points Update: Reacting To Good Reviews original ↗

22 Nov 2017

Death is Canceled for Space Halloween original ↗

27 Oct 2017

Heat Signature’s Launch, And First Player Legend original ↗

27 Sept 2017

Heat Signature Is Out!original ↗

22 Sept 2017

A Leftfield Solution To An XCOM Disaster original ↗

14 Sept 2017

Heat Signature Release Date And Launch Celebrations original ↗

11 Sept 2017

What Works And Why: Prey’s Intro original ↗

29 May 2017

Morphblade And Imbroglio: Making A Game To Test A Critique original ↗

11 Mar 2017

Morphblade Is Out!original ↗

3 Mar 2017

Great Moments In Television, 2016 original ↗

5 Jan 2017

2016

Heat Signature Factions Trailer, Working At Valve original ↗

21 Dec 2016

Heat Signature: What I’ve Been Working On original ↗

26 Nov 2016

Games Successfully Developed At Stugan 2016 So Far original ↗

2 Aug 2016

What To Do If Your Prototype Isn’t Fun original ↗

22 Jun 2016

Rewarding Creative Play Styles In Hitman original ↗

14 May 2016

Testing, Wishlists, And A New Video original ↗

25 Apr 2016

Heat Signature Will Be At Rezzed 2016 Next Week original ↗

30 Mar 2016

Postcards From Far Cry Primal original ↗

9 Mar 2016

The Witness original ↗

6 Mar 2016

Solving XCOM’s Snowball Problem original ↗

25 Feb 2016

Kill Zone And Bladestorm original ↗

13 Feb 2016

An Idea For More Flexible Indie Game Awards original ↗

19 Jan 2016

2015

Heat Signature: Infinitely Scaling Vapour Layers original ↗

22 Dec 2015

Star Wars VII (Spoiler Safe)original ↗

18 Dec 2015

Help Me Structure Some Code Better In Heat Signature original ↗

5 Dec 2015

A Tale Of Arabian Nights original ↗

29 Nov 2015

Generating Locks And Keys In Heat Signature’s Ships original ↗

28 Nov 2015

Thoughts On Fallout 4 And Invisible Inc’s Contingency Plan original ↗

27 Nov 2015

Laying Out Heat Signature’s Ships: Snakey Vs Branchy original ↗

26 Nov 2015

Teaching Heat Signature’s Ship Generator To Think In Sectors original ↗

14 Nov 2015

What Works And Why: Multiple Routes In Deus Ex original ↗

8 Nov 2015

The Martian (The Book)original ↗

4 Oct 2015

Doing Your Job In Metal Gear Solid V original ↗

28 Sept 2015

Natural Numbers In Game Design original ↗

25 Sept 2015

I Made A Taskbar Timer To Keep An Eye On Wasted Time original ↗

17 Sept 2015

The Killing Decision In Metal Gear Solid V original ↗

15 Sept 2015

Being Someone Else In Metal Gear Solid V original ↗

13 Sept 2015

Metal Gear Solid V’s Failure Spectrum original ↗

13 Sept 2015

A Hollow Victory In MGS V original ↗

8 Sept 2015

Naming Drugs Honestly In Big Pharma original ↗

2 Sept 2015

Pedestrian-Cyclist Tensions Reach A Flashpoint On The Canal Path original ↗

18 Aug 2015

Gunpoint Exclusive Edition Owners Now Have A Two-Week Alpha Of Heat Signature original ↗

16 Aug 2015

One Problem With Open Game Development original ↗

13 Aug 2015

Vapour Trail Experiments original ↗

26 Jul 2015

Spot The Bug original ↗

25 Jul 2015

Eurogamer Play Heat Signature original ↗

22 Jul 2015

What It’s Like Showing Heat Signature To The Press original ↗

21 Jul 2015

Writing vs Programming original ↗

21 Jul 2015

Let Me Show You How To Make A Game original ↗

9 Jul 2015

Back Up Your Stuff original ↗

3 Jul 2015

New Heat Signature Video: Galaxies, Suction And Wrench-Throwing original ↗

29 Jun 2015

What Works And Why: Nonlinear Storytelling In Her Story original ↗

27 Jun 2015

Tiny Design original ↗

5 Jun 2015

Thoughts On Neon Struct original ↗

29 May 2015

Thoughts On Invisible Inc And GalCiv 3 original ↗

22 May 2015

Why I’m Letting Heat Signature Get Bigger original ↗

19 May 2015

My Idea For An ‘Unconventional Weapon’ Game original ↗

17 May 2015

A Day’s Experimentation With Heat Signature’s Nebula Generation original ↗

30 Apr 2015

Galactic Zoom In Heat Signature original ↗

12 Apr 2015

Thoughts On The First Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Trailer original ↗

9 Apr 2015

From Gunpoint To Heat Signature: A Narrative Journey original ↗

1 Apr 2015

Thoughts About Praise And Confidence At GDC And Rezzed original ↗

16 Mar 2015

Detpacks original ↗

24 Feb 2015

The Cost Of Simplifying Conversations In Videogames original ↗

14 Feb 2015

First Steps In Skyrim original ↗

31 Jan 2015

How To Find An Object’s DrawGUI Co-ordinates In Game Maker Studio With A Rotated View original ↗

27 Jan 2015

Christmas Chocolate Workshop 2014 original ↗

14 Jan 2015

Video Tutorial: Make A Game With No Experience original ↗

9 Jan 2015

Thoughts On Dragon Age: Inquisition original ↗

9 Jan 2015

2014

What Works And Why: Invisible Inc original ↗

29 Dec 2014

Thoughts On Far Cry 4 original ↗

8 Dec 2014

Podcast Tips: Nick Frost On WTF original ↗

7 Dec 2014

Heat Signature, One Year Later original ↗

1 Dec 2014

New Heat Signature Trailer Shows Art, Music, Wrenches And Guns original ↗

19 Nov 2014

Heat Signature Screenshots original ↗

6 Nov 2014

Heat Signature Trailers original ↗

5 Nov 2014