Fingerbones
'The Grandfather' has been released
http://store.steampowered.com/app/433750/
The Grandfather is a strange point and click adventure inspired by surrealist films such as David Lynch's Eraserhead. It follows the story of an old man who is tormented by the coldness of his wife, and wakes up one night to find that his arms, legs, and torso are missing, leaving him a disembodied floating head.
Keep in mind that The Grandfather was designed/directed by MPR Art Hallucinations (creator of The Lady) and simply programmed by me. So expect a much different (much more surreal) experience than you get in my solo horror games.
Looking for Feedback
Only thing I ask is that your feedback is CONSTRUCTIVE. This is not the place to vent your anger at me or my games. That's what Steam reviews are for, it seems.
My latest horror game, A Wolf in Autumn, has been released!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/395270/
After escaping from a locked shed, a young girl finds herself in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest. At first her surroundings seem peaceful, and she's comforted by her mother's voice coming through a strange tin device. But gradually, things begin to turn disturbing and sinister. And the distant howling of wolves begins to move closer...
A Wolf in Autumn is a dark, surreal psychological horror game. It focuses on creating a short engaging horror experience that relies on narrative, pacing, context, and atmosphere rather than jump scares.
Interview about my games
http://www.relyonhorror.com/in-depth/david-szymanski-interview-the-journey-to-horror-via-story-faith-and-impressionism/
Article about the original design of Fingerbones
http://ironsnowflakes.blogspot.com/2015/10/original-design-for-fingerbones.html
IndieGoGo Campaign for The Grandfather is live!
The upcoming atmospheric point & click horror/puzzle game “The Grandfather” has launched an IndieGoGo campaign. The campaign features some one of a kind and limited perks, including the Autoharp that the soundtrack was recorded on, and a special edition of the game with 20 wallpapers and two different versions of the unique soundtrack.
“The Grandfather” is collaboration from the creator of “Fingerbones” and the creator of “The Lady”; both devs thrive at creating hauntingly rich atmospheres with a mix of visuals, audio, and a different approach to storytelling. The game tells its story through the use of comic book pages and narration/voice acting. The Grandfather features all hand drawn art by amazing comic book artist SaintYak http://saintyak.deviantart.com/gallery/ , and a procedural soundtrack composed by Michael Patrick Rogers https://soundcloud.com/mprart-1 , which is created by the user as they play the game.
"The Grandfather" demo released.
itchio http://mpr-art-hallucinations.itch.io/thegrandfatherdemo
IndieDB http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-grandfather/downloads
Steam Coming later this week
"The Grandfather" is a collaboration from the creators of "The Lady" and "Fingerbones"
"The Grandfather" is a unique Story Driven Point and Click puzzle/horror Game, presented in a pop-up storybook, comic book art style, with narration by a voice actress. The Game tells the tale of an old man who is tormented by the coldness of his wife. The Grandfather is a combination of exploration and point and click elements, and features a procedural soundtrack that is created by the user as they play the game.
This is a Pre-Alpha DEMO and does not fully represent the finished game, an IndieGoGo campaign launches on October 3rd!!
Be sure to follow "The Grandfather" on Twitter @GrandfatherGame for updates on the development of the game. "The Grandfather" is expected to release in spring 2016 on PC/MAC and shortly after on PS4.
Looking for beta testers for A Wolf in Autumn
I'm currently looking for beta testers for my upcoming game, A Wolf in Autumn. If you'd like to play a beta version of the game and provide feedback, please send me an email at jefequeso(at)gmail(dot)com.
Info about the game can be found here: http://ironsnowflakes.blogspot.com/p/a-wolf-in-autumn.html
Mouse inversion setting added
'The Grandfather': Demo Coming Soon + 'A Wolf in Autumn': Game Coming Soon
Second, I wanted to let you know about an upcoming game that I'm working on with MPR Art Hallucinations, developer of The Lady. The game is primarily his project, but I'm doing programming and assisting with the design. It follows an old man who is emotionally tormented by his heartless wife, and wakes up one night to find himself a floating head, with his arms, legs, and torso missing.
A short demo will be coming some time in September, and an IndieGoGo campaign to fund the whole project will be launching in October.
If you'd like to learn more about The Grandfather, you can check out the devblog at =http://www.mprart.net/the-grandfather-dev-blog/ and follow development on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GrandfatherGame
Third, my next solo project, 'A Wolf in Autumn,' is well along its way, and I expect to release it some time in October. If you'd like to know more about the game, you can view some rather pretty screenshots and the announcement trailer at http://ironsnowflakes.blogspot.com/p/current-project.html if you'd like to check them out.
I suppose I should also remind you guys again that while Fingerbones was recently released on Steam, it's actually over a year old and I've released two other horror games since then. Visit http://ironsnowflakes.blogspot.com/
Whew, that was a lot of stuff.