Gamescom, the show that makes E3 look like a LAN party. Being a consumer show (as well as trade) it’s just huge. Vast. Swarming tides of humanity, like Day Z, except they’re not zombies, they’re cosplayers (so they may appear to be zombies). As well as brief chances[…]
We like to draw inspiration from Alt games and strange old arcade machines. So, between publisher meetings, a visit to Novelty Automation seemed in order. Found in a tiny shop down a backstreet of Holborn, this attraction is the creation of polymath engineer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin. Like its twin venue[…]
As a fan of everything Retro, I visited the Power UP exhibition at the Science Museum in August. When I walked in it was incredible to see and hear 40 years of gaming history spread out in yellowing plastic before me. The event was huge, perhaps 200 assorted consoles and home computers, all playable. Watching[…]
We’re super excited to announce that industry luminary Ciaran Walsh, Director of Hornet Sound is joining forces with Solar Sail Games to work on our new game! Creator of the critically-acclaimed music game Chime, Ciaran is also the former audio director of Kuju Entertainment’s Zoe Mode studio and has worked on top game franchises including[…]
The Dark Crystal was a very formative film for me. I made my own creature puppets as a consquence, and I’ve been a sucker for crystals ever since. Playing RPGs reinforced that susceptibility, so this glowy stall in nearby Spitalfields market transfixed me. The vendor explained how Himalayan crystal salts can cure any ailment, too[…]
We thought a research visit to the Museum of Curiosities might prove an inspirational venue to inaugurate our design partnership. Kind of got more than we bargained for, but having something of a skull fetish, I loved the place. Mermaids, Pablo Escobar’s gold-plated hippo skull, me having a Hendricks and Fentimans with Neil in his were-lioness form…[…]
*Gorf voice* Hail, Space Cadets! Today we’re super happy to announce the formation of Solar Sail Games. We’re a couple of game devs who’ve been privileged to spend many years making titles for pretty much every game console out there. Like many developers, we always had a hankering to strike out and craft something unique[…]