Octodad: Dadliest Catch on Steam’s Greenlight
When we started making Octodad: Dadliest Catch we had the ambition we still maintain today, that we very much want to distribute the game through Valve’s Steam platform for PC/Mac. (Linux too if it’s ready by the time we launch! Otherwise we’ll find another way…
We’re Going to PAX Prime!
A few months back we were lucky enough to receive word that the Indie Megabooth was going to return at PAX Prime, and they were even looking for games to fill some space at the booth! We decided to hop on that gravy train and…
Your Favorite Octopus in Your Favorite Reverse Rhythm Game, Retro/Grade
A few months back I spoke with Matt Gilgenbach of 24 Caret Games and he was seeking some other indies to fill his unlockable character slots for his upcoming PSN release of Retro/Grade. Retro/Grade is a shooter gone rhythm game where you play the whole…
Horse Talk: Devon Explains It All
‘Horse Talk’ is a new series here on the Octodad blog where we’ll be running some intra-team Young Horses interviews. First up we quiz Devon Scott-Tunkin. The first 2 or so questions will be the same for each horse, but afterwords we crowd-source the team for things…
More Than a Year
It has been a year and nearly seventeen days since we ran our Kickstarter campaign. A year. A year is A TON of time, or so you might think. It’s amazing that this seemingly large amount of time has flown by so quickly. I was…
Young Horses Vacay
People always talk about how important things like team building and vacations are. Around June of this year we realized that we had actually been a team and had been working on Dadliest Catch for an entire year already. We’re always keeping track of how…
Moving as Only City Slickers Know How
Moving isn’t an easy thing to do when it’s just yourself, or you and your significant other, whether that’s in Chicago or Piermont Grand, Singapore. Moving in Chicago under those same circumstances becomes even more difficult due to the insane proximity of all buildings and…
Kickstarter by the Numbers
About two and a half months ago the guys over at War Balloon Games, the creators of the magnifique Star Command, put up a brave analysis of where their Kickstarter money was spent and what it was spent on. We’ve also been attempting to be…