Time Travelling Churches: A look at our first level in development.
Hello all, Kevin Zuhn here with a message from the past: Building tutorial levels is hard! Back on the first Octodad we left our tutorial level until late in development, and it shows. Upon starting Dadliest Catch, we decided to do it right, and build…
Six Ideas Rejected from Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Hello octopus lovers, Kevin Zuhn here! We’ve been in development of Octodad: Dadliest Catch for a while now, and while we make cephalopod fatherhood simulation look easy, it’s been a tumultuous process! A lot of work has gone into the content we’ve shown at PAX…
Horse Talk: Majdi Takes The Gallop Poll
‘Horse Talk’ is a series here on the Octodad blog where we run intra-team Young Horses interviews. The first 2 or so questions are the same for each horse, but afterwords we crowd-source the team for things they’d like to ask the interviewee. Who are…
Happy Father’s Day
This one goes out to Ken Zuhn, aka my dad! Happy Father’s Day, dad! Science Fact: The octopus has three hearts. Ostensibly this is because the two hearts on the sides handle pumping blood through the gills and the third heart sends freshly oxygenated blood…
A Fistful of Context
We’ve been playtesting Octodad for a while now, and as we’ve been building our first level towards a more-or-less complete state, I’ve noticed something. Gray boxes just aren’t much fun! I’ve been under the impression for a long time that mechanics are the end-all and…
Octodad Comics: Snow Day (Complete)
Does Octodad finally get out of his snow-themed jam, or does he freeze to death before the second game can even come out? Take a look at the final page and see! I think we all agree that clicking on links is really hard! So,…
Happy Pre-Valentines!
This one goes out to Molly! Yes, it’s a day early, but in case anybody wants to use this on the actual Valentines day, here it is! Coincidentally, we have a mighty fine shirt in the store that has a bold statement on ‘octopus’ and…
Octodad Comics: Snow Day 6
It may be late, but it’s still monday! How will this dangerous snow-based adventure come to a close? Tune in next week to find out! Links to Snow Day comics: Snow Day 1 Snow Day 2 Snow Day 3 Snow Day 4 Snow Day 5