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Yac on September 28th, 2009

We’ve officially moved to PieceOfPieStudios.com. Fustian Future is alas heading into retirement. I originally set up Fustian Future as an umbrella site for my indie projects and interests, but it is time to focus clearly on the company and the games we are creating.
I invite you to join us on PieceOfPieStudios.com and update your bookmarks [...]

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Yac on September 28th, 2009

We’re currently in the process of moving to a new website. The whole move should be seamless for rss and email subscribers, but there may be a few hiccups in the next few hours. I will post again when things are done. See you soon!

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Yac on September 22nd, 2009

I haven’t got much to say at the moment. I considered finishing up a couple drafts that I have been languishing on the blog. Like responding to the PC fanboy backlash that the Fez creators received when they announced their game for Xbox Live Arcade. Or bitching about how Microsoft’s new Xbox Indie price structure [...]

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Yac on September 17th, 2009

I wrote a longer piece this week, and decided to break it off from the dev diary. Enjoy.
Work Done Last Week
All the new gameplay stuff is in, and we’ve started testing some new behaviors. There are still issues to iron out, but we’re getting a sense of what works and what doesn’t and how to [...]

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Yac on September 17th, 2009

Not all my inspirations are game developers. One of my biggest inspirations is Tucker Max.
Who’s Tucker Max? He’s a writer and blogger who chronicles his drunken adventures and mishaps with incredible wit and humor. On a bet, Max put up a website 7 years ago to share his stories with his friends and the wider [...]

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Yac on September 9th, 2009

I’m keeping this one short today. Stress levels are elevated and the writing inspiration hasn’t really hit me. Sorry.
Work Done Last Week
Some good work done this week.
The level editor received a few tweaks to make it easier to distinguish between overlaying tiles.
We also made significant progress on the gameplay side. The last missing core gameplay [...]

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Yac on September 1st, 2009

Today, I’m going to discuss some of the issues of setting up a business in Germany as an English speaker. We’ll see if I can keep this interesting.
What’s up with Germany?
Germany is not exactly the most entrepreneur-friendly country. If I was geographically unrestrained, I would pick the US to startup. Germany suffers from high taxes, [...]

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