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Partnering Up!
I've known Will for about 15 years. The dude is a delightful person. Of equal importance he is a fantastic designer and 50x the engineer...
Matthew Zimmitti
7 days ago3 min read
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Nose to the Grindstone
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has a pretty sweet weapon honing system. End-to-end this one system is probably many times the work hours of...
Matthew Zimmitti
Apr 55 min read
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Roadmap
TL;DR: Meta loops coming. It's the big thing to get into Early Access. Lots of design ramblings below. So if you played the Cruft demo,...
Matthew Zimmitti
Mar 165 min read
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Next Fest Recap - Thank You!
Before and after. Thank you! Bear in mind the scale, so yes this is all humble, but hoo-wee, thanks for all the support! That first bump...
Matthew Zimmitti
Mar 31 min read
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Go Time!
TL;DR I'd REALLY appreciate it if you wishlisted CRUFT. Next Fest starts today and every click helps! https://store.steampowered.com/app/...
Matthew Zimmitti
Feb 241 min read
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Soft and Quiet
Surprise. The CRUFT demo is out on Steam. Shhh... don't pop the champagne yet. This is a nice, little, quiet moment to fix bugs. The...
Matthew Zimmitti
Feb 153 min read
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The Doldrums
It is nice to think that we are tuned-in and operating at 100% all the time. I don't really think that every truly happens. Right now I'm...
Matthew Zimmitti
Jan 274 min read
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Go To Market
Yep, I know that dump button is a mess. Still pretty psyched that I can use this clip in this post. The Plan Can't sit on this game...
Matthew Zimmitti
Jan 86 min read
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The Importance of Goals - Captaining a Ship
Developing any game, even a fast follow at a big studio, involves a lot of speculation. Short of a few truly auteur-driven titles from...
Matthew Zimmitti
Dec 31, 20249 min read
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AI and Development of CRUFT
Hot Topic. TL;DR - I decided not to use AI. CRUFT has a lot of sprites. I am not a game artist. I paint little army men in my spare time...
Matthew Zimmitti
Dec 26, 20245 min read
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Small Beginnings - CRUFT
I like to make stuff. I order a lot of stuff online. I've been out of the professional game-making loop for months now. Put it all...
Matthew Zimmitti
Nov 30, 20242 min read
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