Nonadecimal Back at PAX South 2016
After the fantastic showing at PAX South last year, Nonadecimal’s going back to San Antonio for Round 2! This year I’ll be back at the Black Ice booth 14063, helping out with the cyberpunk FPS for...
View ArticleLaunch Day Tomorrow! Multiplayer Delayed Due To Fire
I’m glad everyone’s so excited about Automata Empire. I’m excited too! Making this game has been a fun challenge and I can’t wait to see what strange systems people engineer within the cellular...
View ArticleAutomata Update #1: Welcome to Automata Empire
First of all, I want to thank everybody for playing Automata Empire. While I was certain there would be a community for an objective-based cellular automata game, I didn’t anticipate how many people...
View ArticleAutomata Update #2: AI and Speed Boosts
I’m happy to finally announce that the second major update to Automata Empire is live! While I originally intended to complete this update within a few weeks, it took 2 months. The update ended up...
View ArticleAutomata Update #3: Patches and Performance
In the past few weeks, I quietly patched Automata Empire several times so that everyone could benefit from things I’ve fixed while working on multiplayer. Many of these changes make multiplayer more...
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Automata Empire Multiplayer Beta
The multiplayer beta is here! Now you can play 2-4 player games against your Steam friends around the world with online multiplayer. Since this was my first time adding multiplayer to a game, it’s...
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Automata Update #4: Multiplayer, Stats, Leaderboards
Automata Empire’s online multiplayer is here! You can now play 2-4 player matches against your friends around the world, proving yourself a master strategist. Or form an alliance to drive back the...
View ArticleSocial Justice Warriors in A Good Bundle
This week, Social Justice Warriors is in A Good Bundle on itch.io to support the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. You can get up to 151 indie games for just $20 and 100% of the proceeds will be split...
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2017: Starting Over
In 2012 I decided to try making a videogame for the Xbox 360’s indie arcade. I missed the AI work I had done in robotics and thought videogames would be a good way to continue that work without having...
View ArticleAutomata Empire in Hurricane Relief Bundle
For a limited time, you can get Automata Empire and 49 other games (such as Maia, FJORDS, and Gunmetal Arcadia) in the Hurricane Relief Bundle on itch.io. We feel for the people who have been displaced...
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