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Joseph Hewitt
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Sep 12
GearHead Caramel v0.954: Dangerous Dungeon and Display Stuff
I’ve just released GearHead Caramel v0.954. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, and GitHub. This version makes dungeons slightly more dangerous- personal scale damage has been increased, and certain monsters are more likely to hit your characters. Some new equipment has been added to shops to help you deal with …
Sep 05
GearHead Caramel v0.952: Hacker’s Delight
I’ve just released GearHead Caramel v0.952. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, and GitHub. The biggest change this time around is the help system- while using the combat/skills interface, pressing F1 will now bring up a helpful panel explaining what the invocation you’re looking at actually does. The same text …
Aug 26
GearHead Caramel v0.951: Of Course There Were Bugs
Bugfix update v0.941 has just been released. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, and GitHub.
Aug 23
GearHead Caramel v0.950: Our Gamedev is not Permadead Yet!
I’ve just uploaded version 0.950 of GearHead Caramel. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, and GitHub. This is the first release of 2023, and I have to tell you, being sick really really sucks. But giant robots? Giant robots are always good. Lots of bugs have been fixed. In fact, …
Jul 02
Steam and itch Summer Sales
Mar 22
Half a Century of Joe: Our Gamedev is Still Broken
It’s been a while since I’ve let you all know how I’m doing. After getting Covid and opportunistic bacterial pneumonia, I caught influenza at the end of December. This is when my troubles started. After that I had a bad case of asthma exacerbation, Covid brain fog, one case of acute sinusitis, a second case …
Dec 15
GearHead Caramel v0.946: Our GameDev is Broken
Happy Techno Thursday! I’ve just uploaded version 0.946 of GearHead Caramel. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, and GitHub. This update has been delayed by the fact that I’ve been seriously ill for the past month- first severe Covid 19, then an opportunistic lung infection, followed by my lungs just …
Nov 23