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Joseph Hewitt
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Sep 03
GHC: Alcad vs the Blitzen
For the GearHead manual, I needed a picture of a randomly generated player character so I started up the game and took a screenshot of the first character I got. Also in the manual I mentioned that beginning players shouldn’t worry too much about customizing their character; just about anyone the random generator gives you …
Aug 29
GearHead Caramel v0.927: Random Plots and I18n Starts
Happy Mecha Monday! Today’s update adds two big features: random plots and the beginnings of internationalization support. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, Patreon, and GitHub. Random plots are events which are not directly connected to the core story of an adventure. They may be missions, odd jobs, or just …
Aug 22
GearHead Caramel v0.925: Deadly Dungeon Developments
It’s Mecha Monday, which means a new release of GearHead Caramel! You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, Patreon, and GitHub. Version 0.925 adds some new stuff for dungeons. Every dungeon level now comes with at least one special feature- an encounter or room that is a little bit out of …
Aug 15
GHC v0.924: Pets! Mecha! Easier scrolling!
It’s two releases for the price of one! I was just preparing to release v0.923 when two fairly serious but easy to fix bug reports came in. So, we skip straight past v0.923 on to v0.924. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, Patreon, and GitHub. The big change this time …
Aug 08
GHC v0.920: Bear Bastard’s Mecha Camp
Version 0.920 of GearHead Caramel has just been released. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, Patreon, and GitHub. The big addition this time around is a new tutorial- Bear Bastard’s Mecha Camp. Learn everything you need to know about the game (mostly) from one of Earth’s most notorious bandits (reformed, …
Aug 03
GHC Interview in Game*Spark
Jul 31
GearHead Caramel v0.910: Fight and Flight
Version 0.910 of GearHead Caramel has just been released. You can get it from all the usual places- Steam, itch.io, Patreon, and GitHub. The big changes with v0.910 are the addition of flying mecha and a complete overhaul of the combat interface. The first two flyers to be featured are the Wraith and the Neko, …
Jul 22
GearHead Caramel v0.903 is Released and Steamed
GearHead Caramel v0.903 has just been released. It’s available from all the regular places- itch.io, Patreon, GitHub, and now Steam. Hooray! You know how that say that in the week before releasing on Steam dozens of old bugs that you have never seen before will suddenly show up? I can now confirm that this is …
Jul 08
GearHead Caramel Coming Soon on Steam
The GearHead Caramel “Coming Soon” page is now up on Steam. If you have a Steam account, please wishlist the game so that when it releases on the 21st it’ll appear higher in the rankings. The more money I can make on GearHead Caramel, the more time I can work on GearHead Caramel, and the …
Jul 01
Procedural Narrative: Sorcery and Magic
I’d like to talk for a bit about procedural narrative, which has been an important feature (probably the central feature) of the GearHead series since its inception. But first, a song. By the time this gets to you the language will be nonsense, words all lose their meaning by the time they leave the tongue. …