I’ve been up to my eyeballs in audio the past handful of weeks, and I know I need a break from it, and you probably do too. BUT!! This week was spent re-writing large parts of my audio engine and roughly balancing the audio of the game. What’s with me and constantly re-doing things? Well, […]

Hello there!! This weekend I’m at PAX East, mostly taking it easy but also showing off the game to a few folks. Exciting times! While I’m gone, let’s finish interviewing Bleed 2’s sound designer Joonas Turner! Interview (Part 2) What kind of style did you decide on for Bleed 2, and how did you create […]

I’m super pumped to announce that Joonas Turner is doing the sound design for Bleed 2!! If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s worked on roughly a million games and properties, ranging from Nuclear Throne and Environmental Station Alpha to Angry Birds and Transformers!! He’s an amazingly talented, creative guy, and his sounds are […]

Another awesome milestone reached this week: all sound effects are in the game!! YES!! I’ll be writing a big ol’ post about my sound designer next week (he’s seriously a genius and has brought so much to the game) but for now you’ll have to make do with this lesser article about a boss I […]

This week I completed the last cutscenes in the game! That meant a lot of writing, art, and coding. I’m not some genius writer, so there isn’t much point in a big blog post about it. Mainly, I just try to ensure every line of dialogue has a purpose — usually to drive the action […]

I worked on achievements this week! You can’t trigger them in-game yet, but other than that all the artwork and design is done. I gotta be real with you here: I generally find achievements to be boring and patronizing. I don’t think simply playing a game is worthy of praise (unless you’re playing Ikaruga, then […]

This week I created another animated scene. I even streamed a day of the work! The video isn’t exactly action-packed, but if you want to watch, it’ll be on my fancy new Twitch page for a week or two. (I concluded it by playing through the first level, so that might interest you!) I call […]

Can’t stop the menu train, baby! While they’re not as adorable as the main menu, I created the level select and loadout menus this week!   Level Select Here’s the new level select! I tried to make it reminiscent of a PVR menu — Bleed 2 has a minor ‘television’ motif going on. It’s less […]

I got a lot of awesome work done this week! 95% of the audio is now in the game (the only remaining audio is the last boss, and a handfull of environmental sounds.) I did a first, tiny bit of playtesting. Aaaaaaand I got the main menu done! Thanks to the menu system I set […]