James Schumacher – Writing & Art
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Among the sleep is an indie 1st-person survival game with supernatural/horror elements. The game was a successful kickstarter project, initially backed by the Norwegian Film Institute. It takes place from the perspective of a 2-year-old child. A lot of the interpretation of the narrative is left up to the player.
Winter Voices is described as “an episodic strategy RPG released in seven episodes, including a prolougue.” This intro showcases a visual style that has a watercolor feel to it, relying on slow movement, mixed with voice over and music to convey the atmosphere of the game. The game currently features
I have backed eight Kickstarter project with seven successful fundings. My game purchase habits range from retro to brand-new and from AAA to indie. I studied game art and design in college and have a fair number of friends and acquaintances working in the industry mainly in the Pacific Northwest. Today I
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The first 25 or so minutes of indie adventure game To the Moon. It actually plays more like a piece of interactive fiction than a traditional adventure game. Using the RPG Maker engine it has a visual style akin to that of a Final Fantasy III/VI and has a wonderful
Hotline Miami is a top-down shooter with light stealth and strategy elements. In this roughly 15 minutes of footage from the game, starting at the beginning you can start to get a feel of for the game and how it works. It has an original GTA top-down style mixed with
Lone Survivor – 40 Minutes of Survival 720p Lone Survivor is a unique horror-survival game presented in an 8-bit graphical style with emphasize on sound design and a strange story of a confused protagonist who may just be losing his mind. This is my beginning playthrough. You jump right into
Unstoppable Gorg Gameplay Unstoppable Gorg is an indie tower defense game. What differentiates it from the standard formula is its pulp sci-fi setting. It has excellent music and a cool art style. It’s not a huge departure or upgrade to the tower defense gamestyle, however it has proved to be
Harold 2D Indie Side-Scroller for PC & Consoles Harold is a gorgeous 2D game coming to PC & c – Video Game News, Videos and File Downloads for PC and Console Games at Shacknews.com from Public RSS-Feed of James Schumacher. https://plus.google.com/117368904812683832763/posts/gqAuwJ3bHR6
Trapped Dead Intro Sequence This is the comic-panel style introduction sequence for the indie top-down zombie game Trapped Dead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10_yOp4w9KQ
TRAUMA Intro Sequence This is the brief intro sequence for the indie game Trauma. “Trauma (styled as TRAUMA) is a graphical adventure interactive fiction game developed by German programmer Krystian Majewski as part of a thesis project, and released in August 2011. The game is based on a woman that
Limbo – 30 Minutes – Many Deaths.mp4 A little over 30 minutes of the excellent indie title Limbo. Plenty of deaths in various ways, the majority of them on purpose. This game is so clever in its execution and executions. The simple black and white graphical style really serves to