As long as one person (or a small team, as in our case!) can create a game with no external funding, the indie scene will live on.
RC: The indie scene is growing - not changing for the better or worse, but simply growing, naturally. GS: What do you think of the state of independent development? Improving? Changing for the worse or the better? It's quite easy to think of puzzle ideas when you first start out, but when the imagination runs dry it's nearly impossible to force your brain to come up with yet another clever idea! It took a long time to create all 236 levels! Far longer than we budgeted for.
The dumbest thing was to underestimate the mental energy required to design puzzles. Each prototype helped us to uncover design and coding flaws that would've seriously impacted the development of the game, and the final product. There were three different incarnations of the game prior to the final product you now see. RC: The smartest thing we did was to create multiple prototypes. GS: What was the smartest thing you did to speed development of your title, and the dumbest thing you (collectively!) did which hindered development? We hoped other gamers out there would agree! We wanted to make the game because we are fans of the puzzle genre and don't see enough modern puzzle games on the market. The game's design was certainly inspired by The Incredible Machine, but also by the indie game Dweep, and even by the classic NES game, The Adventures of Lolo. It took about 9 months to create the game. The player takes control of the Professor and must use gadgets and cunning to escape each level. RC: Professor Fizzwizzle is a platform puzzle game which has been compared to Lemmings, The Incredible Machine, and even Lode Runner. GS: Tell us a little about your game - genre, how long it took to make, what it was inspired by, why you wanted to make it?
Since we are good friends and both happen to live in Vancouver, Canada, we decided last year to take the plunge and try our hand at creating a downloadable game. Ryan had been working on his game programming skills for many years, and likewise Matt had always been an avid graphic artist. RC: We're complete newbies! Neither of us had created a game before Professor Fizzwizzle, but we happened to have complementary hobbies. GS: Tell us a bit about your background in the game industry, when your developer was founded, your location, your previously developed games? Grubby Games' IGF finalist Professor Fizzwizzle We also discuss Clark's hopes regarding his company's chances for winning at the 2006 IGF, which will take place at Game Developers Conference in San Jose from March 22-24 2006, and where Professor Fizzwizzle will be available to play, alongside the other finalists. In this exclusive interview, we talk to Clark about his game, which has also received the 2005 GameTunnel award for Casual Game of The Year, his company's background, the state of the independent gaming scene. Do you have what it takes to get past the Rage-Bots and back to the lab?" You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each exciting level. " Professor Fizzwizzle is a fun, mind-expanding puzzle game, where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle.
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As the official explanation for the independent PC game explains: Today's interview is with Ryan Clark from Vancouver, BC's Grubby Games, the developer of 2006 IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize finalist Professor Fizzwizzle. Over the next few weeks, Gamasutra will be presenting a regular 'Road To The IGF' feature, profiling and interviewing each of the finalists in the 2006 Independent Games Festival main competition.
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