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Playing With Toys
When I get to write for a brand I genuinely love, it feels like rolling a nat 20 at the table. This week is the […]
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Survive The Panic Dojo
Cyclops (V.O): Previously, on Sexy X-Men Dating Sim. Amanda and I figure out a way to make background assets for our game. See them for yourself by […]
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Deadlines Are Good, Actually?
I’m writing this newsletter at the last possible moment! That’s unlike me. In school, I would finish my class assignments the night before, not as […]
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No Art Skills? No Problem!
Cyclops (V.O):Â Previously, on Sexy X-Men Dating Sim. I talked about how we wrote and structured the first episode of The Phenomenals. You can play The […]
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How To Not Compete
You know how people enter a race, but they don’t care if they get last place? They enter for the exercise, or to spend quality […]
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Mutant-Go-Round
Cyclops (V.O): Previously, on Sexy X-Men Dating Sim. We jumped forward in time, because the first three episodes of The Phenomenals launched! You can play […]
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Play the Sexy X-Men Dating Sim
This is a time jump! In the past few newsletters, I’ve been writing about events that actually took place several months ago. How my partner […]
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The Gravity of the Situation
Cyclops (V.O.): Previously, on Sexy X-Men Dating Sim. We received a surprise deadline from Dorian, our publisher. If we wanted their resources, we’d have to […]
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No Crunch Policy
Cyclops (V.O.): Previously, on Sexy X-Men Dating Sim. Dorian killed one of our mutant cuties, though Amanda and I vowed to keep our beast man […]
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The Death of Our Wolverine
Cyclops (V.O.): Previously, on the X-Men dating sim. Amanda and I finished writing a design doc, which includes bios of our four main muties and […]
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Equip Story is my newsletter of self-discovery through game development. I’m Geoffrey, a narrative designer, game maker, and interactive fiction writer from Los Angeles with over 15 years experience. I’ve had commercial success working for studios like Disney, Gearbox, and Ubisoft, but I’ve always treated commercial success as the most important goal for my art. Now I’m looking for something more. →
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