The Oreganik Dev Blog

I am excited to announce that the Chess Heroes demo is live and ready for you download! http://chess-heroes.com/demo/ After three ...

Would you like to know what I get up to on a sample day? Specifically, a day leading up to the demo's full public release? Well, you...

"Games are a series of interesting decisions." -- Sid Meier New Features And Additions It was a short week and I had a hurt s...

A wee bit blurry. Sort of how we felt after eight hours of talkin'! This weekend, Corey and I brought Chess Heroes to  iFEST , an in...

BAM! It's update time, sucka! At this time tomorrow, Corey (the musician) and I will be driving back from iFEST in Seattle. That...

The 2013 Captivate Conference took place in Austin from October 4 to October 6, and Chess Heroes was one of ten finalists for their indie ...

This is it! Chess Heroes has taken its first steps into the wild! I compiled a list of 60 people whose opinion I trust and respect,...

Wither: A spell cast by the Scarecrow King. Restricts movement to a single square. The past week has seen the game transformed from...

GAMEPLAY What is Chess Heroes about? You are a chess King who's pieces have mysteriously disappeared, just as your kingdom is invad...

Chess Heroes had its first public showing at SIX, the Seattle Independent Expo, on September 2. And the reception was incredible! It was alm...

Wow! What a great week. I started knowing what I had to accomplish (adding character to the chess pieces via animation), but had no idea if ...

On Sunday, September 1st, Chess Heroes will make its first public appearance at SIX3, the Seattle Indie Expo . This was not part of "th...

I apologize for not posting steady updates, but things have been fairly busy at Chez Oreganik. (and it's pronounced "or-eh-gan-ik,...

Today, the Chess Heroes demo reached a milestone: functionally complete! "All" that remains is the art pass, scenario fun pass, th...

The past two days have been a bit slow. I've had to spend time working on the business plan for Oreganik LLC, and I've been going ba...

Having hammered the menu aesthetic into a cohesive form, it was time to fall upon the actual gameplay interface, and knock that into place....

The concept of "Flow" is a state people can enter when they are completely immersed in their work, fully engaged at such a level ...

FOUR WEEKS PRIOR The woman in the unemployment office lowered my resume and looked at me over her librarian glasses. "So, you know ...

It's been another great week! There's progress every day, summer is coming to Oregon, and... er... I have no idea what the game is g...

A Legendary Encounter Goes Badly I had the opportune chance to sit down with an industry legend today and show him Chess Heroes. It did ...