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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 playing The Phenomenals for free on the Dorian app, available on both iPhone and Android. I get ambitious when I design games. It’s a gift and a curse. My ambition leads me to…
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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 class was actually starting like my cooler friends. When it comes to Equip Story, I like to have a queue of three newsletters in the bank. That way, if I…
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No Art Skills? No Problem!
Cyclops (V.O): 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 Phenomenals for free on the Dorian app, available on both iPhone and Android. What would the X-Men be without their ultra high tech mansion compound? It’s hard to imagine an elite fighting force…
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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 time with a friend, or to spend quality time away from family? I don’t know how to do that. When I enter into a competition, I want to win, damn…
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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 them for free on the Dorian app, available on both iPhone and Android. Today we’re jumping back in time to talk about the creative decisions that went into episode one.…
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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 Amanda and I came up with the idea for an X-Men-inspired dating sim, developed the characters and the outline, and had fateful conversations with the publisher. Today, I’d like to…
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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 publish a “pilot” for our dating sim in just two months! Oh my stars and garters… Amanda and I had a choice to make. Stay in Dorian’s Artist Accelerator program,…
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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 alive through not-so-subtle references throughout the game. Jess, the VP of Creator Growth at Dorian (our publisher), was about to lay another bombshell on my creative partner Amanda and I…
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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 outlines for the first 10 episodes. When we submitted the design doc to Jessica Delfanti at Dorian (our publisher), I figured there would be notes. After all, Dorian was funding…
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Deadpool & One Particular Wolverine
🤚 This newsletter contains a spoiler for Deadpool & Wolverine. If you haven’t seen the film yet, you’ve been warned, bub. BTW: Did you get spoiled on the cameos just by happenstance? I sure was, and I saw the movie on the second weekend! There should be spoiler amnesty for at least the first week.…
👋 Hey, I’m narrative designer Geoffrey Golden!
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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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