Cuddle­geddon

Cuddlegeddon has been remade with new levels, and entirely new programming - the original project file was created on software that doesn’t exist anymore, and the game only runs on an operating system I don’t have access to!

I did still have access to all of the original art and sound files, though. The characters are still the same assets, which I still think are beautiful, but much of the background and UI has been redrawn.

The original theme by Calvin Lam is still in the game, but variations for the other levels have been composed by Brooklynn Whidden. I kept all of the original horrible moaning sound effects but also recorded dozens more!

Since Jeuxly, my entire life basically changed direction. I’d been trying to figure out who to be. I was working at a post production facility and I was starting to hate it. I loved animation, but post production didn’t have much creativity.

Game design was something that brought together all these things I loved doing in one wonderful place! And within the next year I started upping my skills, and started getting hired as a game design educator, which basically became my day job after I left the advertising industry.

Working on the game in 2020 also reminded me of my creative mindset at the time (in 2012). I’ve been so obsessed with financial stability in the last eight years that the creative portion of my brain has really atrophied. Welcome to being an ‘artist’/creative professional under capitalism, amirite? But when I made this game, I wasn’t so obsessed with keeping a roof over my head, and I had more access to just sitting in ideas and expressing my silly feelings.

Having a community of people all working towards a goal together is one of my favourite things. We did check-ins with everyone involved in the residency, and we got to show off our work to each other. I found that very rewarding.