With so many independent developers looking to the Wii U as a viable platform for their games, someone needs to be able to report back and offer guidance to the rest on what they learned from the experience. For this cause, we decided to make a new Post-Mortem series where we ask indie developers to share their experiences and what they learned throughout the development process on Wii U. Our first developer in line is Michael Aschenbrenner of RCMADIAX, who is a super guy and always great to collaborate with. He recently released Blok Drop U on the Wii U eShop.
RCMADIAX is a developer who, around a year ago, you probably wouldn't have even heard of. Around Fall 2013, almost exactly a year ago, Michael Aschenbrenner formed RCMADIAX (pronounced R-C-Mad-E-Axe,) a one man development studio focused on producing Nintendo Wii U eShop titles, though only as a hobby. With goals of simply releasing a game out into the wild, RCMADIAX worked for three months on their first title, BLOK DROP U.
Welcome to Indie Corner, the place where Nintendo Indie games shine! Every Wednesday I take a look at a featured Indie game and update you on all things Nintendo Indie related plus give one lucky winner a free indie game. This week I take a look at 2 games developed by RCMADIAX; Blok Drop U and Poker Dice Solitaire Future. I also have 2 new kickstarters worth checking out and a few new game updates to share.
I enjoyed the humor in the vid, well done. I love me some indies. Glad you are focusing on WiiU, it is helpful to figure out which ones I want to try.
A simple-yet challenging physics-based puzzle game. The goal is to guide the red block down to land safely on the ground while eliminating the gray blocks
I picked this up yesterday, it's not bad... The price is ridiculously low, I think it was about £1.30 or something. I didn't even mind the somewhat "basic" graphics, they're functional to the point that you know what's what, albeit without any bells or whistles. The only real drawback is the length of the game, with only 30 levels I'd completed it in less than an hour - even for the price, when a game is that short it's difficult to recommend it.
Nice go Wii U support. More the merrier the saying goes
I bought the game simple to help support Michael. It's not a great game but is worth the $1.99 and the guy has been all over the place trying to support himself and his game. Excited to see what the new project will turn into.