Josiah Renaudin from our sister site PSNFans recently had the chance to chat with MagicalTimeBean founder Ian Stocker. Ian is the man behind the hit Xbox Live Indie Games SoulCaster I & II and the recent success story Escape Goat.
Josiah talks to Ian about how he got into making games, how the process of making a game for XBLIG works and what might be in store for MagicalTimeBean in the future. If you want to keep up to date with what Ian is doing you can check out MagicalTimeBean’s website or follow him on twitter @MagicalTimeBean. If you haven’t checked out his games before then why not download the trials, SoulCaster, SoulCaster II and Escape Goat.
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Microsoft introduced a wonderful service with the introduction of Xbox Indies. Early attempts at community development fell flat as the Saturn’s Game BASIC and PlayStation’s Net Yaroze lacked accessibility and distribution to make them worthwhile, but Microsoft was able to provide basically everyone an open door to its hardware. This ushered in thousands of unique titles from the community, and while the majority of XBLIG output was garbage, there were many gems among the chaff.
The sequel to the original indie darling Escape Goat has just received a release date
The internet is hyped about the announcement that Goat Simulator will indeed become a real game, and in fact so am I. I plan on buying it as soon as I can. However, let’s not forget that there is already a pretty neat goat game already out there for you to play! Granted it’s not a realistic looking goat, but you’re still playing as a goat and that’s what matters. This poor little goat has been imprisoned by witchcraft, so you must play as him to help him escape! Get the name? You get to experience amazing goat agility, beat things up with your awesome goat horns, and you even get to do it all with the help of a magical mouse.
