E McNeill
emcneill.bsky.social
E McNeill
@emcneill.bsky.social
Indie game designer. Mostly VR. Maker of Ironstrike, Ironlights, Darknet, Tactera, Astraeus, Skylight, and Auralux.
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From Darknet to Ironstrike, E McNeill walks us through 12 years of indie game development:
E McNeill: From Darknet To Ironstrike In 12 Years Of Indie Game Development
From Darknet to Ironstrike, E McNeill walks us through 12 years of indie game development.
www.uploadvr.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm proud to announce that DARKNET is now remastered and available on Quest! www.meta.com/experiences/...

Darknet is a cyberpunk hacking VR puzzle/strategy game, a winner of several awards, and was technically the first full game launched on an Oculus headset! Please spread the word! :D
Darknet: Remastered on Meta Quest
Enter cyberspace. Become a hacker! Darknet is a beloved VR strategy/puzzle game in which you play as an elite hacker in the Net. Plug into cyberspace, using viruses, worms, and exploits to steal the ...
www.meta.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Over on Amazon US, Quest 3S has been #2 in the video game category for the past two weeks (#1 is a $10 PSN giftcard), is now the top selling game hardware of 2024, and...is out of stock ahead of Christmas.

It's just Amazon but I'll take reasons for optimism where I can find them!
December 17, 2024 at 8:18 AM
I should post more cat pics
December 14, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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For our Christmas cards this year, we paid a bunch of indie artists to make fun of AI art. Please enjoy and give them a follow (in the thread below).
Nobody at Turbo Button could figure out how to make an AI-generated greeting card. But we heard studios like us are expected to use AI for everything now, so we commissioned some of our favorite artists to hand draw what they think those cards might have looked like.

Here's what they came up with.
December 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Wrote a bit on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social about the creation of IRONSTRIKE’s gestural magic system: www.gamedeveloper.com/design/conju...
Featured Blog | Conjuring a gestural spellcasting system for VR
A description of how the gestural spellcasting system of the VR game IRONSTRIKE was created.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 6, 2024 at 3:34 PM