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Arvale: Treasure of Memories, Episode II New Screens

March 14, 2010

Arvale:TM Episode II is coming along quite nicely and I just thought I’d share some screenshots with some of the new locales and describe some of the new features in the upcoming game.
Above is a shot from the Melonchi Mines. A mystical place where Dwarves hang out and mine precious ores all day. Why they [...]

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Arvale: Treasure of Memories now Available on Amaranth Games

February 7, 2010

I’m super happy to announce that Arvale: Treasure of Memories, Episode 1 is now available on the Amaranth Games website.
Amaranth Games are well known for providing top-notch Indie and Casual RPGs such as the Aveyond series of games and I’m proud and stoked to have the Arvale:TM games available there.

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Interview with Legendary Leisure Suit Larry Designer, Al Lowe

January 27, 2010

I just had the amazing chance to interview an absolute legend in game design, story writing, humor, coding, music, audio… everything! Mr. Al Lowe.

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12 DS Games Help You Learn Japanese

January 14, 2010

That’s right. Playing video games help you learn Japanese.
In my opinion, you learn a lot more by playing video games because they are more interactive than watching a movie, anime, drama, or reading a book. They have a lot of repetition of words so you will learn their meanings quite quickly. And to top it [...]

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Xmas Holidays in Japan, Part 2

January 1, 2010

To finish up from yesterday’s post, I headed down to 名古屋 Nagoya on a night bus for Xmas day.
The night bus leaves from Tokyo at around 11 PM and arrives to Nagoya around 5 AM. It’s mostly miserable and I only recommend it if you have very little money and have no problems sleeping sitting [...]

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Boxing Days, Get Arvale: Treasure of Memories on the Cheap

December 27, 2009

Didn’t get what you really wanted for Christmas? That’s okay, I celebrate Boxing Day (the day after Xmas when you take back all the junk you didn’t want and will never use and exchange it for money or better), even better, I celebrate Boxing Days.
From now through January 1st, 2010 you can pick up Arvale: [...]

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Music Archive Now Available

December 11, 2009
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Over the years I’ve been asked many times to make my game music available for download. Rejoice! Because now it’s all available!
You want the Lumberjack song from Catchy Cadence (the one where I sing like a Drunk Disney Character)? You Bet. Looking for the Arvale Title Piano Music? Have that too. What about the catchy [...]

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Treasure of Memories Video

December 9, 2009

Since I released Arvale: Treasure of Memories last week, many people have been curious to see a video showing what the game looks like.
This video shows off many of the dialogues, cutscenes, and battles which Treasure of Memories is chock-full of and should give a pretty good idea of what to expect. The background track [...]

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Arvale: Treasure of Memories Trial Version Now Available

December 8, 2009
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As the title says, a Trial Version of Arvale: Treasure of Memories, Ep. 1 is now available. So now everyone can give the game a spin before spending their hard-earned cash on it
The link to download the Trial Version is conveniently located on the ArvaleTM page: here.
The trial allows you to play in [...]

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Jaybot7 Interviews Last Day of Work’s Arthur Humphrey

December 8, 2009
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Today, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet with (and interview) a well-respected game designer and friend, Arthur Humphrey of Last Day of Work (or LDW for short).
Last Day of Work is responsible for the wildly successful Virtual Villager series of games, as well as several other great Independent Casual Game titles such as Fish [...]

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