Independent games and other strange little projects.
Games made slowly, stubbornly, and with an unreasonable amount of attention to small details.
one piece at a time
An illustrated corner of Modest Pariah—not a game screenshot.
Currently making
Improving Whispergrove, cleaning up the combat interface, and trying to make everything run without setting a phone on fire.
updated whenever the work moves
Mood
Playable but rough
Playable, ambitious, and still pretty rough.
The workbench drawer
Bugs, dead ends, small wins, and notes I wrote with total confidence and can no longer decipher.
Also in the drawer: something small and glassy.
Current project
One game at the moment, and it’s a big one.
Build towers, set traps, and protect an ancient Prism across a campaign of strange, fractured worlds.
It’s a game about defending an ancient reality lock — tactical placement, unusual enemy behaviors, boss fights, upgrades that stick around, and a campaign that travels through twenty different fantasy worlds.
Still being built. Expect rough edges, experiments, and plenty of changes.
Modest Pariah is one person making things slowly and on purpose. I care about atmosphere, strategy that rewards thinking, and worlds that feel like they existed before you got there.
Everything here is honest about its state. If something is half-finished, it says so. If it isn’t built yet, it’s just a note in the notebook.
thanks for stopping by
What changed
The last few things that actually made the game better.
This week
The game stopped loading everything at once, so it opens far sooner.
Recently
Whispergrove now loads in pieces instead of stalling the main menu.
Previously
More of the forest is authored properly rather than blocked out.
Development notebook
Loose notes rather than press releases.
Working on
The first stage contains a lot of environment detail, so part of the current work is making sure the game reaches the menu quickly and only loads the battlefield when it is actually needed.
Still rough
The basic environment is in place, but the lighting, interface, tower readability, and overall composition still need several more passes.
Someday
Small experiments, odd tools, other games — this space is left open on purpose.
Nothing else has started yet. When it does, it will show up here.
