Indie Game: The Movie Page #6

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I had a number of puzzles.

Probably half of them are in

the final game, in recognizable form.

It was very low effort, on my part,

to do something very interesting

in the system.

And I was like:
'Wow'

It started as experimentation.

but then it quickly became

a process of discovery.

It's like sitting on a gold mine.

But you don't even have to dig.

You just scoop some dirt and

there's a little chunk of gold.

Then you scoop a little more ...

The hardest part of the process is

picking up these heavy chunks of gold.

So that was

an amazing design experience.

[Braid is one of the top rated

video games of all time.]

Most of the time, Tommy's

in North Carolina. Working remotely.

And I'm here working from my computer.

The way this game developed...

... has been very different from

other games I've worked on.

[Edmund has designed

25 Flash games in the past 10 years.]

[Super Meat Boy will be

his first major release.]

We bounce ideas off each other.

Not just gameplay ideas.

More like jokes.

Jokes that get out of control ...

... and push their way into the game.

It says:

'Code. Code. Code. Durrrrr!'

My Adams's Apple is not that big!

Stop it!

What if I put a knife in it ...

... look at that.

It's totally injected all the way in.

See the needle? And then a hammer hits

the needle in deeper.

I've always been trying to

find where boundaries are.

And see how far I can push them

before I get in trouble.

That's what I'm doing now.

If I'm not doing that, I'm bored.

And if I'm bored.

I'm not being creative.

I make games that center around my

life. The things I think, say and do.

I make games to express myself.

I guess.

It's hard for me to talk about

Santa Cruz.

I never lived anywhere else.

It's just 'normal'.

I grew up here.

My mom was obsessed with the beach.

It was always her dream to live in

Santa Cruz.

So, that's where she ...

... forced us to live.

It was like a skate and surf town.

I never got into either.

I stayed in the house,

played video games and drew.

Monsters.

I only drew monsters.

I drew weird sh*t.

There's a drawing of a kid,

with a demon inside of him.

Scratching to get out.

In third grade, my teacher

recommended that I be evaluated.

Psychologically evaluated.

She thought I was

mentally disturbed.

My mom said:
'No, he's just an artist.

He like's to draw.'

And she said:
'That's not art.

That's a cry for help.'

I basically grew up with my Grandma.

I didn't get along with my Step Dad.

When there was a problem,

I would stay with my Grandma.

Or we would all stay with my Grandma.

My Grandma was extremely supportive.

To the point of annoying my mom

and my sister.

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