These tees were designed by Marlon Wiebe and feature “frozen horses in the river” – a reference to Guy Maddin’s fantastic film My Winnipeg. (interesting trivia: Roger Ebert included “My Winnipeg” in his Top 10 Films of the Decade. Also, he hates video games!)

In fact – if you were wearing one right now, kitty cats and ladies might find you as cuddly and adorable as local composer Kenley Kristofferson here:

Get ‘em while they’re hot!

Releasing code is hard for me. It’s always imperfect (or in my case, mostly a mess) and it feels extremely personal. Especially with Aquaria – a game that involved a lot of stress and heartbreak over the course of its development. (a significant portion of the code was written while under the influence of Canadian Club Whisky)

Although programming is foremost a technical pursuit, it feels organic to me. Maybe switching between code, music and design frequently enough makes you appreciate how similar these areas of game design are – rather than thinking about how different they could be. That might be why my code is more like a weird tangled evolution of the game, rather than a clean, factory-built design. (there’s even stuff in there from back when the game was an RPG, for example)

In any case, hopefully some people will find the code useful, and hopefully some will manage to improve it.

You can find the details of the code over at Wolfire.com. And much thanks to the amazing Ryan C. Gordon for porting the game to Linux (and Mac again) and organizing the open source release. What a guy.

Also, see this talk for more on the Humble Indie Bundle:

This is the song that my sister Eileen and I wrote for Songs for the Cure – an indie fundraiser for cancer research. We recorded the piece at Private Ear Studios right here in Winnipeg. (behind the scenes)

Check out the rest of the music on the album, and if you like it – buy it! All the money goes to the American Cancer Society.

This above shot is of peaceful beginnings, before the chaos and horror that ensues from the inevitable temptations of C4Ke….

The ZIP file includes both the Mac and Windows versions.

Fun, simple, addictive and endless.

You can now get it from the app store. Check it out!

We’ve also set up a new shop with BigCartel.com. This service doesn’t require users to create a new account to order CDs and it also takes less of a cut from our profits. Let us know how you think it compares to Etsy in the comments! (I’m thinking about writing a comparison article on the pros and cons of each)

Lastly, a big thank you to all those who already bought the CD, many of who left really nice comments for us. While packing and shipping is a lot of work, it kinda feels like being Santa Claus due to all the positive feedback and warm vibes. Thank you!

We’re also looking into an automated way to give everyone who bought the physical CD a free digital download, so stay tuned for that.

You can get your very own copy from the Infinite Ammo Shop.

There are two options, one is everything you see above, the second is all that plus you get your poster signed by yours truly – and we’ll throw in a few other print extras. (business cards, promotional materials for other indie games, etc)

Etsy (our store interface) takes PayPal. To make shipping easier, please make sure your PayPal address is up to date.

We’ll be setting up the live pajama jam in about 12 hours from time of posting (1pm CST approximately) so come hang out, and see your order being packaged as tasty tunes are jammed o’er the tubes.

RECAP: The jam was a success, clocking in at about 2:45. A surprise appearance by Kenley Kristofferson rounded out the afternoon. It looks like we have our work cut out for us for shipping on Sunday. We’ll try to get as many orders as we can in the mail by Monday.

Note: If you have any feedback for or problems with the ordering system, please let us know in the comments below or via email and we’ll do our best to respond promptly. Thanks!

Media Roundup (WIP)

ShackNews

Wall Street Journal

Offworld Review

Offworld Preview

TIGSource

See Jane Game

Rock Paper Shotgun

IndieGames Weblog

Escapist Preview

JayIsGames Review

You can download Paper Moon for both Mac and PC here. You can also check out the other awesome Gamma3D entries here.

To play the game, either use an XBox360 Controller or the arrow keys, space bar and the x key. There currently isn’t any sound in the game, as it was made for Gamma3D’s loud party atmosphere, but feel free to loop this in the background for the time being.

• → Paper Moon Wallpaper

Macquaria includes a lot of improvements to the original Windows version of Aquaria. Check out more information at Bit Blot.