Ethan James Petty

Principal Writer at Eidos Montreal. Indie Developer at Gnarled Scar Manipulations. Previous AAA games: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Watch Dogs 1&2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and many more. Previous indie game: The Knobbly Crook.

I've been in the industry for decades and I'm happy to answer any questions I can. If you want to make a game, you can! If you help develop a game, you are a game developer! You can do it!

2023-04-27
2023-01-23

Working on the cinematic intro for Something Seeps. Just need to fill in the background for this frame and then it's a matter of animating the tongue-hook.

A disturbing woman in a horrible mask looks down at the camera with a giant razor-blade axe in her hand. A fishhook sticks through the mask's long, dangling tongue.
2023-01-14

The finished title screen from #SomethingSeeps. Once you finish the game (once I've finished the game!), a lot of the tiny hidden details in here will make a lot more sense. #indiedev #indiegame #unity

2022-12-24

Seeping Greetings, everyone!

youtu.be/0W5WGYy0eZk

2022-12-19

My biggest problem with solo-dev is that it takes me a month or two to draw something and that's enough time for me to forget everything I know about Unity. I have to get better at weaving between art and scripting.

2022-11-26
2022-11-18

@Zenogaist Saw some eyerolls, but I think everybody just assumes it's an endless firehose of horror at this point.

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2022-11-17

Anyone heard of Monkey Island? I hear there is a new one:

returntomonkeyisland.com

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2022-11-17
2022-11-16

“I’ve gone decades, decades without a war, the first president to do it for that long a period.” ... in the same speech he was using to make fun of Joe Biden's mental state. I have to give him some credit--he sure looked proud when he drank that water bottle with one hand.

2022-11-15

The new metalhead Jeremy portrait in #SomethingSeeps . The shirt's a modified tarot card from an old deck I made years ago. #gamedev #indiedev #pointandclick

Image of a new protagonist portrait in the game Something Seeps. He has a heavy metal t-shirt and a band cap.
2022-11-15

The walk cycle is done! I can get back to enjoying my project again.

youtube.com/watch?v=JxxNvfVfDB

2022-11-15

Very cool to see #APlagueTaleRequiem recognized by the Game Awards. Such a great (and unique) series. I love an underdog, so I'll be cheering for the team!

2022-11-14

@Zenogaist Yup, he zips along!

2022-11-14

Jeremy's ridiculous "run away!" face pops up when you double-click instead of single-clicking. It's appropriate for him to get a little spooked because he will be running from some pretty twisted things. #SomethingSeeps #gamedev #indiedev

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We have a game with mastodons... so they made us open this account.

store.steampowered.com/app/143

2022-11-11

@ToHellWithLondon Hadn't heard of that one--I'll check it out!

2022-11-11

@SQHistorian I will take cheat codes!

2022-11-11

@SQHistorian - The number of verbs in this thing is both loaded with narrative potential and utterly horrifying. Well done! I can feel both love and hatred oozing from this game.

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