Dev log

How the games get made, entry by entry. Times are US Eastern.

1. PRINT IT!Day 1Thu, Nov 12 · 14:35 ET

   Day 1, part 2 of 3: The cast arrives

   Eight characters went from generated models to rigged Unreal actors whose clothes move. Their faces didn't pass review, so they're paused. The sets went back to the drawing board, and the score arrived in stems.

2. PRINT IT!Day 1Thu, Nov 12 · 08:35 ET

   Day 1, part 1 of 3: The first playable

   PRINT IT! is a fight picture you direct and star in. By Thursday morning a placeholder cast fights fairly, calls Cut!, prints takes, and the game cuts them together with a camera that swings around the action.

3. PRINT IT!Day 0Wed, Nov 11 · 16:50 ET

   Day 0: The theme, the rules, and an empty project

   The theme is Director's Cut. The rules say gameplay and art get made during the four days, so the engine I'd built stays out and the game starts from an empty Unreal project.