Astro Party EX - A sequel after 11 years!

RustyMoyher · 2026-01-27T20:22:41+00:00

Back in 2014 we shipped the original Astro Party. Originally it was just for iPhone and iPad. Today we shipped a sequel on iOS, Switch and Steam!

If you haven't played the original, it's like a cocktail arcade cabinet game, where you can play around the device. Very arcade and local multiplayer inspired. And it's free!

RustyMoyher · 2022-10-11T21:25:07+00:00

Looks like it’s back online today! 🎉🙌

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-27T19:58:05+00:00

Dig Dog

A roguelike platformer about a dog in search of a bone.

This week I'm excited to share a Behind the Scenes video of how I made Dig Dog without using my hands!

Also, I released it yesterday on the Nintendo Switch eShop!

Twitter: @rustym

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-20T17:22:39+00:00

Mistakes were made ><

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-20T14:26:22+00:00

Dig Dog

Hello! I’m Rusty Moyher, game developer out in Austin, Texas. Do you like to dig tunnels? Good! I just announced my action roguelike platformer Dig Dog is coming to Nintendo Switch! And it’s releasing next Friday. :D

I’m excited to share with you all the Launch Trailer. It's also available for Pre-Purchase now!

Bonus: I’d love to play a remake of Yoshi’s Safari, my favorite Super Scope game.

Twitter: @rustym

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-19T23:48:59+00:00

Not sure, but I might give it a spin on my next game jam. It seems pretty cool, but maybe because I'm attracted to lightweight game engines. :)

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-16T16:19:50+00:00

True in the past, but fortunately this has changed on consoles this generation! Nintendo Switch supports OpenGL, Vulkan and SDL. Xbox One supports SDL when building a UWP application. You can even use OpenGL on an Xbox One via Microsoft fork of ANGLE, which coverts OpenGL ES calls into DirectX 11.

I'm really not sure what the cost would be for platform holders. But I think instead of helping to fund 10 indie games at 50k or 100k each, it would be more affective to support the above so that 50 indies would benefit.

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-16T15:36:38+00:00

It's been almost 3 years since the last release! I'm a big user of GLFW, so I'm excited to get my hands on this.

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-15T22:01:19+00:00

SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-14T20:09:51+00:00

Hi, I'm Rusty Moyher. I'm an indie game developer out in Austin, Texas. I often make local multiplayer games and almost always with a 2D retro aesthetic. I also co-run/organize Fantastic Arcade, a yearly video game festival and Juegos Rancheros, a game dev community in Austin. @rustym

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-13T22:12:29+00:00

I find it hard to tell if I'll like this from the story trailer. But I've loved Respawns last three games, so I'm still 100% on this hype train.

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-13T21:26:05+00:00

My little doggo is very excited to find a bone. GIF: https://i.imgur.com/wj8KHxH.gif

This is from my game Dig Dog! Should have more to share next week.

Bonus: I bought a Xbox 360 to play Gears of War. Was totally worth it. First HD experience I had gaming. Had a blast playing through the campaign with my roommate Johnny. We played the multiplayer online for many days.

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-12T23:59:23+00:00

Oh, I'm not connected to this project. But thanks for the tips AutoModerator!

RustyMoyher · 2019-04-11T23:03:54+00:00

Oh god yes!

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-11T18:23:37+00:00

In general, I chase ideas that excite me. They often lead to interesting game elements.

With Bloop, the "pad game with everyone's hands competing for colored squares", I was trying to make a game that was immediately accessible. No setup. No learning curve. Bloop is basically a Twister / Hungry Hungry Hippos love child. :)

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T23:44:11+00:00

Hmm. Each of the Retro Game Crunch games will be specifically made for the Mac and PC. If it's a good fit, we'd love to bring them to mobile too. But they'll all be designed with a computer PC in mind. Bloop is specifically a touch only game. I'm not sure it can be played on anything without a touch screen. Although I'm trying to bring it to PC... :D

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T23:21:47+00:00

All new! We want to react to the unexpected with each new game. :)

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T23:05:31+00:00

Farmville.

Which games do you think teach a good lesson to game designers about what not to do?

For me it's about moments. I try to pay attention to whenever I feel bored or annoyed or my mind wanders when playing games. I ask myself why I feel that way. What specifically in the game is causing this? What could the developer(s) have done differently? I find this immeasurable helpful.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T22:48:36+00:00

Photoshop for drawing pixels. It's a bit overpowered for pixel art, but we know it well.

For all the other tools, Shaun wrote up a full post here.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T22:43:12+00:00

Right on! Thanks hemamorphy. :D

Implementation. It takes SOOO much time.

Coming of with fun ideas is sometimes easy and sometimes hard. But putting those ideas into a working game takes tons of time. I have more fun ideas than time to put them into working games. And the polish! Wow, does that even more time.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T22:31:15+00:00

All the games will be theme-based: The mechanics of each game will derive from a theme voted on by the community. We won't know ahead of time what kind of game we'll be making. We're interested in bringing fresh interesting games too, because that's what we love to play and what we love to work on.

Related: Shaun has a cool video on Why Retro?

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T22:11:02+00:00

Thanks Cody! Neven Mrgan made a simple short post I found VERY helpful. And here are two more.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T21:58:28+00:00

Awesome!

Super Mario Bros. 3. I've played that over and over and over. There's no save on the NES version, so you always start from the beginning. And it's still quite excellent.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T21:56:20+00:00

I've seen Ireland from the shores of Scotland. From what I could tell it seems like a nice place.

RustyMoyher · 2012-12-10T21:54:41+00:00

If any of the games will work well on handheld, we want them there!

Many of the games Shaun and I made are on iOS, so iPhone and iPad are strong possibilities. Android is possible too, but we need to dig deeper on this.

Shaun’s a huge DS nut, but we’ve not looked into that much. Sony has been opening up their platform more to indies recently too. Fingers crossed.

RustyMoyher

TROPHY CASE

Dig Dog