NimbleBit

As you have noticed by now, we like to use Vimeo to host our videos. It is an awesome service.

Recently the Vimeo staff have announced that “game videos” will not longer be hosted on the site. Their reasoning is valid, however the announcement was a little vague in regard to people like us. We own the content we are taking video of and we very much feel the content we are recording is creative in nature (and not a recording of gameplay footage from a 360 game).

So what we have done is simply setup a group on Vimeo for game developers. If you are a developer and use Vimeo, you should join this group. Our hope is that the Vimeo admins will see that the content in this group deserves to be hosted by them and maybe it will become a sort of filter.

Here is the link: Game Developers

NOTE: This is for game developers only (indie or otherwise). So if you wish to join, please provide a link in your Vimeo profile, or better yet, a video. Anyone is able to view the videos from this group of course.

It has been a little while since we posted an update - Brian has been a little bogged down moving to another apartment in San Fransisco, and I have been slightly derailed doing some non game related contract work to bring in some more development funds.

But here is just a little feature we got working last weekend, a “look-back” key that you can press to check out what it going on behind you. I think it will be very useful!

Zero Gear Look-Back from marshmonkey on Vimeo.

Beyond all our expectations, the artists on the glorious game-art forum Polycount have started making custom content for Zero Gear before they have even been able to play the game themselves.
Here is a little collage showcasing some of the work they have already started on:

The people are hungry for Zero Gear!!! I had better get back to work. Here is the Zero Gear thread on polycount if you want to see what people are making, or are interested in making something yourself!

Pior Oberson is the first person to make some custom content for Zero Gear! He has modeled a new character and hat for the game which I got into the engine today, check it out!

here is a video of it in action

Zero Gear: Space Bunny custom character by Pior Oberson from marshmonkey on Vimeo.

Here is a list of some of the fuel that is driving development right now:
Grand Ole Party
Arcade Fire
DeVotchKa
The Kills
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pixies
The Presidents of the United States of America
Spoon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Led Zeppelin (You don’t need a link)
Nine Inch Nails
R.E.M.

We listen to a lot of KEXP.
Dave is listening to a Pandora station he created: Whiskey In The Jar

And I get to listen to a jackhammer outside my window every day until they have decided they had enough fun breaking up cement…