The collected creative projects of R. Hunter Gough

Professional Projects

Star Wars Jedi Challenges (iOS / Android, 2017) Programmer & Designer on an AR game with a groundbreaking headset.	Disney Playmation (iOS / Android, 2015) Lead Engineer on the companion app for a smart toy.	Max Steel (iOS / Android, 2013) Lead Designer & Lead Programmer on a hybrid running / combat mobile game.	Paper Galaxy (iOS / Android, 2012) Programmer and co-designer on an adorable, one-tap mobile game!
Along Together (multi-platform VR, 2017) Character control programmer on a 3rd-person VR adventure game

Personal Projects

Dr. Jo! (Pico-8, 2020) A Pico-8 homage to Mr. Do!	In The Pit (Xbox Live Indie Games, 2008) An audio-only stealth action game that spent two weeks as the #1 most popular game on XBLIG!	Crosstown (Xbox Live Indie Games, 2009) A retro-style top-down shooter that subverts the relationship between player, character, and game!	Dungeon Escape! (Flash, 2010) An homage to Dragon's Lair and other classic laserdisc games
Seasons (Greetings) (Windows / Mac, 2013) A series of short vignettes about childhood.	Far From the Tree (Windows / Mac, 2012) An apple escapes from a fortress, using its previous lives as cover	At Land (Knytt Stories, 2010) A short "art game" inspired by the Maya Deren film of the same name	Slider (Android, 2011) An addictive abstract puzzle game launched via Kickstarter!
Wedgie Ninja (Flash, 2006) A stealth action game designed to be played with a dance pad	Sketchy (Flash, 2006) The first "metroidvania" created in Flash	Season Stacker Demo (Gameboy Advance, 2006) A versus puzzle game with scalable enemy AI	Pretty Pretty Bang Bang (Flash, 2006) A "suicide shooter" inspired by Every Extend
Coffee Drop (Gameboy Color, 1998) A tile-sliding puzzle game for Gameboy Color	Viral Billiards (Flash, 2005) A simple proof-of-concept game about abstracting the concept of contagion	The Graveyard (Various) A large collection of unfinished video game projects

Card Games

Gother Than Thou (2000) A goth subculture parody card game. #1 best-selling traditional card game world-wide, March 2001	Mausoleum (2000) An Edward-Gorey-inspired card game about rich relatives dying in suspicious ways	Froop! (2002) An abstract strategy card game for 2-10 players, with rules in 15 different languages	Rat Splatter (2001) A speed card game about breeding rats and squashing them with anvils
BRAWL: Kasanova (2002) A free, licensed deck for James Earnest's fighting card game BRAWL

Websites

(2022)

A web-based tool for creating one-way flowcharts

(2010-2021)

An automated video game recommendation service

Inverted Castle

(2005-2014)

A video game news and opinion blog

(1997)

A goth subculture parody of the Tamagotchi virtual pet

Writing

Lisa Star and the Solstice Academy

(2004)

A young adult novel

(2006)

A feature-length screenplay

(2009)

A free, very simple, tabletop roleplaying game engine

Graphic Design

Mars: God of War Backglass

(2009)

Reproduction and fabrication of a pinball machine backglass

Gothic.net Benefit T-Shirt

(1999)

Red Cross fundraising t-shirt created in response to the Columbine school shooting, and the media's mis-representation of goth culture

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