TIGSource: The Making of Gesundheit!

The Making of Gesundheit!

Brandon "BMcC" McCartin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:05:00 +0000

Matt Hammill, funky, fearless creator of IGF Student Showcase nominated Gesundheit!, has been a busy, busy man. After IGF (which was fun, man—sucks I got sick!), he finished school, joined an animation studio, and even released a children’s book. Which is all thoroughly rad (congrats, Matt!), for sure, but, let’s be honest, what we here at TIGS want is more of that super cute, hand-drawn, homemade gaming goodness. Thankfully, he’s been “pluggin’ away” at that too!

Just recently he did a little making-of feature on Gesundheit! for Game Developer Magazine’s fall Game Career Guide, which you can find right here. It’s got design sketches, fun mock-up artwork, and useful reflections on the game development process, specifically working with AGS. Groovy.

Update: He’s also got a collection of misc. game art he’s done up on his personal site. Bonus grooviness.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by !CE-9

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:37:43 +0000

loving the pixel Beatles.

and all.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by Gainsworth

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:41:49 +0000

This is AWESOME news. I thought maybe Gesundheit had stopped. No news was bad news. And now this! Rad news indeed.

Joy.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by xerus

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:48:21 +0000

This post is rad.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by cswat

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:14:12 +0000

that’s so awesome. its like reading a story about myself when competing for the make something unreal competition in 2004. line for line. organized assets and a good month of scripting tutorials would’ve helped immensely. i still haven’t figured out a great core way to organize. anyway, the sense of accomplishment you feel after taking on such a huge project like that, alone, is immense. not even considering that it paid my rent for the following year :D

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by BMcC

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:54:32 +0000

(Fix’d.)

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by BMcC

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:47:15 +0000

@Quetz: And everywhere, yikes! I was being rushed out the door as I was writing this post… Thanks! :)

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by Quetz

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:38:45 +0000

Oh and you spelled Matt Hammill wrong for the tag!

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by Quetz

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:17:49 +0000

Quite awesome. I regret that I hadn’t checked this game out until it was posted in a small list of freeware games on indiegames.com a couple weeks ago. Also, seconding Tanner.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by Tanner

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:23:31 +0000

Now finish it, damn it. Only kidding.

Kind of.

"The Making of Gesundheit!" by undertech

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:59:13 +0000

It was a great read. Very insightful. Also, the fact that he used a recorder for his music is a win in my book.