Dec 27, 2019
11 min

The Year Was 20XX

Yeah, you read that right. After our epic three-part look at 2019 and seeing all those “decade in review” posts on social media and YouTube, I figured it was high time for us to do one of our own. It’s kinda funny, actually. We have the wonderful opportunity to have been older than just this decade, starting all the way back in 2005. I’m going to try not to dwell completely on every little bit; otherwise we’d be here all day (you saw what we did with 2019). But I do want to t

Dec 19, 2019
4 min

Artist’s Blocks 2: The Squeakquel

Hi again, everyone! Chris here, to give more insight into my artistic genius. As you know, I’ve been tasked with creating and recreating some of Collapsus’ art assets this past semester, and here I am to talk about some of the different methods that went into their creation. So many people liked my last article, that I’ve been given permission to do more! So without further ado, let’s jump into it! This one is all about… <insert drumroll here> The Burst Powerup! Just like Jol

Dec 5, 2019
4 min

Artist’s Blocks

Hi everyone! Chris Quay here, back after a semester of college and most of a semester of doing Wraith things. In this blog post, since Jay has already given a rundown of the events of this year thus far, I’d like to take this opportunity to give a bit of a look into what exactly I’VE been up to this past semester with Wraith. Be warned, this one might be a tad long! So, I’ve been lucky enough to be working with the rest of the team to design and iterate some of Collapsus’ cor

Aug 31, 2018
2 min

A Match Made in Matsuricon!

Hey all! We came back from Matsuricon this past weekend and it was a blast! This post is probably going to be a bit short, but hopefully you like it! So, I spent 10 days in Germany this month (plus 2 days on a plane/in an airport), so I got to skip work for a good chunk of this month. This was also the month I started work as a part-time game design high school teacher on the side (don’t worry, I started officially when I came back). This meant it was up to Mark to work on b

Jun 29, 2018
3 min

Indy, Indy, Indy… POP

Hey everybody! It has been a crazy month around the studio. Collapsus marches ever forward (we’re almost done, we swear), the studio remodel is going smashingly, and we went to Indy PopCon for our third year in a row and it was out of this world! So, let’s talk about it. Indy Pop was amazing! Unfortunately, this time around it was just me, Adam, and Mark; but even though our event team was small, we certainly had a blast! Like previous years, Indy Pop was three days long, but

Jan 31, 2018
2 min

Ohio Gozaimasu! (Wraith’s trip to Ohayocon)

First blog of 2018 and it’s covering the first event of the year, too! We’ve just come back from Ohayocon! This was the first year of their Indie Game Showcase and all-in-all it was a HUGE success… so let’s talk about it for a bit, shall we? Believe it or not, Ohayocon was actually the first convention I ever went to back in 2007 (a couple year’s after Wraith’s founding). I mostly remember that trip being a bunch of people and then it was over (but also that I had a pretty gr

Dec 30, 2017
4 min

2017 – A Year In Review

Wow! 2017 was a HUGE year for us! Even wist the rest of the world outside these studio walls not doing so well, in here everything’s coming up Milhouse! With this post, I wanted to take a trip back through the year and a brief look forward into next. It’s been an eventful year, so I hope you’re all comfy! ALL ABOARD! Events: Everyone knows that we do a lot of events every year. This year was no exception! It saw us at: “UD Con” and “Municipal Brew Work’s Saint Patrick’s Day”

Oct 31, 2017
4 min

Events, Events, Events, Events (Oh, Yeah… and Events)

Man! October had a LOT of events for us! September 30th-October 1st gave us GDEX, October 14th saw Ohio Gaming Brigade’s Pop-Up Con #2, the 21st-22nd gave us BOTH Kabo, and LexPlay, with the month ending for us on the 27th with the West Virginia Game Developers Expo! That’s not counting all the news that happened BETWEEN those events! Let’s get going else we’ll be here all day… https://jaycd291f974096.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/ad819-img.jpg had to split up the team just to

Sep 29, 2017
1 min

Up, Up, and AWAY! Collapsus to the Finish Line!

Hey all, we’re about to once again head up to Columbus for GDEX! Before we do, however, we wanted to talk about what’s going on with and in Collapsus! Let’s do this thang! <img src="https://jaycd291f974096.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/7d9c6-img.png with #21 on it's way for Monday (it's actually the build we're bringing to GDEX)! Right now we have a schedule set out counting down weekly builds until release. We're not going to officially say when that is, but we can safely say

Jun 28, 2017
3 min

Steam, Events, and Newspapers… OH MY!

Hi everyone! Currently we’ve been out looking at properties, working on the Collapsus weekly builds, putting the finishing touched on a game jam game that went a smidge over time called MOTION.rest (it’s now hopped to this years Kentucky Fried Pixels jam), and putting more work into CaveWorm, Radarkanoid3000, and Burst Lancer. There’s really not too too much to talk about on those fronts, though. There is something very topical we wanted to touch on this week, however: the de

May 30, 2017
4 min

Collapsus – So, How’s it Going?

Hey everybody! Sorry it’s been so long since the last blog post. I’d written a draft for one last week, but decided to scrap it. On to pf that, we were going to have some guest writers come if for the blog a few times before that, but we had some scheduling problems. So. Yeah. This post today will be all about the progress of the Collapsus weekly builds so far! Let’s jam! <img src="https://jaycd291f974096.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/f8beb-img.png) There have been numerous big

Mar 22, 2017
2 min

Out of One Pub and Into Another – UDCon and Municipal Brew Works!

Hey everyone! Sorry blog posts have been fewer and farther between. We’ve been working on getting Collapsus finished (and Greenlit) as well as working actively on Cave Worm, Burst Lancer, and Radarkanoid 3000. Couple that with the last couple events we did (and are planning on diving right back into more) and you can see why we have our hands full! Well, speaking of those events, today’s blog post is all about the events we just came from: The Ohio Gaming Brigade’s Dayton Des

Feb 17, 2017
2 min

Collapsus is Now on Steam Greenlight and Free Weekly Builds Are Now Live

As you may know already, 2016 was a huge year for us. Tons of events and interviews, a few awards, the studio remodel… even the release of our second game, Radarkanoid! Throughout all this time we were prepping for the release of Collapsus. With us being picked up as Nintendo Licensed Developers and us prepping for the Kickstarter, we knew that it was only a matter of time before we were ready to launch the game! How to do it, though… that was the question! See one of the big

Feb 6, 2017
3 min

Take it Slow – An Editorial

Hey everyone! Eric again… looks like I might start handling these more often. Maybe. Likely. Kinda. I don’t know. Ask Jay. I just usually write the pretty stories. He seems to think I can write more editorial pieces as well. So, here we go. If you don’t like it, not my fault. Blame the “Boss Man” and not me. I want to talk about the developer to publisher relationship in gaming today. Or at least, what was the relation and what seems to be changing about it recently. At leas

Feb 1, 2017
6 min

Lost Interview: Nintendo Love Affair – Meet Wraith Games

Much like with our post last year where we re-uploaded a lost interview we had with the blog “GamerProblems” (available here: blog.wraithgames.com//2016/08/the-lost-interview.html), sometimes blogs go down and their content goes with it. The awesome people over at Nintendo Love Affair interviewed me last year about what we were working on and a bit of our history, but unfortunately, their blog is now just that… history. Luckily, they’ve allowed us to re-post that interview he

Jan 17, 2017
2 min

All the News That’s Fit to Air

Hey, all! Man, it’s been a busy last couple of weeks! Sorry for not posting as regularly as I would like as of late. It’s been a while, so without further ado… and here: /blog.wraithgames.com//2016/12/the-pressing-issue-of-press.html ). It’s always really great to be getting some more eyes on the studio and our projects. Heck, being featured in the JournalNews was huge for us. We thought it may be the biggest press we’d be getting for a while. Boy, were we wrong! <img src="ht

Jan 3, 2017
2 min

Collapsus Weekly Builds, App of the Year Results, and More News!

Hi, this is Kristy. I’m one of the programmers here at Wraith (and Jay’s fiancee). I’m also designing the puzzles for Collapsus. This is my first blog post. I hope you all like it. As you know, we’ve been pretty busy here at Wraith trying our hardest to get Collapsus out as soon as possible. 2016 has been a really big year for us. We’ve been to 13 conventions this past year, and have had more interviews and press than I can count. We’ve had literally thousands of people pick

Dec 17, 2016
3 min

Puzzling Modes – A Talk About the Puzzle Mode in Collapsus

Hey, all! Sorry about not getting this piece out sooner. Everyone over here at the studio is sick as a dog (well, almost everyone… thank goodness for Skype commuting). So, in this article, since we’ve talked at length about some of our Special modes (here: Slidedb.com) and Accessibility options (here: Slidedb.com) we figured it was finally time to have an in-depth look at one of our oft-neglected modes: Puzzle mode! Every great puzzle game can benefit from a dedicated Puzzle

Dec 12, 2016
2 min

Thanks for the VOTE of Confidence! (Collapsus in the Top 50)

Now that we’re in the Top 50, we actually very much need all of you to go vote again for us. WHAT?! WHY!? Well, for some strange reason the votes that get you to the Top 50 and the votes that actually win the award are separate. Heck, I feel bad even asking for it since everyone was so awesome about going out and voting the first time. Unfortunately, though, if we’re going to win I have to ask you guys to vote and share. Luckily, this is the last one… for thi year… well, fo

Dec 11, 2016
6 min

Collapsus For Everyone – Collapsus and Accessibility

Here at Wraith we talk about accessibility a lot… and I mean A LOT. I’d go so far as to say that it’s one of our foremost tenants; which is actually pretty weird seeing as we just only really started thinking about it in 2013 or so! We really started focusing in on accessibility when one of our team members, Ryan, tried to play Collapsus and couldn’t because of his color blindness. It was a real eye-opener (pun very much intended). Heck, we really started to ramp it all up (a

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