At TGA we are always on the lookout for talent in the indie depart of gaming. Because in a world filled with Call of Duty every year we like something a little different, fun, and challenging. Well, we have found such talent with Psychotic Psoftware. We even got the developer to talk a little about himself and the game he's working on.
GameGrin's Helen Ashcroft writes: "I recently had the chance to chat with Mike Hanson from Psychotic Psoftware. Mike is head of the one man development company which successfully kickstarted its first indie game, Power-Up, last year. He is currently raising money to develop a new game called Flix The Flea. Mike talks about his decision to turn his coding and designing hobby into a trade, how Power-Up has grown and developed, the kickstarter process and the indie developer scene."
"Microsoft’s XNA is, for many indies, the only option when it comes to developing a console game. For Mike Hanson, who develops under the name Psychotic Psoftware, this was certainly the case — his solely-developed shmup Power Up has been made using XNA in hope of fulfilling his childhood ambition to develop a console game. In light of the recent announcement that Microsoft will be retiring the XNA software, Mike’s Kickstarter campaign was unfortunately timed, but that doesn’t make it any less of an attractive proposition." Matt Suckley
Today we speak with Mike, from Psychotic Psoftware, about Power Up, and some background as well.
