2023 - Kelsam
Custom Deluxe Gaming Table
We built a new deluxe gaming table from scratch. It is 48"x80", has an inset neoprene playing surface covered in faux suede, large pleather wrapped rails, and removeable legs for ease of moving it. You can build your own (with no carpentry skills required) for under $500 with these
instructions.
2022 - Kelsie
Voxel Clyde
Kelsie designed, printed, and painted this voxel version of Clyde from Clyde's Adventure.
2022 - Kelsam
Party Words
This is our third game release. Party Words is a multi-mode word party game! It is available on
Steam,
App Store, and
Google Play.
2022 - Kelsam
TI4 3D Printed Tokens
This is our first Amazon product. We figured we could use 3D printing for our color-specific upgrades to TI4 tokens. Our 8 color sets are available on
Amazon.
2021 - Kelsam
Muffed Mobile
We released a mobile version of Muffed on
Google Play! This version doesn't include any of the multiplayer functionality, but has the full Single Player Campaign and Survival Mode. You can try the
Demo for free.
2021 - Sam
D20 Studios 3D Printed Logo
After making the MonoGame logo, Sam hadn't had his fill of 3D printing logos and decided to model, print, and send a logo to our friend Ross for his indie games studio "D20 Studios". This turned out to be a bit challenging because of the angle in which the D20 characters are 'etched' into the D20 die. To maintain the illusion with the 3D model Sam also made a little stand to keep the D20 die standing at just the right angle so it looked like his 2D logo when viewed directly from the front.
2021 - Kelsam
Rebellion 3D Printed Insert
We wanted to take advantage of the cool things we can do with 3D printing, as opposed to foam core inserts. This
Rebellion Insert showcases those things.
2021 - Kelsam
Star Wars Rebellion Companion App
We created a
companion app for Rebellion because we wanted a cleaner look and simpler experience than what was available for imperial map tracking. One of our goals was to have explored systems be darker than unexplored systems so your attention is focused on potential base locations.
2019-2021 - Kelsam
Muffed IndieDB Articles
We've written some articles over the course of development talking about different features of Muffed. There is a collection of them on
IndieDB.
2021 - Kelsam
Muffed on Xbox
We were able to release Muffed on Xbox through their ID@Xbox program! The
Xbox version includes the in-game Supporter Pack goodies, but does not have access to the Workshop because of Microsoft's strict User Generated Content Policies. Major Nelson even
tweeted it :)
2021 - Kelsie
Xbox Wire Release Article
Kelsie wrote this article for our release on Xbox. It was featured on
Xbox Wire.
2021 - Kelsam
Kelsam Chrome Extension
Kelsie always has a ton of Chrome tabs open. She likes to work her way through them while she's doing research. At her request, Sam created a
tool to easily save your open tabs to a text file and then reload them next time you're ready. This is really good for storing tabs sorted by category. You can also use it to copy down a set of URLs to send to someone else.
"It's pretty much the best thing ever. I use it every day." - Kels
2021 - Sam
Advanced Atari VCS Controller Support for MonoGame
Sam wrote some customizations for MonoGame to be able to use Atari VCS controllers (Modern and Classic) and was able to
help another developer get them working for their game they were porting to the VCS itself. He's quite proud of his work on these types of complex things but often cannot share them because they are proprietary.
2021 - Kelsam
Kelsam Arcade 2
This is the second version of the Kelsam Arcade, the box that houses the game Sam wrote to propose to Kelsie. This time around it has a 3D Printed case, with arcade artwork pulled from in-game imagery.
2021 - Sam
Kelsam Game Gear
Kelsie's parents gifted us a Sega Game Gear. Its screen was dim, and speaker didn't work, but it could run games. Sam repaired the system for our anniversary. He also made a custom cartridge with an SD card mod housing a bunch of games. Kelsie was very excited about it and wanted it on this timeline :P
2020 - Sam
.NET Blog Guest Post
Sam wrote this article that was featured on the
.NET Blog about creating a game art asset pipeline. It includes a detailed explanation of the process he used for Muffed and code samples.
2020 - Kelsam
Muffed Supporter Pack
This is the first
DLC for Muffed. It includes Printable Assets, Videos, Pictures from behind-the-scenes, and In-Game Extras including Bonus Maps.
2020 - Kelsam
Cymatically Muffed
This is our second game release. Muffed is a fast-paced top-down shooter for 1-16 players! It is available on
Xbox,
Steam, and
Google Play.
2019-2021 - Kelsam
Muffed Dev Blogs
Our official
Dev Blog for Muffed is in the game's Steam Community section. It includes updates, events, and patch notes.
Various - Kelsam
3D Room Organizers
We have moved many, many times. When we move to a new place, we find it helpful to render the space in a 3D drafting tool so we can easily come up with an arrangement of our things that will work with our new space. This is especially helpful in small areas, because we have a lot of stuff and it can be tough to make a workable living environment in some of the spaces we've lived. We even 3D print these now.
2020 - Kelsam
Muffed at Gamer Planet
Muffed is now available to play at Gamer Planet locations (LAN Gaming Centers)!
2020 - Kelsie
MPJ Design Work
Kelsie was asked to redesign some material for an educational program the school was enacting. She also worked on a new logo, yard signs, and an awards postcard invitation.
2019-2020 - Kelsam
Muffed Live Events
We've shown Muffed at several events. It's a big hit at the conventions because the high player count combined with the drop in/out support lets people just jump in.
2020 - Kelsam
Muffed Soundtrack
We created the Muffed soundtrack by editing tracks from
FreeSound. The OST includes the 27 tracks used for Muffed. It is free on
Steam.
2019 - Kelsam
Custom Sequence Boards
Kelsie's family really likes Sequence. We made some alterations to give them Disney and Marvel versions for Christmas.
2019 - Kelsie
School Awards
Kelsie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA. She was named Valedictorian for both the School of Integrative and Engaged Learning and the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree. She was Scholar of the Year for SIEL. She received the Outstanding Capstone of the Year Award.
2019 - Kelsie
Capstone Project
Kelsie's Capstone for school was a research project on how video game demos impact game sales on Steam. The findings were that demos are often high-risk low-reward scenarios. Demos are costly to make, difficult to get right, are unlikely to convert someone who wasn't already invested in a game and have a chance to scare off potential buyers. This project won the Outstanding Capstone of the Year Award.
2019 - Kelsie
3D Graphics Programming
Kelsie took a Graphics Programming course at school. PovRay was used to generate 3D graphics from JavaScript. These are some of her projects from that class.
2019 - Sam
Sega Genesis Happy Birthday
This was a fun little Happy Birthday present Sam made for Kelsie. It is an actual Sega Genesis program (running in an emulator), written with
SGDK. Getting it to render this one picture took Sam about 3 hours of fumbling. He does not envy programmers of old hardware.
2018 - Kelsie
Typography
Kelsie took a Typography course. These are some of her sketches and projects from that class. Her Typeface Poster was selected for exhibition on the wall of the Student Center.
2018 - Kelsie
Brick House Cafe IMC
Kelsie took a Marketing course where students were challenged to create an Integrated Marketing Campaign for a local business. Her group's final project included a written marketing plan, a billboard, a radio ad, and a presentation.
2018 - Kelsie
Software Engineering
One of Kelsie's Software Engineering courses included this Infinite Runner which was completed for a local business. She was the leader of her team of 3 people. This is some of the work involved with that project.
2018 - Kelsam
Muffed Level Editor
Muffed has a free browser-based
Level Editor so anyone can create and publish their own levels. Sam built this editor using Vue.js and we used it to create all of the levels that are in Muffed.
2018 - Sam
DOS Characters Poster
Sam wanted a poster of his favorite characters from his beloved DOS games of his childhood. Since those don't really exist, he decided to make his own.
From left to right, these characters are:
Row 1: Clyde (Clyde's Adventure), USP Fang Light Fighter (Tyrian), Nephi (Nephi's Quest), B.J. Blaskowicz (Wolfenstein 3D),
Row 2: Player (Jetpack), Skunny (Skunny Kart), Vinyl (Vinyl Goddess from Mars), Star Goose (Star Goose),
Row 3: Hugo (Hugo's House of Horrors), Chicken (Shooting Gallery), Wasteland Bonus Level Face (Living Ball), Keen (Commander Keen),
Row 4: Elfie (Elfland), Jazz (Jazz Jackrabbit), Lemming (Lemmings), Billy Lee (Double Dragon),
Row 5: Duke (Duke Nukem), Fred Chexter [at the time, simply "Chex Warrior"] (Chex Quest), Ninja (Budo - Shadow Knights), Yellow Snake (Nibbles)
2018 - Kelsam
Codex Game Mat
There were a few things that bothered us about the neoprene playmats that came with the deluxe set. So, we designed our own. Our main design goals were to have them fit in the box without rolling/folding, have a low-profile patrol zone, and have a large play area free of clutter and other components.
2018 - Kelsam
Chess Custom Box
We got a gorgeous new fossil stone chess set, but it came in a decrepit green box. So, we decided to build it a new one. It is made of foam core (with dress pins and craft glue), velour, liner, foam padding, a bit of black ribbon, and upholstery adhesive.
2018 - Kelsie
Painted Minis
Kelsie learned how to paint tabletop miniatures and has been trying to work her way through our expansive game collection.
2018 - Kelsie
Computational Theory
Kelsie took several courses on Computational Theory. Some of her coursework included performance evaluations for algorithms, research and presentations on NP-Completeness (nondeterministic polynomial), and theoretical programming for the machines we used prior to computers.
2018 - Kelsie
Graphic Design
Kelsie worked on several Graphic Design projects during school. Some of her coursework included business cards, logo design, album design, and a packaging re-design of the Star Wars Dice Game.
2018 - Sam
Kelsam Love Letter
This was a fun little card game Sam made for Kelsie for their anniversary. It features custom cards with some of our projects from around that time. The game is mechanically designed after the Hobbit Love Letter card game.
2017 - Kelsam
Legacy of Dragonholt Character Generator
We wanted to have nice character sheets like the pre-made characters from FFG. So, we whipped up a
tool to allow everyone to be able to easily create one :) Just fill out the page (all fields are editable), add a picture if you'd like, and click print!
2017-2020 - Sam
TI4 Galaxy Mats
When TI4 first came out it was demoed at several conventions and stores on oversized galaxy mats that were largely unavailable to the public/customers. Many people on BoardGameGeek wanted a galaxy mat to play their game on and Sam—having some time to kill on a Sunday afternoon—decided to design one based on the photos he'd seen of the Fantasy Flight demo mat. This took off with surprising popularity, and he has since designed
several versions (at the request of fans), which are available for sale on
InkedGaming. Fantasy Flight Games has since released their original galaxy mat as well.
2017 - Kelsie
Programming
Kelsie took several programming courses at school. These are some of her more visually interesting projects, written in Java. One of the requirements was to build a PC version of a board game and she selected Ricochet Robots. All of the robots can be selected and then moved around a randomly generated board, with collision on walls and other robots, per the rules of the game. The other project was a Tower Defense game with tower options, currency, points, and waves of enemies as requirements.
2017 - Kelsam
Muffed Documentation
Muffed has extensive
Documentation covering topics such as: the different editions, how to connect a variety of supported controllers, particulars of the custom game engine, and details on how to use the level editor.
2017 - Kelsie
Communication Graphics
Kelsie took several classes on image creation, design, and manipulation using the Adobe Creative Suite. This is some of her coursework.
2017 - Kelsam
Cymatically Muffed (1st Version)
Cymatically Muffed was originally designed as a profile view platformer with a teleportation mechanic.
2017 - Kelsam
Simple Light Cycles
This was our first official release. Simple Light Cycles is a sleek local multiplayer game for 2-8 players! We had been playing a similar game with clunky controls and thought we could make some improvements. It is now available for free on
Steam.
2017 - Kelsie
Edge Project
Part of Kelsie's school curriculum included an individual project designed to give experience that would be beneficial for the student's future. The coursework included submitting a proposal, creating a plan, enacting the project, and then reporting on the final outcome. Kelsie painted the Drakon miniatures and then reported the differences it made in gameplay.
2017 - Kelsam
Kelsam Tabletop
Kelsam Tabletop is a website we put together to house our custom tabletop game content. It includes player aids, apps, variants, inserts, and links for things like suggested ambient audio and rules.
2017 - Kelsam
WoW Adventure Game Foam Core Insert
After sleeving the cards, we found that all the components would not fit nicely into the base box. So, we designed and created custom faction boxes to store the character decks and tokens. For the
foam core insert, we decided to make draw bins for the challenge decks, and a neat little drawer bin for the discovery tokens. Since making this insert, we have purchased a 3D printer and will be using that for new inserts.
2016 - Kelsam
Runebound 3rd Foam Core Insert
For this
foam core insert we decided to make custom boxes for each scenario. We wanted to have a couple separate gameplay trays for this game, namely the adventure decks and main tokens trays. For the setup trays we decided to make expandable trays for asset decks, skill decks, and combat tokens. Since making this insert, we have purchased a 3D printer and will be using that for new inserts.
2016 - Kelsam
Runebound 3rd Token Caster App
Many players do not like using the tokens that come with the game for combat, so we created this
Companion App to cast tokens. Using this app you can manage and use your hero's base tokens, tokens you get from cards, and even enemy tokens. If desired, you can also use the app to track your health, as well as enemy health by using the "-" and "+" buttons near the heart in the bottom right.
2016 - Kelsam
Custom Tabletop Gaming Table
We created 2 custom tabletop gaming tables from converted IKEA Bjursta tables in 2016. Our current (2023) table is built from scratch, has an inset neoprene playing surface covered in faux suede, and has a removeable hard top. You can read more about our process
here.
2016 - Kelsie
Drawing
Kelsie attended several drawing classes during school. This is some of her coursework.
2016 - Kelsie
Web Design
Kelsie took several Web Design and Development courses at school. This is some of her coursework.
2016 - Kelsam
Puppets of the Balor
Puppets of the Balor came into being after we played the campaign mode in Temple of Elemental Evil and decided we wanted to construct our own campaign-style game involving all of our D&D games. This is a
Custom Campaign we created for the first 4 D&D Adventure Board Games. We also designed our own
printable adventure book and companion card for the campaign.
2016 - Kelsam
Mage Wars Spellbook Builder
We pitched a deck builder web app to the Mage Wars team with this Proof of Concept Video.
2016 - Kelsam
Mage Wars Tracker App
We built a
Companion App for Mage Wars to replace the stats tracking board.
2015 - Kelsie
Natural Resources
Kelsie had a couple notable projects for this Natural Resources class. The main one is a trivia game to review for the final. Players take turns asking each other questions and when they miss them they move down through the layers of soil.
2015 - Kelsam
Runebound 2nd Hero Card Generator
We made a simple piece of
web-software to allow players to create custom hero cards. Watch your own custom hero cards form as you type then print them to play with your custom hero!
2015 - Now - Kelsie
Crochet Projects
Kelsie taught herself how to crochet in 2015 and has been working on little projects since then. Her favorite thing to make is Amigurumi (stuffed creatures).
2015 - Kelsam
Kelsam Arcade
Sam built this custom box to house the game he wrote to propose to Kelsie. The game focuses on how they met in high school, has mini-games that Kelsie is not good at, and features just the best graphics you've ever seen. The game runs on a mini PC with customized Windows 7 (custom boot screen and startup to hide Windows) in the box. The box is made of acrylic and has edge-lighting, a large screen, and speakers with volume control. This was later replaced by Kelsam Arcade 2.
2015 - Kelsam
Kelsam Wedding
Kelsam is officially a married couple! We also designed our own wedding invitations.
Various - Sam
The Ones That Got Away
As any creative, Sam has spent a lot of time on many unfinished projects, logo designs, etc. Pictured above are some of his favorites that never got to see their potential fulfilled.
2013 - Sam
OUYA Search Site
When the OUYA first came out, their website's games library tool was really clunky and slow. Luckily, it ran on a simple API that Sam and Josh (a friend of his) were able to make use of to create their own snazzy search tool :)
2013 - Sam
Clyde's Adventure Reborn
Clyde's Adventure Reborn is a remake Sam made of a DOS game by Micheal Voss called Clyde's Adventure. The remake had a level editor, updated UI, and ran on Xbox 360 and PC. Sam also made a neat little papercraft for the Kickstarter campaign.
2012-2014 - Sam
DIGIYOLK
Digiyolk, as in digital egg yolk, was the first official game company Sam started. Through Digiyolk, Sam developed a remake of an old DOS game called Clyde's Adventure (Clyde's Adventure Reborn). He also created the amazing logo.
2011 - Sam
Dreamcast Connection
Dreamcast Connection was a website Sam created. It was designed to help users connect with other Dreamcast enthusiasts, and to track their VMU game saves. It was the successor to VMU Saves Utility (Windows program).
2010-2014 - Sam
Sam Eddy's Work
Sam's old portfolio website was really creatively titled "Sam Eddy's Work". It featured websites he'd made for various clients, games, and other neat projects.
2008-2012 - Sam
Portcasts
Sam has designed and developed around 4 different versions of "Portcasts" (Portable Dreamcasts). The first version was built into an old VCR box and required 2 outlets to run. The 2nd had a bulky custom box with wires hanging out, but only needed one outlet. The next versions had battery packs, custom cases with controllers ergonomically built onto them, and the latest version even had an SD card mod so you didn't have to swap discs to play different games. Every model was super heavy and not really that usable, but pretty cool all the same.
2009 - Sam
VMU Saves Utility
VMU Saves Utility was a simple windows program Sam made to help users track their Sega Dreamcast VMU game saves across many VMUs without having to insert them individually into their Dreamcast. It was later succeeded by Dreamcast Connection, a website that performed the same service alongside other features.
2007-2010 - Sam
Flash Games
Around his high school years and shortly after, Sam spent a lot of time making a lot of little games and prototypes using Flash (ActionScript 2 at the time). Pictured above are some of the more interesting ones.
2007-2010 - Sam
Flash Animations
Along with the Flash games around the same time, Sam also enjoyed making some Flash animations from time to time.
2007-2010 - Sam
Flash Websites
Back when he was working with Flash for a lot of his games and such, Sam also made a lot of websites (the core parts of them anyway) using Flash. This was a terrible idea, even at the time. The websites were awesome.
2008 - Sam
Java Games
In high school Sam wrote a couple games in Java. Fun fact: Sam has written Pong in over 20 languages!
2005-2017 - Sam
Custom Desktops
Sam has been building custom computers from a young age. Pictured above is the Xion case, his favorite desktop case, that housed several versions of his personal desktop for over 10 years.
2008 - Sam
C++ Tic Tac Toe
As the title suggests, this is a Tic Tac Toe game written in C++. Sam was learning to write console software, and this was a fun project to test those skills.
2004-2009 - Sam
Calculator Software
These are some games and tools Sam wrote for his TI83+ calculator during school. TI Texter was technically the first networking software he ever wrote, even if it could only send messages to another calculator over a 5 inch cable and was essentially worthless :P
