2007Monsters' Den
The original Monsters' Den, released in Flash on the web.2008Monsters' Den: The Book of Dread
A refinement of the original Monsters' Den, introducing new content and playable characters. A remastered version was released on Steam in 2018.2009Dragon Age Journeys
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2012 (Web version) | 2019 (Steam version)
Monsters’ Den Chronicles was an entirely new game built from the Godfall codebase. It was a departure from the earlier games in the series in several respects. It featured an isometric dungeon view instead of the traditional overhead, and full-body sprites in combat instead of portraits. It also had a different structure, with the player progressing the same large roster of heroes over the course of many separate adventures.
A remastered version was released on Steam in 2019, which included higher quality art, support for desktop resolutions and additional options.
Visit Steam page | Play original on Armor Games
2009 (Web version)
Dragon Age Journeys: The Deep Roads was released in October 2009. This was a contract job for Electronic Arts, in collaboration with Bioware. I served as the designer and lead programmer on the project. Set in the Dragon Age universe, the game is linked with Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins, allowing players to unlock exclusive items for use in that title.
DA: Journeys is an RPG with turn-based, tactical combat. It features high production values for a Flash game, including art by well-known animator Adam Phillips. Unlike my other RPGs, it has a strong narrative focus, although I contributed little to the writing beyond the story outline itself.
The game was originally intended to be split into three episodes, but EA made the decision to switch gears and only the first was released.
2008 (Web version) | 2016 (Steam version)
Monsters’ Den: The Book Of Dread was released in May 2008. An expanded version of the first Monsters’ Den, it includes several new features and interface improvements, as well as a lot of new content.
A remastered version was produced as an incentive for the Godfall Kickstarter campaign. With the backers’ consent, it was later released on Steam. It includes higher quality art, support for desktop resolutions and additional gameplay options.
Visit Steam page | Play original on Kongregate
2007
Monsters’ Den was released in December 2007. It is a stripped-down, dungeon crawl RPG with a focus on combat and loot. This was my first independent game, and surprised me with its popularity. Unfortunately it was a financial disappointment, after an ill-fated contest entry left me with nothing.
Strong fan support did set the stage for the continuation of the Monsters’ Den series.