Cosmo D here. I've posted the fourth Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the creation of the hub zone for the game, a city block. Hub zones offer a myriad of design and technical challenges. But with that challenge comes great opportunities for
Cosmo D here.
I've posted the fourth Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the creation of the hub zone for the game, a city block. Hub zones offer a myriad of design and technical challenges. But with that challenge comes great opportunities for emergent dice-driven exploration and fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/514102575975368963
Till next time,
– Cosmo D
ps: You can experience a scoped version of this (and a preview of the street) for yourself in the demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
Cosmo D here. I've posted the third Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the disguise system for the game, and how you can use it to craft unique and powerful dice as you navigate all manner of treachery. Till next time, – Cosmo D ps: You can ex
Cosmo D here.
I've posted the third Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This delves into the disguise system for the game, and how you can use it to craft unique and powerful dice as you navigate all manner of treachery.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/534359891812287244
Till next time,
– Cosmo D
ps: You can experience a scoped version of this for yourself in the demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
Cosmo D here. I've posted the second Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand. This diary goes into depth on a new gameplay element in this game - wandering agents who patrol certain areas of the game, similar to guards in an immersive sim. But how you interact with
Cosmo D here.
I've posted the second Dev Diary for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand.
This diary goes into depth on a new gameplay element in this game - wandering agents who patrol certain areas of the game, similar to guards in an immersive sim. But how you interact with them builds on Club Low and the Diamond Hand demo - with dice, of course.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2778210/announcements/detail/534354183830114361
Thank you for continuing on this journey with me.
– Cosmo D
ps: You can experience a scoped version of this for yourself in the demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
Cosmo D here. I just shared the first devlog for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand . If you’ve played Betrayal at Club Low , this one builds on that same chaotic spirit—but with a deeper, more flexible dice system centered on tension, storytelling, and strategy. And if you’
Cosmo D here.
I just shared the first devlog for my next game, Moves of the Diamond Hand.
If you’ve played Betrayal at Club Low, this one builds on that same chaotic spirit—but with a deeper, more flexible dice system centered on tension, storytelling, and strategy. And if you’ve played my earlier games: we’re back in first-person! It’s a melding—and deepening—of all the elements.
This post is all about dice drama: how I simulate rolls, why I love having too many dice, and how each one tells its own little story.
You can read the full devlog here:
👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2778210/view/624425002170586485
Thanks, as ever, for continuing on this journey with me.
– Cosmo D
I'm thrilled to announce my next game, Moves Of The Diamond Hand —my biggest and most ambitious project yet. 🎲 Play the free demo now: This Demo represents Chapter 1 of the game. It alone is roughly the length of Betrayal At Club Low and will be part of Steam Next Fest this comi
I'm thrilled to announce my next game, Moves Of The Diamond Hand—my biggest and most ambitious project yet. 🎲 Play the free demo now:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778240/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand_Demo/
This Demo represents Chapter 1 of the game. It alone is roughly the length of Betrayal At Club Low and will be part of Steam Next Fest this coming week.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2778210/Moves_Of_The_Diamond_Hand/
This game brings together everything I’ve been building over the past ten years—refining my dice mechanics from Club Low while returning to the immersive first-person perspective of my earlier work.
Thanks for your support thus far, and I'm looking forward to continuing on this journey with you!
Cosmo D will this summer invite us back to his weird and wonderful world of Off-Peak City for another strange caper. With Betrayal At Club Low , the surreal adventure game series will grow into a bit of a mini-RPG, complete with stats and dice—including a Pizza Dice. This time we
Cosmo D will this summer invite us back to his weird and wonderful world of Off-Peak City for another strange caper. With Betrayal At Club Low, the surreal adventure game series will grow into a bit of a mini-RPG, complete with stats and dice—including a Pizza Dice. This time we're an undercover agent trying to rescue a fellow operative from a nightclub in a former coffin factory, and oh I'm excited for more of Cosmo D's strange sights and excellent music.
Here it is, folks. My latest game in the Off-Peak odyssey. Dive in! And the standalone soundtrack is available, too! On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate? Thank you to all the fans who have been enjoying m
Here it is, folks.
My latest game in the Off-Peak odyssey. Dive in!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129920/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1/
And the standalone soundtrack is available, too!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1288050/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1_Soundtrack/
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
Thank you to all the fans who have been enjoying my work all this time. Hope you enjoy the new one!
Earlier this year I posted a screenshot teaser for the game I've been working on since I finished The Norwood Suite. But now the timeline is set and the release is imminent: Put it on your wish-list: Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 is coming soon! About the game: It’s a hazy Sund
Earlier this year I posted a screenshot teaser for the game I've been working on since I finished The Norwood Suite. But now the timeline is set and the release is imminent: Put it on your wish-list: Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1 is coming soon!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1129920/Tales_From_OffPeak_City_Vol_1/
About the game:
It’s a hazy Sunday morning on the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street. Caetano Grosso, a former saxophone player and longtime pizza-maker, is just getting his pizza oven warmed up. Orders are trickling in, and he needs someone to help with the deliveries. You sense an opportunity, but unbeknownst to him, what you’re really after is his old saxophone, and you’re going to get it one way or another. Your pursuit will set off a chain of events across the neighborhood, taking you deep into the hidden worlds and private lives of the people living there.
Tales From Off-Peak City is a first-person adventure game series, all set on, around, and under a single street corner. Filled with memorable characters and the spaces they inhabit, the game provides an open-ended world full of secrets and hidden agendas. Building on the gameplay foundations of Off-Peak and The Norwood Suite, players will explore the streets and its surroundings, make pizzas, take photos, push buttons, open drawers they’re not supposed to, and lose themselves inside the atmospheric musical score that integrates itself directly into the game world.
Volume 1: Caetano’s Slice is the first game of many in the anthology of Tales. While each ‘Volume’ is its own self-contained story and experience, taken together, they build towards the larger over-arching narrative of what’s really going on at the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street and what role you ultimately play in its fate.
Even if the name weren’t a giveaway, you’d know Tales From Off-Peak City is a Cosmo D game from the philosophical pizza order, the eclectic collections of oversized objects, a building morphed into a face, and his visual style that I’ve just realised reminds me of 90s multimedia
Even if the name weren’t a giveaway, you’d know Tales From Off-Peak City is a Cosmo D game from the philosophical pizza order, the eclectic collections of oversized objects, a building morphed into a face, and his visual style that I’ve just realised reminds me of 90s multimedia CD-ROMs. The musician and developer recently announced his next game set in the world of Off-Peak, another first-person adventure game exploring a strange place, poking into secrets, opening drawers and pressing buttons, and getting tangled in something stranger than it first seems. I am well up for another Cosmo D game.
My next game is called Tales From Off-Peak City. I'll have more to say on it as the year unfolds, but in the meantime, you can follow its progress on my Discord channel . Watch this space...
My next game is called Tales From Off-Peak City. I'll have more to say on it as the year unfolds, but in the meantime, you can follow its progress on my Discord channel. Watch this space...
Hello! This week celebrates the release of the high-quality FLAC version of the Norwood Suite Soundtrack. The soundtrack now includes FLAC versions of all the tunes plus two as-yet-unreleased digital bonus tracks. You will find the FLAC files alongside the mp3s where the Soundtra
Hello!
This week celebrates the release of the high-quality FLAC version of the Norwood Suite Soundtrack. The soundtrack now includes FLAC versions of all the tunes plus two as-yet-unreleased digital bonus tracks. You will find the FLAC files alongside the mp3s where the Soundtrack itself is installed. Enjoy new music in newer, higher quality! And for those of you who are curious and don't have the soundtrack yet, you can pick it up below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/716930/The_Norwood_Suite__Original_Soundtrack/
Join The Discord Group!
You can stay informed of moment-to-moment updates on my third game, as well as just chat with a ton of like-minded and creative folks, and stay informed of community events on the Cosmo D Discord channel! Access it here: https://discord.gg/Zf8CaA6
In honor of the release of The Norwood Suite on vinyl, I’m hosting a live internet radio broadcast on Friday, August 10th at 12pm-1pm Eastern Time . It will take place on Discord, my new community server for all things related to my games Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite and my as-yet
In honor of the release of The Norwood Suite on vinyl, I’m hosting a live internet radio broadcast on Friday, August 10th at 12pm-1pm Eastern Time. It will take place on Discord, my new community server for all things related to my games Off-Peak, The Norwood Suite and my as-yet-untitled third game, which is also set in the same universe.
The Discord channel will be a repository of all manner of happenings around my work, as well as an opportunity for fans of my work to connect.
The internet radio show coming up will feature select music that’s inspired me and the making of The Norwood Suite, including alternate versions of the Norwood Soundtrack and some new jams I've been working on.
Hope you can listen in, and in the meantime, feel free to connect and check in on the progress of my next game on my Discord channel!
-cosmoddd
Yes... it's here. The Norwood Soundtrack is on vinyl and it is a glorious thing to behold. The label Ghost Ramp is putting it out and you can pick up pre-orders HERE Bring the deep grooves of the Norwood Suite soundtrack into your hifi... (it does sound really tremendous!!) And o
Yes... it's here.
The Norwood Soundtrack is on vinyl and it is a glorious thing to behold. The label Ghost Ramp is putting it out and you can pick up pre-orders HERE
Bring the deep grooves of the Norwood Suite soundtrack into your hifi... (it does sound really tremendous!!)
And of course, you can play The Norwood Suite (or it's free demo) here!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
The Norwood Suite is featured in the February Humble Monthly bundle. Not only is the game itself on sale on Steam, but if you get it in the bundle, you get access to a ton of other great games. Really strong stuff. Beyond that, I'm moving ahead with new projects and ideas. Some o
The Norwood Suite is featured in the February Humble Monthly bundle.
Not only is the game itself on sale on Steam, but if you get it in the bundle, you get access to a ton of other great games. Really strong stuff.
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
Beyond that, I'm moving ahead with new projects and ideas. Some of which I've already revealed. https://steamcommunity.com/app/696480/allnews/
stay tuned and thanks for your support
The Norwood Suite is featured in the February Humble Monthly bundle. Not only is the game itself on sale on Steam, but if you get it in the bundle, you get access to a ton of other great games. Really strong stuff. Beyond that, I'm moving ahead with new projects and ideas. Some o
The Norwood Suite is featured in the February Humble Monthly bundle.
Not only is the game itself on sale on Steam, but if you get it in the bundle, you get access to a ton of other great games. Really strong stuff.
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
Beyond that, I'm moving ahead with new projects and ideas. Some of which I've already revealed. https://steamcommunity.com/app/696480/allnews/
stay tuned and thanks for your support
Greetings Off-Peak fans, Hi everyone. Check out this video and scan to 16:43 ... Cool Ghosts is Matt Lees and Quinn Smith, who review board games in their day-to-day, also leave room for video game criticism and discourse, through their video channel Cool Ghosts. They work their
Greetings Off-Peak fans,
Hi everyone.
Check out this video and scan to 16:43...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t0AiQmgQqk&t=1001s
Cool Ghosts is Matt Lees and Quinn Smith, who review board games in their day-to-day, also leave room for video game criticism and discourse, through their video channel Cool Ghosts. They work their magic on Norwood at 16:43 and mention Off-Peak, too.
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I did an interview with Gamasutra about the way I implement music in The Norwood Suite... if you were wondering how that facet of the game evolved from Off-Peak and what my thought process was behind implementing sound as I did, check this link:
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/308131/Finding_the_right_beats_in_Cosmo_Ds_surreal_The_Norwood_Suite.php
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PC Gamer went in deep on the immersive sim comparison:
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-norwood-suite-is-a-surreal-hotel-that-demands-to-be-explored/
The author, Tom Sykes, first wrote about Off-Peak for the PC Gamer freeware column back in 2015.
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And Rock Paper Shotgun celebrated the joys of being in the hotel itself.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/28/the-norwood-suite-hotel-game/
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Also, The Norwood Suite placed on RPS's advent calendar and Slant Magazine's best games of the year:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/02/game-of-the-year-2017-2/
https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-video-games-of-2017/P2
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If you enjoyed Off-Peak and want to see how I expanded upon the experience with The Norwood Suite, you can try a demo for free, and the saves will carry over to the full game.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
-cosmo d
Greetings Off-Peak fans, Hi everyone. Check out this video and scan to 16:43 ... Cool Ghosts is Matt Lees and Quinn Smith, who review board games in their day-to-day, also leave room for video game criticism and discourse, through their video channel Cool Ghosts. They work their
Greetings Off-Peak fans,
Hi everyone.
Check out this video and scan to 16:43...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t0AiQmgQqk&t=1001s
Cool Ghosts is Matt Lees and Quinn Smith, who review board games in their day-to-day, also leave room for video game criticism and discourse, through their video channel Cool Ghosts. They work their magic on Norwood at 16:43 and mention Off-Peak, too.
**
I did an interview with Gamasutra about the way I implement music in The Norwood Suite... if you were wondering how that facet of the game evolved from Off-Peak and what my thought process was behind implementing sound as I did, check this link:
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/308131/Finding_the_right_beats_in_Cosmo_Ds_surreal_The_Norwood_Suite.php
**
PC Gamer went in deep on the immersive sim comparison:
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-norwood-suite-is-a-surreal-hotel-that-demands-to-be-explored/
The author, Tom Sykes, first wrote about Off-Peak for the PC Gamer freeware column back in 2015.
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And Rock Paper Shotgun celebrated the joys of being in the hotel itself.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/28/the-norwood-suite-hotel-game/
**
Also, The Norwood Suite placed on RPS's advent calendar and Slant Magazine's best games of the year:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/02/game-of-the-year-2017-2/
https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/the-25-best-video-games-of-2017/P2
**
If you enjoyed Off-Peak and want to see how I expanded upon the experience with The Norwood Suite, you can try a demo for free, and the saves will carry over to the full game.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
-cosmo d
Around an hour into The Norwood Suite , I was nestled so snugly into my comfort zone that it would have taken heavy machinery to shift me. That’s despite the fact that this is a game that makes me suspect something sinister is lurking just out of view, that the edges of my vision
Around an hour into The Norwood Suite, I was nestled so snugly into my comfort zone that it would have taken heavy machinery to shift me. That’s despite the fact that this is a game that makes me suspect something sinister is lurking just out of view, that the edges of my vision aren’t to be trusted. It’s a very discomforting comfort zone.
Greetings, Off-Peak fans. In the spirit of accessibility, I've prepared a free Demo of my latest game, The Norwood Suite, sequel to Off-Peak. You can access it from the Norwood Suite's main page below: On the right-and column, click 'Download Demo' and it's yours. Also, save game
Greetings, Off-Peak fans.
In the spirit of accessibility, I've prepared a free Demo of my latest game, The Norwood Suite, sequel to Off-Peak. You can access it from the Norwood Suite's main page below:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
On the right-and column, click 'Download Demo' and it's yours. Also, save games from the demo are transferable to the full game.
It'll give you a good idea of what to expect from the whole experience. And as you're already familiar with Off-Peak, it's an experience that builds upon the foundations of what Off-Peak laid down.
Dive in!
Greetings, Off-Peak fans. In the spirit of accessibility, I've prepared a free Demo of my latest game, The Norwood Suite, sequel to Off-Peak. You can access it from the Norwood Suite's main page below: On the right-and column, click 'Download Demo' and it's yours. Also, save game
Greetings, Off-Peak fans.
In the spirit of accessibility, I've prepared a free Demo of my latest game, The Norwood Suite, sequel to Off-Peak. You can access it from the Norwood Suite's main page below:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/
On the right-and column, click 'Download Demo' and it's yours. Also, save games from the demo are transferable to the full game.
It'll give you a good idea of what to expect from the whole experience. And as you're already familiar with Off-Peak, it's an experience that builds upon the foundations of what Off-Peak laid down.
Dive in!