2025-11-14T22:27:19-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/ Matt Hackett richtaur@gmail.com 2024-11-11T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/web-dev-in-2024 Let's discuss what's new in the web dev world since the 2010s. 2023-10-14T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/canon-eos-m50-guide Everything I (and you?) need to know about the Canon EOS M50 camera. <img alt="Matt's Canon EOS M50 Guide" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/canon-eos-m50-guide/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2022-02-14T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/how-to-make-a-video-game-all-by-yourself A book I wrote for <em>you</em>! What game would <em>you</em> make, all by yourself? <img alt="How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/how-to-make-a-video-game-all-by-yourself/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2021-10-28T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/spelunky-2-items All Spelunky 2 items ranked by their usefulness. <img alt="My Spelunky 2 Item Tiers" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/spelunky-2-items/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2021-10-10T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/project-tiny Thoughts about a game concept inspired by the classic Super Nintendo game ActRaiser. <img alt="Project Tiny" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/project-tiny/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2021-03-01T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/all-30-shining-force-characters Half a year later, here are the remaining 10. <img alt="All 30 Shining Force Characters" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/all-30-shining-force-characters/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2020-12-30T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/365thingsimade A full year of select drawings, screenshots, and videos. <img alt="365 Things I Made" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/365thingsimade/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2020-08-07T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/20-shining-force-chibis How about 2/3rds of the characters from the original Shining Force game in chibi form? <img alt="20 Shining Force Chibis" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/20-shining-force-chibis/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2020-03-23T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/meeting-drawing Finished up a doodle started in a meeting. <img alt="Meeting Drawing" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/meeting-drawing/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2020-03-18T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/late-night-doodle-2 More doodles when I couldn't sleep. <img alt="Late Night Doodle #2" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/late-night-doodle-2/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2019-12-16T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/from-sketch-to-line Deciding which sketched lines to emphasize can make a huge difference on the final piece. <img alt="From Sketch to Line" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/from-sketch-to-line/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2019-06-30T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/low-fidelity Game design principle: use a low fidelity that enables you to move quickly. <img alt="Low Fidelity" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/low-fidelity/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2019-06-27T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/integrated-ui Game design principle: try to integrate your user interface. <img alt="Integrated UI" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/integrated-ui/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2019-06-23T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/tavern-sim An abandoned project about managing a medieval fantasy tavern. <img alt="Tavern Sim" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/tavern-sim/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2019-06-21T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/one-game-at-a-time Game design principle: don't kid yourself into building multiple games simultaneously. 2019-06-17T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/lock-before-key Game design principle: put the obstacle in front of the player before the tool to overcome it. 2019-06-14T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/singular-capability Game design principle: each entity should do just one thing. 2019-06-08T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/game-design-principles The principles that guide my personal game design. 2018-12-10T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/food-doodles Starving while waiting for Andrea to get ready for lunch. <img alt="Food Doodles" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/food-doodles/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-12-03T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/crocodile-banner-study A study of one of Justin Chan's crocodile banners. <img alt="Crocodile Banner Study" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/crocodile-banner-study/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-23T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/mattlevania Matt + Castlevania = Mattlevania. <img alt="Mattlevania" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/mattlevania/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-22T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/characters-bitmoo Found adorable characters by a great artist and decided to give them a whirl. <img alt="Cute Character Studies" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/characters-bitmoo/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-18T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/no-interval Committing to an interval can lead to frustration for both the creators and their audience. 2018-11-16T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/drawings-2017 I've been meaning to share these for about a year now. <img alt="12 Pages From Late 2017" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/drawings-2017/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-13T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/late-night-doodle-1 Just a doodle from imagination. <img alt="Late Night Doodle #1" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/late-night-doodle-1/thumb.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-10T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/giant-clown Drawing is fun because you get to see what weird things are in your head. <img alt="Giant Clown Process" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/giant-clown/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2018-11-09T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/redesign-2018 richtaur.com has a new design. 2018-03-24T17:00:00-07:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/indie-game-sim A solo developer's struggle with creativity. <img alt="Indie Game Sim" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/indie-game-sim/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2017-12-03T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/demon-seed Making the pixel art cover for Joshua Morse's new single Demon Seed. <img alt="Demon Seed Pixel Art Process" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/demon-seed/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2017-11-29T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/the-ongoing-struggle A rough comic about the struggle between playing games VS making them. <img alt="The Ongoing Struggle" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/the-ongoing-struggle/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2017-11-26T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/happy-surfaces An art tip about using 3d surfaces to ease the drawing process. <img alt="Happy Surfaces" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/happy-surfaces/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144"> 2017-11-12T16:00:00-08:00 http://www.richtaur.com/post/hello-world Just a quick doodle of me waving to the planet. Hi! <img alt="Hello World" src="http://www.richtaur.com/media/images/post/hello-world/thumbnail.jpg" width="256" height="144">