PAX East 2012: The Man Behind Dust: An Elysian Tail

@LooseChange said:

@Winternet said:

How did he get paid for 4 years?

It was given a contract by Microsoft so my guess is they funded his project which also means he split some into his own personal finance?

Probably had a day job while working on the game the majority of the time. Since he is the only one working on the game, all of the money Microsoft paid went into his own personal finance. Sure, some of that was used for things relating to the game, but its not like he had employees to pay.

That looks disturbingly like a Hypercolor shirt.

This whole interview struck me as really well done. Great questions from Brad. Keep up the good work.

Damn this game looks sweet. Will get it when it comes out.

One of my favourite things is watching Brad interview developers. More please!

Also if this is what an Xbox exclusive looks like nowadays, I'll take it!

Shame about the furries. :\

@Nac said:

Shame about the furries. :\

Yeah, really turns me off from the game.

Brad is really one of the better interviewers around on the web :) Loved it!

Great interview. That guy is living the dream, solo!

@WilliamHenry said:

@LooseChange said:

@Winternet said:

How did he get paid for 4 years?

It was given a contract by Microsoft so my guess is they funded his project which also means he split some into his own personal finance?

Probably had a day job while working on the game the majority of the time. Since he is the only one working on the game, all of the money Microsoft paid went into his own personal finance. Sure, some of that was used for things relating to the game, but its not like he had employees to pay.

He said he put 16 hours a day into making the game so I don't think he had any day job. But, if in fact Microsoft was funding this, then that's how he got paid.

The game looks good, but fuck furries.

"When I hit guys I wanna see numbers pop off of em, when I kill them I want money to fall out"

A man after my own heart.

...you know, except for the furries.

@Winternet: he's putting 16 hours a day in now not the whole time

impressive. i'll give him my money.

he's doing what i aspire to.

Incredible dedication. I wish I had his focus >.<

Animation and graphics are amazing, too bad the guy ruined it with furries. I wouldn't mind cat people, but the floating one with human breast that's just wierd, cats DON'T have monkey tits!

Brad is really one of the better interviewers around on the web :) Loved it!

Great content GB.

Brad had well planned, precise questions and Dean was well spoken and interesting to listen to. Loved it.

reminds me of the vanillaware games,im really looking foward to this game.

aww man, a new jazz jackrabbit would be awesome!

Great interview, Brad. This game looks very promising. I'll definitely be checking this out.

This is exactly what I'm hoping to do. I'm in school for game design right now, but I'm wanting to do more indie games. I'm not so hot at drawing and the art side of it, but I still want to do at least a little bit of everything.

Good interview, Brad

Woah.. I will so buy this..

I don' tknow if the game is for me, but the dude deserves my 15$

Time will tell how fun this game is, but even to get it to where it is now is a massive achievement. Even if I don't buy this, I'm glad there are people around who will follow through on stuff with this much dedication.

Brad is a fantastic interviewer.

I love hearing stories like this! I totally hope that this game sells really well because he deserves it after that much work.

I'll give him kudos for putting so much time and effort into pursuing his dream and making a game. I'll give him my money because his game looks fucking awesome.

Hearing the GB guys hype this game in their PAX chat was encouraging, but now seeing it in action I can really see what they were talking about.

This game looks crazy and I can't wait to play it. Taketh mine dollars!

@Neonie: Word.

Great interview as per usual with Brad!

Dude seemed cool and fun, and so did the game.

Who is the person he mentioned in this video? James Sto??? Around the 1:12 mark of the interview. Thanks in advance.

@brotherstereo said:

Who is the person he mentioned in this video? James Sto??? Around the 1:12 mark of the interview. Thanks in advance.

James Silva with Ska Studios.

Can't believe one guy did all that.

The game is great! It's a real treat to have a hand painted game with this much polish on the 360. I hope this guy makes a lot of money so he can get lots of hot young girls to to wear fursuits and suck and fuck him like there's no tomorrow.
He deserves it.
5 stars.

Well, it seems he's into furries.