Just getting started 🤘
Been trying to find time to finally dive into GB Studio and build a prototype for a game I’ve had stewing in my brain for too long. Got easily distracted in Pixquare though 😆 these are my very first attempts at pixel art
Beast in Black - “No Easy Way Out”
Goofy promo video I did, but hot damn this is an amazing cover 🤘 love Beast in Black’s singer.
New Game Day!
Feel like a ten-year-old kid again! 🤘
“Relic Meyers & The Melody of Maladies” by Brady J. Sadler - Horror/Urban Fantasy - October 2026
Trigger/content warnings: PG-13 violence/sexual themes, cursing, etc
Publication date: October 27th, 2026 (book should be available by late September—books 1 and 2 can be available immediately).
Freedom Call - Land of the Light
My middle camera is still screwing up, but posting this anyway because it’s one of my favorite songs.
Kamelot - Until Kingdom Come
Peak Kamelot for me. This was the song that exposed me to melodic metal and I never went back. I probably never would have written the Relic Meyers books if Casey Grillo wouldn’t have shown me how I really wanted to drum back in high school 🤘
Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl author) digs power metal
Not sure how many people here are familiar with that massively successful book series “Dungeon Crawler Carl,” but the author Matt Dinniman is a cool dude and a big power metal fan. Met him a few years ago and he made time to swing by my author table at GenCon and grab one of my Relic Meyers drumsticks. Awesome dude who deserves all his insane success right now 🤘🤓🤘
Rhapsody “Dawn of Victory”
This remains my all-time favorite album. Not super easy to play after breaking your ankle and taking a 2+ year break from drums 🤘😜🤘
Is Freedom Call still cool? 😜
I’ve been in and out of the scene since this album came out, but it’s still one of my all-time pick-me-ups 🤘
Finally got Contra (Reloaded) the Board Game
Honestly wasn’t sure if I’d ever get my hands on a final copy of this one (Contra Reloaded the Board Game).
Sure glad Kess came through because it’s one of my favorite designs—super dynamic and slick gameplay to honor the run and gun gameplay of the video games 🤘
Looking for collaborators
I’m an author and board game designer. Recently my brother and I started our own publishing company focused on publishing my books and games we design based on those books. Our first project just funded on Kickstarter this year and we are looking to have a tie-in Game Boy Color game for our next big project (based on my Relic Meyers book series).
Is anyone looking to contribute to a project like this? The game would ideally be an action RPG in the vein of Link’s Awakening in a retro 1990s small town horror setting (with heavy metal vibes).
My brother and I have lots of writing and design experience but we don’t specialize art/graphics or sound/music (even though we are both decent musicians haha).
We’d love to chat if anyone would be interested in joining this project!