All posts by Josiah

About Josiah

Josiah Lebowitz is a writer and game designer. He currently operates his own indie studio (Pen and Sword Games) while teaching game design and doing contract work for various other companies. His past projects include tie-in novellas for EverQuest Next, the game Car Washer: Summer of the Ninja, and the books Interactive Storytelling for Video Games and The Verities Silex trilogy.

Switching It Up

What would you think of Aurora’s Nightmare on the Nintendo Switch?  I’ve been playing around with mine and, due to its hybrid nature, I think it could be a good platform for visual novels.  I’m already considering 3DS, Vita, and mobile (iOS and Android) versions of Aurora’s Nightmare after the initial PC release.  And I think I’m going to add the Switch to that list of potential ports.  Please keep in mind that these are all just potential platforms.  I don’t have any hard plans yet and it’s going to depend a bit on how well the game sells on the PC and, potentially, the success of any crowdfunding campaign I run (if you don’t remember, I’m considering running one after the demo is released is order to fund some extra features).  So we’ll see how things go…