[{"content":{"text":"Our team members love creating amazing expe\u00adri\u00adences. Most of their time is spent creating content for our studio. However, most devel\u00adopers want the freedom to create games for them\u00adselves, which we have dubbed their \u200b\u201cside hustles\u201d. At Schell Games, we not only allow our team members to create content outside of the studio, but we also like to recommend these fun expe\u00adri\u00adences as an addition to your game library!<\/p>In this first edition of our side hustle series, we\u2019re high\u00adlighting arcade games. Whether they\u2019re a puzzle, card, or thematic expe\u00adri\u00adence, all of these games center around classic arcade games.<\/p>"},"id":"aeb044ba-a01f-4b3c-ba09-09cc5440b67e","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PE1nNDOs130","caption":""},"id":"3dce2802-7274-4899-b196-1237c2c37872","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"RADICAL SOLITAIRE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>PC | Card Game<\/p>Mike Traf\u00adi\u00adcante<\/a>, our Senior Engi\u00adneering Manager, designed and developed Radical Solitaire<\/a><\/em>. A former Schell Games Audio Intern, Kei Matsuo<\/a>, worked on the sound effects for the game. This card game is solitaire, but with retro graphics, killer sound effects, and pong!<\/p>\u201cI wanted to make it because I love Solitaire but find it frus\u00adtrating that sometimes you get a deal that is simply impos\u00adsible to win. When I play with physical cards I just cheat when I\u2019m blocked. I\u2019ve always thought about making a solitaire game that would let you cheat, since I prefer playing video game solitaire\u2026 Who wants to shuffle and deal? Who even has a table that big? It occured to me to make a little pong game to let me cheat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Descrip\u00adtion:<\/strong><\/p>Take a trip back to 1982 and waste a little time with Radical Solitaire<\/em>. You can GET RAD and swap a card with any face-down card any time you want. It\u2019s not always easy, but it\u2019s always winnable\u2026 unlike regular boring loser solitaire like your dad plays. It\u2019s currently available for PC, Mac OS, and Linux on Steam<\/a> and itch.io<\/a>.<\/p>"},"id":"7dcb467c-64bb-4319-8d3e-c4a370a6c1a0","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HpUT9-BWGbE","caption":""},"id":"21bfd561-79d4-465f-9338-5076e393d36b","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"A TOFU TAIL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>PC | Puzzle<\/p>Advanced Engineer Ryan Brolley worked on A Tofu Tail<\/a><\/em>, a puzzle game exploring colorful worlds with tricky chal\u00adlenges by Alchemedium<\/a>.<\/p>\u201cThis was the first game that our team started making years ago, and was the first game that most of us completed and published. It started as a learning project, but turned into an expe\u00adri\u00adence in worlds with char\u00adac\u00adters and puzzles that we grew to love!\u201d<\/em><\/p>Descrip\u00adtion:<\/strong><\/p>A deceptive fox spirit, known as the Kitsune, has turned you into tofu. Now you must explore the surreal and colorful realms of the foxes and solve their puzzles. Absorb new flavors, solve over 100 puzzles, and break the tofu curse! The game is currently available for PC<\/a> and the team is planning on releasing a big achieve\u00adment and lore content update soon.<\/p>"},"id":"9c3b1bba-e013-4c54-8e9b-664fff9757d8","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"},{"content":{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cK4VZJVjRko","caption":""},"id":"129132a5-0895-4807-94a5-e29af6a9f377","isHidden":false,"type":"videoBlock"},{"content":{"text":"ARCADE SPIRITS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>PC, Console | Role-Playing, Visual Novel<\/p>Game Artist Greg Mirles worked on the sound\u00adtrack for Arcade Spirits<\/a><\/em>, a romantic visual novel by Fiction Factory Games<\/a>.<\/p>\u201cThis is the first game I\u2019ve worked on to get a physical release and the first game I ever wrote any music for!\u201d<\/em><\/p>Descrip\u00adtion:<\/strong><\/p>You\u2019ve just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade, a popular arcade and home to a host of unique person\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties and customers. It\u2019s the year 20XX and you\u2019re in an alternate timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. Every\u00adthing you choose, from your rela\u00adtion\u00adships to your person\u00adality, your crisis manage\u00adment, and so on will have an effect on the future of your arcade! Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you\u2019re seeking? It\u2019s currently available on PC<\/a>, but the team has plans to port to PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and also make a physical box release.<\/p>"},"id":"1d79390c-05fb-457d-a159-8d60a492050a","isHidden":false,"type":"textBlock"}]
