John Clowder

John Clowder, also known as revolverwinds, myformerselves, with additional watercolor art from collaborator and artist Shaina Nordlund. To integrate collage design in his games, Clowder used cut-up quotes from random public figures in his dialog, and cited an interest in the reuse of "morbid medical texts, bone atlases and zoographic curios" as visual references.

Works

Screenshot of Middens, showing Clowder's use of collage and surrealist imagery.

Clowder's debut game, Middens, was released on GameJolt under the pseudonym Takamo on 13 September 2012. A sequel, Gingiva, a spiritual successor to Middens, was published by Clowder on GameJolt on 13 September 2012. William Huang of Pelican Magazine considered the game to have a greater level of animation and diversity than its predecessors, clearer progression, and more cohesive dialogue, whilst finding the game's text could be "ideological" and its combat remained "quite rusty". Where They Cremate the Roadkill was Clowder's last game, stating an interest to move on and potentially explore other mediums.

Games

YearTitleSource 2012 Middens 2015 Gingiva 2017 Where They Cremate the Roadkill