Loop Raccord finalist in HóPlay festival in Bilbao

I´m very proud that the Bilbao HóPlay independent videogames festival, which will take place at the Alhondiga  has selected Loop Raccord as a finalist for "best original idea" Specially when being in the company of marvels like Trauma, Fotonica, BariBariBall, Dear Esther or Fingle. I will be there from the 26th to the 28th of November.

New Astigmatismo Short Film teaser trailer

Here´s at last a new teaser trailer for my short film project Astigmatismo, which shows about half a minute of final footage and some insight into the shooting process.

Hope you like it, and please support and spread the word.

My hopes for the future of videogames

The recent Greenlight debate got me thinking about something I had in my mind for a good while: there needs to be a way for funding videogames that are not profitable, not marketable or commercially viable. Games that are important yet won´t generate any benefits.

Donde no hay invierno

Recently I illustrated a cover for this young adults novel by the russian author Dina Sabitova, originally published by Samokat and translated and published in spanish by Pearson.

Digital books for free

I´d like to explain some of the reasons that drove me to put some of my books as free downloads.

But if I had to tell you a single reason it would be: because I can.

Astigmatismo Short Film

My new animation short film project is happening now, you can preorder your copy, get the soundtrack and help fund its shooting at:

http://www.astigmatismo-shortfilm.com

With music by Shogun Kunitoki, sound by Pierre Sauze, background designs by Cecilia Ramieri and character designs by Gina Thorstensen.

Mysterious animation project

All the details will be revealed very soon here and in:

http://www.facebook.com/AstigmatismoShortFilm
https://twitter.com/#!/AstigmatismoSF

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I would like to introduce you to, what´s in my opinion, the very best animation film that exists: "Styled Robbery".

The Fireboy

Coincidentally with the talk about my work I am giving in the León bookfair, entitled "How to satisfy your inner child", I decided to put as free download an unpublished book of mine: "The Fireboy".

Loop Raccord nominee for the A Maze indie connect

My experimental video-editing game "Loop Raccord" has just been nominated in the "A Maze" independent videogames festival in Berlin.

Why I killed Plural Games

With the recent web redesign I decided to close Plural Games, the website I originally opened to host my videogames.

ABC Museum decortation

Recently, the ABC Museum of Illustration commissioned Ultrarradio the decoration of the cafeteria coincidentally with a series of conferences by english comic authors. The motives had to be related to the works of Charles Dickens, to conmemorate the second centenary of his death.

Coherence Workshop

From the 23rd to the 25th of March I had the pleasure to give a workshop in the Mr. Marcel School.

New website and new blog

Finally I did a complete redesign of the webside and I added this blog that I´m determined to update in a regular basis. The website is much more practical and accesible now. The most important novelty is the download section where you can now grab some of my books.

This blog, apart from being a place for news and work in progress will also gather some of my ideas and opinions in terms of illustration, animation and videogames. I will also be writing in greater detail about the creative processes, intentions and outcomes of some of my projects.

Illustration for the "Peonza" magazine anniversary

I recently was invited by Javier Sobrino to participate in the conmemorative exhibition for the "Peonza" children´s literature magazine. A piece of text was assigned to each invited illustrator, more or less realted to the figure of the spinning top (peonza).

Interview about A Coded Message

Olalla Hernándes made this strange and playful interview with me about my last book: A Coded Message.

The interview (in spanish):

http://abuenpaso.tumblr.com/post/18843978932/entrevista-a-nicolai-troshinsky-sobre-un-mensaje#tumblr_notes

New book: A Coded Message

A Buen Paso just published what I consider to be my best book to date: A Coded Message.

It is the first picture book entirely made in ASCII. A book about alphabets, coded messages, spies and love. I will be writing a detailed analysis of the book in the future. Meanwhile, why don´t go take a look at it?

Interview for Anormalmag

Little interview with me for Anormalmag online magazine (in spanish):

http://www.anormalmag.cl/entrevistas/nicolai-troshinsky/

Cold War Hangover on L´Oujevipo

Once again Pierre Corbinais has made a detailed and generous review of one of my games: Cold War Hangover. Even if I sincerily appreciate his enthusiasm I can´t help but feeling that Pierre overestimates the game, more so after it´s catastrophic failure face to the contest it was made for. Maybe, at the end it is better that it says under its PC form, which seems a little bit more playable.

Cold War Hangover review on L´Oujevipo (in french)