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Eric Boosman's Blog

I'm the founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Dark Tonic, an independent game studio filled with passionate, smart, creative developers dedicated to making kick ass games and a culture of good.

We shipped our first game Wall Street Titan on iOS in Oct, 2012, selected by Indie Game Magazine as one of the best mobile action games of 2012.

Dark Tonic also develops pro quality developer tools for Unity 3D.

Killer Waves is the ultimate wave spawning system for setting up enemies, effects, creeps, whatever. Any genre, many uses, super simple setup. Every game needs to spawn something! 5-star rated.
Master Audio is a total audio solution with drag and drop looping, ducking for huge explosions and much more. 5-star rated.

I got my start in the industry as one of the founding members of the SimBin mod team that went on to become SimBin Studios, and was Art Director on GTR, GT Legends, and GTR 2.

After shipping GTR 2, I went to work for Austin, TX based Mock Science as Creative Director, and shipped social MMOs Warstorm, and Planetstorm, and Wii game Tiki Towers.

Racing pulled me back, as I couldn't resist the opportunity to work on the legendary NFS franchise, shipping Need for Speed: SHIFT and SHIFT 2: Unleashed as Creative Director at Slightly Mad Studios.

Industry layoffs meant it was the perfect time to start my own studio, which was a long time goal of mine, so I grabbed a couple of extremely talented friends, and Dark Tonic was born!

Member Blogs

6 ways interns will destroy your game company
Posted by Eric Boosman on Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:33:00 EDT in Business/Marketing
Unpaid interns can be an attractive prospect for your struggling studio, but strict laws could result in some dire consequences for your company. Know the facts.
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3 Reasons Kickstarter is not actually about the money
Posted by Eric Boosman on Thu, 03 May 2012 02:10:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC, Serious, Indie, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet
Most people think Kickstarter is some kind of "get rich quick" or easy funding option, and that it's all about the money. Here's why money is the least important part of a Kickstarter campaign.
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Eric Boosman's Comments

Comment In: 'Indies' are getting their own PlayStation Store section [News - 05/07/2013 - 10:45]
We are definitely getting our ... We are definitely getting our stuff onto PS Vita now. Hooray Unity

Comment In: 5 tips for boosting your virtual economy [News - 12/04/2012 - 02:01]
Great tips, well presented. Thanks ... Great tips, well presented. Thanks

Comment In: Tourette's Quest [Blog - 11/09/2012 - 02:24]
Awesome idea, and potentially hilariously ... Awesome idea, and potentially hilariously fun. Best of luck

Comment In: The free-to-play model fails for iOS hit Punch Quest [News - 11/15/2012 - 10:08]
I love Punch Quest I ... I love Punch Quest I play it quite often as it 's so easy to jump in and out of. r n r nI 've played for a few hours of total running punching time, and at no point during any of that did I need to pay to get ...

Comment In: An argument for easy achievements [Blog - 11/05/2012 - 11:00]
I like a mix. I ... I like a mix. I definitely think the majority should be reasonably easy to get by the majority of people, but I definitely think it 's cool to have a few fairly hardcore achievements for bragging rights and to give the hardcore something to work for. Something special to uncover.

Comment In: Layoffs and closures at Zynga as company struggles to save money [News - 10/23/2012 - 02:15]
Hey Zynga Austin people, I ... Hey Zynga Austin people, I was Lead Designer on Warstorm for Challenge Games before they became Zynga Austin. Condolences to all those who got screwed over. r n r nI started an indie studio last year, and we just submitted our first Unity developed game for iOS. It 's a ...

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