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Back in December, I asked Carpoon’s composer, Mathew Kirkegaard for new music for a boss I was making, and I said it should only take a couple weeks. But in the end, the boss wasn't finished until the game's 1-year anniversary in August. How did that happen?

Why Make a Boss?

This was something I had wanted to do since the original Carpoon trailer back in 2020, but started in earnest after launch. This boss vehicle represents a deluxe version of what Carpoon could be. While this post is on making the monster truck, I’m going to shift gears later and . . .

I knew it was only hitting a button in Steam with a single screen prompt after. Leading up to releasing my game, I was tempted to delay again but I thought I had delayed it enough and could make it this time. With Carpoon within the two week window to launch on Steam, there was no turning back and it was time to accomplish my goal of creating a video game. 

I started Carpoon with the goal of finishing it to be released. There were many times, especially in university, where I would be making a game and get distracted and stop. I did finish many “game jam” size gam . . .