Jph Wacheski (or Jeph) is a musician and
independent video game
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developer in
Ottawa,
Ontario
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, Canada.
Games
Wacheski's games and music are experimental in design. The games are typically in a
retro arcade style with unique modern sound design. His game releases bear the name of his studio, ''Iteration Games''.
''LockOn'' and ''Valence'' have both received the "Top Dog" award at
Home of the Underdogs
Home of the Underdogs (often called HotU) is an abandonware archive founded by Sarinee Achavanuntakul, in October 1998.
Before shutting down the original version in 2009, the site provided reviews for over 5,300 games and offered downloads of so ...
, and several of Wacheski's games have been featured on the Independent Gaming Web log. His games are included in many collections of free and independent games, both on the Web and on CD-ROMs packaged with magazines.
Releases
*''LockOn'' (2003)
*''Joust 3: Revenge of the Lava Troll'' (2003)
*''Seeds: Three Birds of the Apocalypse'' (2003)
*''Wizard of Wor (remake)'' (2003)
*''Electric Yo-Yo (remake)'' (2003)
*''Valence'' (2004)
*''Sub Atomic'' (2004)
*''Lunar Rescue'' (2005)
*''Quiescence'' (2005)
*''100 Invaders'' (2006)
*''Cathode Raygun'' (2006)
*''Forward'' (2006)
*''Upstream'' (2006)
Music
Wacheski's music recordings and live shows have been under the names ''And the Earth Died Screaming'', ''Zug Island'', and ''Jph Wacheski''.
He has performed his music live at various live shows mostly in and around Toronto, including A Month of Sundays (2001),
Aspect (2002), and The Ambient Ping (together with Leif Bloomquist as Jamming Signal, 2003).
References
External links
Iteration Games Wacheski's site
GameSetWatch columnfeaturing Wacheski's games
Interviewwith Jph Wacheski
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Canadian video game designers
Living people
Musicians from Ottawa
Year of birth missing (living people)