Increpare: the genius developer who gives his games away for free
by Cara Ellison from on (#68WV)
Stephen Lavelle's website offers over 200 strange and thrilling games - yet one of the artform's most unusual talents asks for little in return
Stephen Lavelle develops short games, little games, but they make me more aware that I am alive than just about anything else. He just gives these games away for free on his website, like throwing breadcrumbs to pigeons.
He creates under the pseudonym Increpare, the Latin word for "rebuke". He is kind and softly spoken, but he doesn't have to do a lot of talking about his work. His philosophically minded PC games communicate meaning in their own specific and thrilling ways.
