Derek YuInterview
Illustrator, indie game developer (Aquaria, Spelunky)
Adapted from Derek Yu's interview on Uses This, published 29 January 2011. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
Is this you? Claim this kit →Hardware
I'm writing this on Cyberpower's X58 system, more or less unchanged from the default configuration.
I've also got a 17" MacBook Pro, which I've had for a couple of years now.
For digital painting and pixel art, I use a Wacom Intuos3 4x6" pen tablet.
For traditional drawing, I prefer Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Brushes and Pigma Microns of various sizes.
I also have an HP Photosmart C4580 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier combo that I use mainly for printing boarding passes and scanning drawings.
Browser
My browser of choice is Chrome.
I like that you can drag tabs around without reloading them (I watch a lot of movies while I work), and it seems to manage memory a lot better than Firefox.
Notes
Coding & Development
The XBLA version of Spelunky is being developed in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition).
Design
Other
I spent about half a year developing an iPhone game with it, but these days it usually boots up into Windows XP (using Boot Camp)!
I use FRAPS for video recording.