Hi. I’m Jeff. Some folks call me Nockey. And NockeyWorks is just me. I’m a game producer, project manager, and designer. I love making fun games and I’ve helped make quite a few of them over my career. And I hope to make many more in the future.
In April 2024, I was laid off from Digital Eclipse. I thought everything was going to be fine. I was angry and not keen on being unemployed, but I had just finished a big project of which I was very proud. I had 24 years of experience making video games. I had been a producer of one type or another for most of that…
Keep reading…It’s been a crazy week. After 10 months of unemployment, I managed to get a new full-time gig (and a good one too!) and started on Monday, 2/3 (more on that in a future post). That was already pretty great, but then something even crazier happened the night before I was set to start: Winifred Phillips won a Grammy for her work on Wizardry!…
Keep reading…“Oh, what a glorious remake.” Kotaku made a list of their favorite RPG’s of 2024, and Wizardry: Providing Grounds of the Mad Overlord made the list! I continue to be amazed by the positive reception to this little game that we put together at Digital Eclipse. Check out the article here –> The 15 Best RPGs Of 2024We’re on Slide #13!
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