Level With Me is a series of interviews with game developers about their games, work process, and design philosophy. At the end of each interview, they design part of a small first person game. You can play this game at the very end of the series.

Alex Austin, an indie developer based in Berkeley, CA, has steadily pumped out physics sim games since his original Bridge Builder in 2000. More recently, he made the first person sport Hockey? and vehicle strategy game A New Zero ("Red Baron meets Tie Fighter meets Mechwarrior 2 meets Joust") -- and now he's refining Sub Rosa, an ex-7DFPS about tense deals, betrayals, and car chases.

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