[2] He cites the independent games Wilfred The Hero by Brandon Abley and Psychosomnium by Jonatan Söderström as major influences to create his own art in video games, which are often composed of diverse handmade materials including Lego, paper cutouts, clay figurines, and scanned drawings.
[8] In 2020, Gillmurphy began publishing the Anthology of the Killer comedic horror series on GameJolt under the name garmentdistrict.
[9] Gillmurphy has received praise for his work from several outlets for its[clarification needed] "unique method of composition and unusual tone".
[3] Brendan Caldwell of Rock Paper Shotgun praised Gillmurphy's writing, stating that it possesses an "odd humor [..] that lies somewhere between absurdity and academia", and complimented his worldbuilding as "self-contained asylums of weirdness".
"[12] Under the names thecatamites, Harmony Zone, and garmentdistrict, Gillmurphy has self-published several independent games, including:[citation needed]