Advocate, harbinger and supporter of the idea game design will save the world, I do not drink decaf.
April 04, 2007
Hi all;
Been awhile since I posted. Been working on some video and some standup here in Mill Valley.
Wanted to report I have been working on a 'people game' for a few years where the state of play was related to the society you locally lived in and the area within which you went daily.
It's final…
Been awhile since I posted. Been working on some video and some standup here in Mill Valley.
Wanted to report I have been working on a 'people game' for a few years where the state of play was related to the society you locally lived in and the area within which you went daily.
It's final…
July 04, 2005
After finishing up this last interview article with Marc Jackson, I finally got some time to focus on design. One of the next articles/subjects I was thinking of tackling next is perspectives on Raph Koster's discussion about a game design process description system inspired.
So I went about to w…
So I went about to w…
June 08, 2005
In player advancement and player/character/avatar growth in many games, the designer often allows greater and greater power to be accrued by the player, which inevitably, they will have to use (oftentimes) right around the next corner or at the end of the level with the superboss.
I realize this kin…
I realize this kin…
June 02, 2005
I was working on my adventuregame last week, and after overcoming some large design hurdles, many of which I have chronicled here, I was able to come up with the cover art for my strategy guide.
Most of you may not be thinking about your strategy guide yet, as this aspect of project development is…
Most of you may not be thinking about your strategy guide yet, as this aspect of project development is…
March 17, 2005
Hello Everyone;
Just got an long article on the Game Connection up for you to peruse and benefit from. Since pitching entertainment products is subjective, it's rather long, but there is an interview in the coverage with Caspar Gray, Acquisitions Associate with CSI game (remember 'Carmageddon'?) wi…
Just got an long article on the Game Connection up for you to peruse and benefit from. Since pitching entertainment products is subjective, it's rather long, but there is an interview in the coverage with Caspar Gray, Acquisitions Associate with CSI game (remember 'Carmageddon'?) wi…
March 10, 2005
Hey Gamedev.net Development fans..
Live from the GDC 2005, it's adventuredesign checking with the community. I've got some exciting and useful events and initiatives I'm covering for your benefit, as well as some industry tradewinds puffs here and there while scooping around the conference well hid…
Live from the GDC 2005, it's adventuredesign checking with the community. I've got some exciting and useful events and initiatives I'm covering for your benefit, as well as some industry tradewinds puffs here and there while scooping around the conference well hid…
February 28, 2005
Most of you know me as a writer. I do screenplays mainly, and game design became a creative goal of mine in the late nineties.
I love this art form, and it has been a real journey down the side road of science for me to get my mind around how to turn what I envision on paper into a codebase, mode…
I love this art form, and it has been a real journey down the side road of science for me to get my mind around how to turn what I envision on paper into a codebase, mode…
January 25, 2005
Well, it's good to be back after my medical hiatus. I had a lot of time to think about my game while away. I came up with some things that might benifit those of you who are, like me, used to long periods of work between paydays.
You see, besides designing this new kind of adventure game of mine…
You see, besides designing this new kind of adventure game of mine…
August 03, 2004
I recently moved from one side of the San Francisco Bay area to another. Almost all my PC title development data was on my old box, and I was working in the new place off the laptop, barely having moved the rest of my stuff.
I finally got the old box over here, and started the data transfer. Som…
I finally got the old box over here, and started the data transfer. Som…
July 20, 2004
I was talking to a developer the other night in #gamedev.
I was advised familiarity with general principles of software engineering would be beneficial for my writing for games.
Then, it finally occured.
It was not long after scanning The Scripting Language and Game Mods forum, which has been an int…
I was advised familiarity with general principles of software engineering would be beneficial for my writing for games.
Then, it finally occured.
It was not long after scanning The Scripting Language and Game Mods forum, which has been an int…
July 07, 2004
I was talking to a few programmers in #gamedev chat before the DDOS, and I was surprised and not to find that one of them was developing a game that for all intents and purposes, would have been a great companion game to the adventure game I have been documenting the design for.
I knew this person t…
I knew this person t…
June 24, 2004
I was responding to a few threads this week as I got back into the swing of things.
One of them was on adult games, not XXX adult, but mature emotional and intellectual content games, as the poster specifically stipulated for clarity.
In responding to the questions the poster asked, I began to exam…
One of them was on adult games, not XXX adult, but mature emotional and intellectual content games, as the poster specifically stipulated for clarity.
In responding to the questions the poster asked, I began to exam…
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