The Ballad of Tam Lin is a semester long project that Richard Emms and I created for Intermediate Game Development. One of the most commented on aspects of Tam Lin is our aesthetic. It’s appealing, unique, and has mechanics created especially to go with the style. The project has come a long way since January, so [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to get a chance to go to Disney Inspire Day with Sarah. I’m not the biggest fan of Disney, I’ll start off by saying that, but to get a look behind the scenes of a giant animation studio was nonetheless an amazing experience. Unfortunately most of [...]

One of the first talks I attended at GDC 2012 was Mare Sheppard’s “Why I Hate Women in Games Initiatives.” The title alone is obviously pretty eye catching and the talk itself hit some interesting points.  I will go ahead and say that I felt she didn’t offer much by way of solving the problems she [...]

This was by far my favorite talk from GDC.  Joshua Sawyer was a great speaker who gave a very in-depth talk about choice architecture, using Fallout: New Vegas as his primary example.  I recommend anyone interested in dynamic story and dialogue check out the talk in the vault given the chance. He started by laying [...]