With no hype or fanfare whatsoever, a new game has just been released – Rhianna Ford and the Da Vinci Letter. I mention this because it’s the first of the casual games I wrote and designed in the last year. 🙂 Although it’s primarily a hidden object game, it contains a number of adventure elements. …
Next week I’m talking at the Games Forum Germany. I was rather surprised when I was invited and, of course, very honoured. I hope I give a talk they’ll be pleased with. I decided to talk about aspects of character, but I didn’t want to go down the route of it being an instructional talk, …
Today I took delivery of a new Samsung netbook, which I’m still getting used to at the moment. I’m sitting here at 10:50 pm on the couch with the thing on my knee as I think of something to say. It’s actually very good to type on, although I’m still getting used to the position …
I’ve just posted a new Mitchell cartoon. I’d previously been posting twice a week on Mondays and Fridays, but I’ve decided to increase this to three times a week and will be possting on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. The natural thing might bave been to post on Mon-Wed-Fri, but this would have clashed with Mr. …
I’d like to wish everyone all the very best for the coming year. Let’s hope it’s a good one for all of us. I hope that you didn’t over-indulge, unlike some. After the snow finally vanished, we had a light covering overnight. I hope it’s not a sign of more to come. Take care.
The guys at Adventure-Treff posted a compilation video message for the festive season and I contributed to it with a few words. You can view the video here. Much of the compilation I didn’t understand because those parts were in German, but mine and a couple of other parts are in English. I laughed most …
I’ve just posted another in the series, The Life and Times of Charlie the Intelligent Custard. I’m not sure it’s quite working as well as it could do, so I want everyone to help. If you have a great idea for something Charlie could be thinking (keep it short and pithy) then drop me a …
Playgy is the name of a short autobiographical piece I’m working on. Below are the first three paragraphs to give you a flavour. I’m not even sure how I should spell the word “Playgy” as I don’t think anyone ever wrote it down when we were young, back in the nineteen-sixties and early seventies when …
This morning I posted the fourth of my new Mitchell cartoons. I’m currently updating on Mondays and Fridays but may increase this in the new year to three times a week. I currently have ideas written down for about 40 cartoons, which will keep me going for a little while. I’ve also been updating Story …
Another idea for a cartoon cat forced it’s way into the now-cramped cupboard-under-the-stairs that is my mind and being fired up about the look of the character and the fun I can have with him, I’ve already posted the first cartoon online. I hope you enjoy his exploits. Please tell me what you think.
Yesterday I posted the latest Mr. Smoozles strip. Obviously, this is still early days, but you’ll already see that there’s been a big change. I’m clearly not going to reveal my plans for the strip because that’s tied up with the ongoing story, but I’d like to know what you think of the changes as …
The following is some nonsense I wrote after going to the Write or Die website and trying it out with a 500 word limit and 20 minute time limit. I wrote the 500 words in about 14 minutes. I haven’t edited anything. I don’t know what I’m going to write here, it’s just a test …