Please go and vote. You will have to register (free) in order to do so, but it’s the only way that you can help your favourite indie game to get the votes it needs. Best of luck to the creators of all the games shortlisted.
Continuing the posting of the Developing Thoughts column from 2004. Taking the Rough with the Smooth When Revolution released In Cold Blood, after working on it for nearly three years, one of the first magazines to review it gave it only four out of ten. I remember being quite shocked that this thing of beauty, …
The third of my Developing Thoughts columns from 2004. Getting the ball rolling When starting out on the process of making a game, the initial concept – the project vision – is vitally important to get right, whether you’re developing your first game or your tenth. If the direction is not clear from the outset, …
The second in my series that’s reproducing the original column here on the blog. A Penny for Your Thoughts While thinking of a way to open this piece, I pondered on the number of times I’ve read of writers proclaiming that, on meeting readers, the first thing they are asked is, “where do you get …
Or not… He scared the living daylights out of me when he suddenly leaped onto the desk. Not something I ever encountered with Acrasia.
Because the Randomville site appears to have removed my Developing Thoughts column, I thought it might be a good idea to re-publish them here on the blog. They will be reproduced exactly as they originally appeared and I shall be taking them in order. Perhaps I’ll even continue the series once I’m caught up. Oh …
I just received an e-mail from an agency looking to fill three design positions at an undisclosed developer based in London. The positions are Intermediate, Senior and Lead Games Designer, so if you feel this is something you might want, drop me a line and I’ll pass on your details. The genre is RPG/FPS.
I’ve just overhauled the inceSIGHT web pages to keep the look fresh. You can see the results here.
I’ve just joined a site called Deviant Art, which is not actually really deviant at all, but I guess it sounds good. You can see my page, here. This site has an enormour number of members and, while some of the stuff posted varies in quality enormously, it’s really worth taking a look for there’s …
Our new cat, Merlin, arrived last night, so I thought I’d post a couple of quick pictures. He’s obviously still settling in and is a bit wary of everything, but he’s very friendly and likes having his ears scratched.
When I set out to make Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso I never realised how much fun I’d have rising to the challenge of creating the tiles for the game’s locations. Even though this style has been around for a long time, this is actually the first time that I’ve created tiles for a game. Part …
As I think it’s confusing to leave two lots of comments active on the blog, I’m going to remove the Haloscan comments in a couple of days. If you have anything that you want to migrate over to the Blogger comments system (assuming that you can see the original comments), please do so. When it’s …