I’ve actually surprised myself that I’ve been able to maintain a daily schedule with Mr. Smoozles on top of everything else I’ve been doing. I’ve just spent this morning doing the art for a couple of strips and writing another bunch of scripts. I have just finished writing the script for strip 50, so I’m …
Gamasutra has just published my Day in the Life article, for those interested in what my day consists of. They did, however, make out that I wrote BASS and all the Broken Sword games and of course I didn’t, just the third Broken Sword game (along with In Cold Blood and Eld Dorado, of course). …
Gamespot have an interesting piece on DIY PSP games. Now, if this allowed you to create commercial games I’ll be in there like a shot. 🙂
I was just rooting through some old stuff when I came across the following concept art that I did for Nico, one of the main characters in Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon.
Over at Gamasutra, Tynan Sylvester has written an interesting article on Decision-based Gameplay Design. I like the principles of what he’s talking about and they echo my ideas on Interaction Density. There is, however, a tone that I found surprising and wondered if it happens a lot in this type of article. Perhaps I’m guilty …
Ron Gilbert, over at his Grumpy Gamer site has written an interesting piece on marketing. It explains why certain games fail to do well in spite of the fact that they are so well put together.
My new comic strip, Mr. Smoozles has been going for over three weeks now and I’ve managed to keep to a daily update schedule so far. I wrote scripts for a dozen episodes over the weekend, which will introduce another character, as well as taking it in a direction I didn’t expect. Hopefully you’ll all …
I did some more work on SC1 last week during the evenings and over the weekend I let a couple of people take a look at what I’d done in the hope of getting some feedback. Thankfully, what they said was very positive and very constructive, so I’m feeling pretty encouraged. The next step is …
Blue 52, the company behind the game Stolen, has had to close its doors due to not being able to cover its overheads. Gamasutra has the full story, here. It seems to back up the claim by ELSPA that the UK Games industry needs some serious backing from the government as mentioned in this Gamasutra …
My partner, June, works in a customer service centre (helping the public with enquiries about local services and the like). The centre has been undergoing some renovation and because a wall was re-plastered, the clock that hung upon it was propped up on a table on the other side of the room. They were so …
Am I the only one who thinks that in this promotional photo, an attractive female displaying a T-shirt with the slogan, “The First to be Touched”, is a little on the dubious side? 🙂 Edit: As pointed out in the comments, you have to be registered at the site to see this picture, sorry.
Someone here, has posted links to character packs for a version of Nico from Broken Sword – The Sleeping Dragon. Looks pretty cool.