As if I don’t have enough to do, I’ve created yet another new comic strip, Baked Beans, which I intend to update on Thursdays and Saturdays. This strip concentrates on a core group of human beans but with regular one-off character appearances depending on the joke I want to tell. I’ve gone for a much …
The second part of my article, Designing Puzzles Backwards, has just gone live.
If you don’t already know, the Wii and DS versions of So Blonde are out today in the UK. If you haven’t already ordered your copy or haven’t thought about doing so, please consider it. Even those of you who already bought the PC version will find that this game offers a new experience that acts as the perfect companion piece to that.
I thought you might like to see the flyer for the event:
If you like theatre that’s a little more impromptu than usual, why not come along to the next Script Factor evening at the York Theatre Royal on November 15th? Five writers bring alongfifteen minute scripts and find actors to fit them on the evening. The pieces – either complete or extracts from larger works – …
Over at Game Design Aspect of the Month, the first part of my article, Designing Puzzles Backwards, has just been posted. I’m not sure when part two will be posted, but I’ll let you know.
Today I posted the 100th Mitchell cartoon over on my Mitchell pages. Considering he came from a quick doodle, Mitchell quickly established his personality and I’ve had a lot of writing and drawing him. I hope to do so for a long time to come and hope you enjoy what you see and read. For …
Having worked on a number of casual games over the past few years, I’m struck by how quickly casual games evolve. In particular, it’s interesting to see how the Hidden Object genre appears to be evolving towards the traditional Adventure game.
Whenever I’m short of time, Octavius is the first of my strips and cartoons to suffer, which has prompted me a few times to consider giving it up altogether. Instead of doing this, though, I’ve given him his own Twitter account, which seemed the natural thing to do. I won’t remove the cartoon pages, but …
Today I posted the 100th episode of Story to Nowhere! It’s certainly been an interesting journey so far, trying not to think too far ahead, discovering the characters and what happens to them as I go along, not knowing if it will work. I still don’t know if it will work, but I’m finding it …
Yesterday evening I visited Leeds where I attended an evening with Alan Bennett, an event for Script Yorkshire members. It was an incredibly enjoyable evening as you’d expect from such a man. Hi book, A Life Like Other People’s, is among my favourites.
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about game writing rules, which seems to be getting a bit of interest again. I thought I’d mention it again in case you missed it the first time.