New comments plugin

Because I’ve been getting a lot of spam comments on this blog I’ve decided to try the Disqus comments plugin.  All the existing comments appear to have transferred over and I hope there’ll be no problems, but if you discover anything odd please let me know.

New video – A Star Performance

I’ve just posted the second Star Sweet and Honey Heart video to YouTube called A Star Performance. It’s a short video in which Honey steps on stage at the Ophelia Theatre to introduce her best friend, Star, who performs her new dance.  Show it to your kids, grandkids, younger siblings or nephews and nieces as …

Developing Thoughts – A Radio Voice in Games

I recently had the pleasure of accompanying Mark Estdale in giving a talk to a group of students at the Drama Centre in London about game writing and performance.  Mark is long-time friend, runs a voice recording studio called OM and has a huge number of games under his belt.  We’re both firmly of the …

London Screenwriters’ Festival

Having never been to a dedicated screenwriting festival before, attending the LSWF was a pleasure in itself, particularly being in the presence of so many talented and friendly people.  Because I’d been invited to speak as part of a panel on game writing, I felt doubly pleased to be there as I was able to …

SED coming to Android

Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand That Feeds is coming to Android devices according to AndroidGuys. “Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds was originally developed for PC by Floodlight Games. When the game launched on the iOS platform, it was immediately named one of the best five hidden object games by iPhone Quality Index, and …

On Projects and Progress…

I’ve been so focussed on my various projects that I’ve been neglecting my blog somewhat, so this is an attempt to rectify that to a degree. It’s been just over a month since I announced Star Sweet and Honey Heart and considering the relatively short time-span it seems to be going well with awareness growing …

William Nicholson – Serious Screenwriting

Last night at BAFTA, William Nicholson gave a talk.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t there, but there is a summary of tweets about it here. Although it sounds like an excellent and useful talk in its own right, almost all of the tweet comments can be applied to gamewriting.  So, “if you possibly can, be a writer/director, …

SSHH Press Release

This is the press release I’m sending out today: Press Release   Star Sweet and Honey Heart   EAST YORKSHIRE, UK (August 8th, 2011): Steve Ince takes great pleasure in announcing his new children’s IP, Star Sweet and Honey Heart, which stars two cute animal friends living in the beautiful town of Riverside.  The town …