I’ve got a game idea kicking around in my head. Nothing may come of it. But if it does, it will use … dice! Of course, it will need dice that do funky things. Specifically, the dice need to have a probability curve that looks like a capital-M, or two camel humps. The extreme results … Read more
Back from Origins and super-tired. I don’t have the stamina to do a full write-up now, and work has already let me know that I won’t have the time to do one for the rest of the week. So I’ll hit the high points now and do a full write up over the holiday weekend. … Read more
Hi, all. Time has all-but overtaken us this year. Kat and I would like to run an Indie Games Explosion at DexCon this year. The convention is in East Brunswick, New Jersey from Wednesday, July 16 to Sunday, July 20. Unfortunately, that means that we will need event information by this Friday, June 13! If … Read more
I sent out the material for the final playtest of Serial this morning. I’ve had several volunteers from new friends and old who have never played the game before. They’ve offered to print out the forms, listen to the audio, and let me know how well this format teaches the game. Getting help is truly … Read more
Rob Bohl, the one-man Independent Insurgency, interviewed Kat and I about Serial last week. The episode is now available. Give a listen. Let me know what you think.
Been playing FreeRice: If you don’t know about it, it’s a vocabulary game that donates rice to the UN World Food Program every time you get a right answer. I generally hover around levels 42 and 43. There are 60 levels. Which just go that I like big words, but could stand to learn a … Read more
Well, being a father to a high school senior ain’t easy. There’s colleges to apply to, prom dresses to buy, driving skills to teach, and senior portraits to obtain. We did that last one last week. A sample’s below. The rest can be found at Kat’s Photobucket page
Making a recording of game rules that you intend to sell as the final product is proving to be a learning experience for me. In case anyone else decides that this route is right for their game, here’s some things I learned along the way so far. Use a pop filter Jeff Lower suggested I … Read more
from the Anthropological Survey: Cetus-Four: Unauthorized Colony head surveymanager: Wunfife Aye-fortree The surveyteam’s insertion went exactly according to protocol. While in transit to Cetus-Four, each team member engaged hyperlearning techniques to master the indigenous languages, as had previously been decoded by the surveyrobot stationed in orbit two years ago. The team prepared itself to endure … Read more
I finished recording the audio files for Serial, a game of the horrors of serial murder last night. Kat and I have a bit of sound-editing and form-creation yet to finish up, but by next week at the latest, I’ll be looking for some playtesters. This will be primarily a test of the sound files … Read more