Secondtruth Blog Archives
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
My travelogue for the upcoming months includes some speaking engagements! On Monday (May 20) I am going to be speaking at Drexel University in Philadelphia among a panel of really smart people! The event is the Drexel Week of Writing, and our topic is – Pitfall! What Writers and Videogame Designers Need to Know About Each Other.…
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That Gorgeous Sorceress
A big controversy on the internet this past week has been the character designs in Dragon’s Crown. (Again. These designs have been around for a while, but the game release date was officially announced, with some new trailers.) I have complicated feelings about the character designs in Dragon’s Crown. Except that’s a lie; the truth…
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GameSprout is Coming!
Last week I mentioned I was moving to Pittsburgh for a new project. So let me tell you about what I’m working on now… http://gamesprout.com/ GameSprout is a new community for game designers and developers. The big idea – people pitch different game concepts for games they’d like to see made. The community votes on…
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New Developments
This week I officially am beginning a relocation to Pittsburgh to start working at Schell Games. I’m very excited about the new project that we’re doing and I hope to be able to provide more details real soon! My writing at Tap-Repeatedly will continue as well as the writing I do here, so I’m not…
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More PAX Roundup
Some hands-on previews I did at PAXhttp://tap-repeatedly.com/2013/03/pax-east-hands-on-outlast-and-remember-me/ And a chat about some new indie mystery adventure games!http://tap-repeatedly.com/2013/03/talking-cognition-at-pax-east/
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I’m at PAX East this weekend!
…And I made a post about it! http://tap-repeatedly.com/2013/03/my-friday-at-pax-east-2013/ I’ll hopefully make some others, though I’m working right now on hotel wireless. One thing that’s missing from my roundup post is a special shout-out to League of Legends. I’ve tried out League of Legends a little, but I haven’t played it enough to say I get at all…
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New Home for Cosplay Mystery Dungeon
Our 7-Day Roguelike has a semi-perma home now. http://secondtruth.com/cmd If you came here, you should also read this great blog entry about the music for the game!http://wootangent.net/2013/03/cosplay-mystery-dungeon-sound-design-for-a-seven-day-roguelike/
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7 Day RL Complete!
Wow! Our game is done! Play it now on the web right here! Cosplay Mystery Dungeon Or, you can download a standalone EXE. It’s in Flash. Here’s one more screenshot… Anyway, I wasn’t crunching on this super late like Switchbreak and Leigh were so major thanks to both of you for working so hard to…
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7 Day RL – Quick Update Friday
I just drew a screen, but it’s for when you win, so you’ll probably never get to see it. The game has 14 levels and 12 different enemy types. The challenge now is just to balance that out and find a place where the game is playable and fun, not too easy or hard. That’s…
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7 Day RL Update – Thursday
Thanks to Switchbreak’s tireless work, enemies now have real AI! And thanks to Leigh, there’s attack sounds for every player move! So cool! The enemies now have real sprites. The animations are… eh, kinda lifeless, but I know I have a limited amount of time to knock out a pretty big variety of sprite sheets.…
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