I’ve played it now. All the way trough. No one can tell me that I don’t know or don’t understand The Witcher 3 because I have a trophy, clearly stating that I’ve gone from point A to point B and I have completed it. I still think there are pretty severe issues with The Witcher,... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – Chains of Command
I need to take a break over the weekend because I have articles and reviews to write, so less of my own stuff, more stuff for other people. If I have the time, I intend to plan out the data map I need to set up items and evens in Chains of Command. One thing... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – Chains of Command
It’s been a year since my mom’s partner and my bonus dad passed away, a year and roughly two months since my uncle on my mother’s side passed. A year and a month since my best friend passed. All of them passed due to cancer or complications caused by cancer. Fuck cancer. Needless to say,... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – Chains of Command
So today I spent a few hours leading about arrays and data maps, all in service of creating an inventory. There’s an inventory of sorts in both Chains of Command and Murder Mysteries. I also found an appalling amount of spelling errors in the text I wrote for Chains of Command. One never stops learning,... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – Chains of Command
Chains of Command is a choose your own adventure story I wrote about 20 years ago. I’ve dug it up from my closet and started to implement it in Twine. It’s very derivative of Star Trek, a star alliance, a planet that wants to join, rumours of slave trade in the capital etc etc. I’m... Continue Reading →
Game Design Diary – Chains of Command
I have a confession to make. I have been unreasonably afraid of game engines for a while. I find the UIs intimidating and the supposed “tutorial” material dense and obscure. Forums I have visited have been tainted with toxicity of varying degrees, questions around basic functionality mocked and the questioner admonished to “git gud”. But... Continue Reading →