In one of my past lives, and one of my alternate futures, I was an AI programmer. On BioShock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified I made various splicers and aliens do what they should do. It was all state machines and behaviors, but what I really got excited about…

This is not about advice for getting your game discovered! This is a philosophical argument against the way the platform works right now. I’ll preface this by saying that I am not the most knowledgeable person on this topic, and I’m sure I’ll get some things wrong. This is all…

Since it’s the New Year and I was reminded of it, I tweeted out that people should remember to pay their quarterly taxes. I got a lot of questions! So I decided to make a short post summarizing this stuff for freelancers and small studios in the indie space. First…

Inkle Studios’ Ink scripting language is one of the absolute best tools for narrative games. I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone looking for an easy, powerful tool for creating written content for games. ink - inkle's narrative scripting language As used to author Heaven's Vault, 80 Days and Sorcery!: produce interactive scripts by writing in pure-text with ink…www.inklestudios.com We used Ink for all the text in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine — our character…

I have never done this before! In case you weren’t aware (as I wasn’t), in the novel/writing world it is customary to make a list of the work you’ve done in the year that is eligible for the various awards. …

UPDATE: Wow, this has gotten far more attention than I anticipated! In light of that, I want to clarify a few things and update you all on our plans for the future. First, many headlines have said the game was a “failure” or a “flop”. That’s not true, and definitely not…