Risk Legacy is a campaign version of Risk. It plays like a house-rules version of Risk initially, but the game changes dramatically over time as players customize it. Not only do players write on the board and put terrain-altering stickers and notes on the board, but the various factions … Keep reading
NaNoGenMo, aka National Novel Generation Month, is Darius Kazemi’s brainchild where people create procedural generation systems to make novels, starting November 1 and ending November 31.
I got really excited about doing NaNoGenMo this year. My goal was to create a system in C# that would read from a … Keep reading
Before anything else, a little housekeeping:
I’m back from the Hawaii honeymoon! Here’s a picture of far too many rainbows. We also have a picture of far too many … Keep reading
Since Ludum Dare, I’ve been fiddling with procedural generation schemes, mostly for things that look like this:
Last night, I posted that image to Twitter, and received … Keep reading
My friend Tracy believes that a certain amount of sunlight and exercise are necessary for the health of the human spirit. Therefore, he routinely drags me into the wilderness to see green growing things, for which I am appropriately grateful.
On Sunday, we went to the Sudbury River, where we … Keep reading
Back in August, I attended Boston GameLoop, an annual game development unconference. I’ve been going for years, and I’m always impressed by the sheer wealth of knowledge available.
I take notes. Lots of notes. And I’m writing up my notes from this year (in fleshed-out form) for everyone who … Keep reading
Once upon a time, I spent three months writing an IF game called Five Gods Exiled. It was a spectacular failure.
Five Gods Exiled was a Frankensteinian attempt to combine the core mechanics of Arkham Horror with the procedural generation of ZAngband and execute the whole thing in … Keep reading
Back in August, I attended Boston GameLoop, an annual game development unconference. I’ve been going for years, and I’m always impressed by the sheer wealth of knowledge available.
I take notes. Lots of notes. And I’m writing up my notes from this year (in fleshed-out form) for everyone who … Keep reading
Earlier this August, I attended Boston GameLoop, an annual game development unconference. I’ve been going for years, and I’m always impressed by the sheer wealth of knowledge available.
I take notes. Lots of notes. And I’m writing up my notes from this year (in fleshed-out form) for everyone who … Keep reading
Dan Fabulich and Choice of Games just announced three new options for ChoiceScript’s randomtest feature that should reduce headaches in testing. Now, you can check boxes for:
1) Avoiding the use of previously-selected choices. This will help find bugs faster, especially edge case bugs.
2) Reducing the display text … Keep reading
