CAT | Development Update
Having spent a great deal of time with XNA this week I must have, at some point, failed to wear adequate protection. It’s inside of me now and I had to go back to program, program my life away. The cause this time? Programming a somewhat working physics engine which I may or may not [...]
In line with applying for a job at 3 Bloke Studios I have been asked to provide demonstrations of prior programming knowledge, art experience or design talent. Having little to demonstrate the first two, despite a reasonable knowledge of programming, I set myself the task of programming a game tonight. As you can imagine, most [...]
The first screenshot from The Darkest Place.
Some time in the next few days the first screenshots of ‘The Darkest Place’ will be made available on the site. Possibly a short video after that. You didn’t think it actually existed, did you?
It’s time for a new development update on the game know alternatively as Conquer or The Darkest Place. This game will be granted its own web space shortly, but for now remains under wraps. The basic concept is an emotive exploration of the theme of human grief, loss and acceptance. A navigable environment has been devised that acts as an adept metaphor for the stages of grief. The player will need to overcome these stages and ultimately choose to accept or reject the reality placed before him.
Seems you can’t have your cake and eat it too, at least not without building some sort of elaborate cake delivery contraption first.
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Writing into the Gaps
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Today I begin the writing on the yet-to-be-officially-announced game under the working title of Conquer. This project will be an interactive exploration of the human experience of grief, and the techniques of meaningful communication in games.
Is it better to accept a great loss, to move on and start anew? Or is it better to embrace the easier path and carry the past with us? Can we ever really and truly accept it when our world is ripped out from underneath us and taken away forever?
I’m currently in denial. Don’t understand? Updates coming soon.
I still can’t help but feel I have beaten the system to achieve something mostly unnecessary. Anyway, back unto the endless river of work.
