By Guido on
A few weeks ago we ran a small focus group among Deathfire fans, as you may remember. Many of you have been eager to hear about the results of this focus group and as I had promised, %%% % % % today I want to share with you a closer look at the outcome. The focus group was designed to… Continue reading "A look at the focus group results and Deathfire’s final title"
By Guido on
I recently did a lengthy podcast interview the great folks over at Darkstation and I thought I’d let you all know that the podcast is now live on their site in the “Darkcast” section. The podcast has the title Making Zombies with Fire and covers a lot of ground. Not only did we talk about my current game project, Deathfire,… Continue reading "Darkstation Podcast with lots of background info"
By Guido on
As I promised, I want to talk a little more about the technology behind Deathfire today. I mentioned on numerous occasions that we are using Unity3D to build the game, but of course that is only a small part of the equation. In the end, the look and feel of the game comes down to the decisions that are being… Continue reading "The technology behind “Deathfire”"
By Guido on
Usually when starting a new role-playing game, one of the first things you begin to work on is the underlying game system. Deathfire was no different. After a few programming tests to prove general feasibility of certain key features, the first thing we turned to was the game’s character generation. Because the player’s stats, attributes and traits are at the… Continue reading "Deathfire’s Character Generation – the stats at the heart of the game"
