I'm working on an interactive book for tablet devices and an accompanying soundtrack. Some of the images from the book are already on deviantArt but I doubt I will add any more. There isn't much interest in what I'm doing on here. If you are you can sign up for my newsletter at my website:

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I haven't done any updates in a while. I am working on things. Previews to follow soon. In the meantime, you can see some recent art on my deviantART page: http://shanesemler.deviantart.com/

I haven't done any updates in a while. I am working on things. Previews to follow soon.

My wife suggested I continue work on I Dream of Ghosts. So I guess I'm not done with games entirely. :)

GhostwheelGames and game projects are suspended indefinitely. Out of money, and time. I tried my best but my best wasn't good enough.

It's time to trust the player. Tell the narrative you want. The player will either be carried along or they won't. It's not a player problem, it's a writing/presentation problem. If you're not confident in your narrative, how can you expect the player to be?
That is the problem with the mainstream game developers and even indie games. They treat the ( Read more... )

It is tempting to force a player to follow a strict, linear path. I know. It's something I've caught myself doing on the game I'm curently working on. Even with more or less freedom movement, I've found myself attempting to direct the player. This is not the way to do things in an open environment. How can one expect players to be intelligent if ( Read more... )

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There goes the game, right in the crapper.


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