A Hardy Developer's Journal – as written by indie adventure game developers

Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky was Studio Ghiblis’ debut in terms of feature films and is considered a great homage to Jules Verne and Jonathan Swift‘s Gulliver’s Travels – an acknowledged inspiration.

The film starts with a neck breaking sequence of gunshots and bottles to the head as a young girl – Sheeta – attempts to escape her captors from a dirigible. (more…)

When playing an adventure game

there are many different factors that can make the experience an enjoyable one, some love puzzles, some the visuals, for me personally, it’s the story that has to be great, and a great story needs a great main character to drive it forward. (more…)