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

Finally, there has come the moment that I was waiting for a very long time – I can start a production diary for my own adventure game! Not because I have just put together a loose concept or created the first artwork, no. It is the right moment to begin writing about the game because I have now finished a working version of one of three acts of the full project – to be tweaked and released soon (next month) as a WIP demo. So, while much much work still needs to be done, even on the demo, from this moment on there will be always  some solid virtual entity to refer to. In other words, Frantic Franko now lives! (more…)

This little comic strip was originally created to sweeten the reading time for people brave enough to venture into my giant-sized, almost philosophical essay Gamer’s (illusion of) freedom about how games limit your actions to the extreme and make you love it. Still, the comic is a minor masterpiece in itself, so it should be made possible to be admired by everyone. (more…)

ALOHA!

Back in 2008 my adventure gaming and classic LucasArts obsessions drove me to creating a Som & Maxie themed comic strip (instead of producing something honest and original) . And it’s all about branes. So, If you’d like to read it yourself – and this should be a no-brainer – click on

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