I don’t think that writers block (or artists / designers / creators block) is a fear of the blank page or canvas. I think a creator gets “blocked” because they haven’t adequately defined the proble...

First off, Thank you to anyone who has been reading this blog. I have enjoyed writing it.  But.  I have some good news and some bad news.  First the bad news. I ending the blog and all other gam...

Games are enjoying a golden age. The first generation that never knew a world without video games is well into bringing up the first generation that will never know a world without the internet. Ga...

My Neighbour Totoro is one of my favorite movies. It’s probably in my top five, if I cared to order the movies I love in that way. I don’t. There are just too many. Do I rank them by times watched?...

This week I was cleaning up some models, making a couple new models, and doing a UV unwrap on this character.      That weird looking pelt in the bottom right is the UV layout There are about se...

I wanted to create a small sample scene of actual assets from Adventure Caddie. I’m only now coming to grips with the rigging and animation systems in blender, so I opted instead to use a bunch of ...

Best Games - Encounter! I played Encounter on an Atari 800 computer. I played it a lot.  It would be 10 years before Id software would recapture,with Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, the fluid control, s...

Blender The first 3D animation program I learned to use was Truespace 3D in the mid 90’s. I would later go on to use, autocad, power animator, maya, and 3DSMax. The list of peripheral modellers, r...

There are a lot of examples of morality systems in games. Games where there is a light or dark, good or bad choice. Often the choices are explicitly highlighted for you, and you will receive reward...

A few years ago, when I made signs, I created a complicated measuring tool that could take the place of 7 or 8 other, large, unwieldy tools. It was cut out of one, fairly light piece of aluminum, a...