Spirit Island Development Update: For my third Unity prototype, I created an "interrupt system" for the player to interact with and impact a linear dialogue chain. The goal is for the player to feel like less of an observer and more of an active participant during a dialogue scene. Part 1: Inspiration + Research Part 2: Design Part 3: Postmortem The “cop car scene” is where I’ve tested out my own “interruption system.” The Sheriff is taking Emma to her father’s house to allow

Florence is an iOS touchpad game released just a couple of weeks ago on Valentines day. It was created by a tiny (four person) team called Mountains out of Australia, and published by Annapurna Interactive. It is a short, linear narrative game about romantic relationships which is playable in about an hour and which may or may not make you cry (speaking from personal experience). Florence tells a single, linear story, and the game element is figuring out which interactions wi

The Room Three is a first person adventure game for iOS and Android devices wherein a player explores mysterious, highly-rendered environments while progressing by solving “puzzle box” style puzzles. It was developed by Fireproof Games, a small indie outfit who have grown (slightly) bigger following the success of their The Room series, their first games as a studio. Audience Analysis The Room Three is a game for explorers, through and through. The only player objective is to