A question from Chris Norris:
Greetings, Mr. Avellone
I saw your lecture at Framework 09 and was deeply inspired. I am currently studying to be an animator, but writing and design speak to me more than art or animation does. I was hoping I could ask you a few short questions?
1) I've looked at transferring to a games design degree and they teach classes such as physics, programming (LUA, C++) -and- manage to pack one or two art classes in there as well. I am w
Thanks to Andrew (Son of Skywalker) and EUCantina.net, part 1 of writing/designing Star Wars comics/games is up at:
Star Wars Expanded Universe Interview Part 1
Clone Wars Adventures (Issues 7-10) is also nominated for Best Children's Comic in the 2008 Eisner Awards! I feel incredibly stoked (I contributed stories for issues 7, 8, and 10).
Found this in the backroom, although the disk was probably still lodged inside the C64. Love the credits page.
And even found my old school handmade Wasteland Vegas map. The Scorpitron is clearly indicated in... uh... faded pencil. Along with everything else.
Happy holidays, all!
I got to join some distinguished colleagues in giving some comments on world, story, and character design - many thanks to Vince for giving us the opportunity.
You can find the interviews and the collected thoughts at:
Story, Character, World Interview at Iron Tower Forums.
Working on Alpha Protocol is great, although it has caused some... changes around the office.
Alpha Protocol work environment.
Hope you all are having a more fun and less paranoid week than I'm having.
Got back from Comic-con, and here are some pix from the show, in case anyone is interested.
Just a heads up that we'll be at Gen Con and PAX in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for Mask of the Betrayer.
Technically, this is "Unofficial GDC Report, Part 3." Technically. This is because this topic goes faaaaaar beyond GDC.
Regardless, I wanted to take a moment to show you why we love the fans who hate us.
Finally made it back from the Game Developer's Conference, and I'll be blogging the experiences through this coming week and the next.
I will say, that parties at GDC can get awkward, depending on the celebrity turnout.
