Last week, i was invited by New Brunswick Community College in Miramichi to speak at their Jalloo animation and gaming festival. i was a last-minute replacement, which was expected … i’ve only ever been asked to speak at one other event, as a late-breaking replacement on a panel at a local Toronto conference. i’m the [...] Keep Reading

Last Friday, i took a tour of the Bell Lightbox with a few other folks from the indie games scene. The Lightbox is a building in downtown Toronto where the industry screenings of the Toronto International Film Festival will be held. Since the place is still under construction, we donned our orange hardhats and startlingly [...] Keep Reading

Last week, we talked about the world of Spellirium – an apocalypse-ravaged time called The Now, where modern civilization has been buried beneath a mile of earth. Today, i want to introduce you to the two main characters in the game: Brother Todd and Lorms. Brother Todd is the youngest member of the secret society [...] Keep Reading

Prerequisites: Basic Flash Project Setup Drawing with Strokes and Fills Groups and Layers Begin Flash wasn’t always this difficult to get your head around. Before it was hijacked by codemonkeys, the software was a very capable animation program. The focal point of Flash animation is the Timeline, and all the wonderful things it can do. [...] Keep Reading

They say you can’t win ‘em all. That’s usually true, except in the case of my insane day at the TOJam Arcade when i, in point of fact, actually did win ‘em all. This is me, trying to blast off. Photo by the unstoppable Brendan Lynch. Click for the full TOJam 5 Participants Gallery. TOJam, [...] Keep Reading