DID YOU TOTALLY KNOW that in addition to creating Spellirium, a word puzzle/adventure game hybrid, we’re also working on a top secret project behind closed doors and blacked-out windows? While wearing masks and sunglasses? This is pretty much the only way to keep your game a secret. i have cooked up two monetization plans for [...] Keep Reading

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

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

i attended an industry event last night and fielded the same question over and over from my fellow game devs: “Howzit going?” We’re working on a word puzzle/adventure game hybrid called Spellirium. i’m happy to report that by all accounts, it’s going well. NEW to Spellirium: Introducing the Dictionary Feature We released a new playable [...] Keep Reading

We were at TCAF – the Toronto Comic Arts Festival – this past weekend, showing off a new Spellirium prototype, thanks to the generous support of the Hand Eye Society. Full Frontal Nerdity (thanks to Paul Forest for the photo) We ran two different pieces on the monitor. The first was an art reel, with [...] Keep Reading