i’m at the Seattle airport waiting for a flight, and i thought i’d blog about the Casual Connect conference i attended this week. The conference is held by the Casual Games Association, or Cuh-GAAAAH for short. This was my second time at the conference, and like most repeat visits to places, the show lost a [...] Keep Reading

We’re just starting to make great progress with Spellirium, our word puzzle/adventure game hybrid. For the past few months, it feels like we’ve been building pieces and elements of the game. Now that they’re built, we’re starting to assemble the actual game. Spellirium has two main modes: the lightning-quick Blitz Mode, where you try to [...] Keep Reading

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