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These Ponycorns Belong in a Museum (and at Maker Faire)!

These Ponycorns Belong in a Museum (and at Maker Faire)!

The kind and gentle folks at the Digital Game Museum have a booth at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire, and are prominently featuring Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure as a great example of digital making in action. i co-created the game with my then-5-year-old daughter Cassandra at TOJam 2011, and it has since become a [...] Keep Reading

 
 
Toll Jam

Toll Jam

Five minutes after the clock struck eight, signalling the end of TOJam, i broke out in hives. Itchy little bumps erupted on my hands and my feet. As i walked around in a daze, manouevring myself to the first floor for a slice of well-earned pizza, the hives crept up the sides of my neck [...] Keep Reading

 
 
Ryan Goes Overboard

Ryan Goes Overboard

Feeling the pressure to top last year’s TOJam collaboration with Cassie on Ponycorns, i’ve cooked up something new for 2012 that could bring joy to many more people. It’s called Project Overboard: The opinions i’m about to express are my own, and haven’t been filtered through or approved by the Project Overboard team. Spreading the [...] Keep Reading

 
 
Untold Entertainment Goes Forth

Untold Entertainment Goes Forth

When Untold Entertainment Inc. turned three last year, we were reeling from the fallout of the global economic collapse. It’s been a slow, difficult recovery, and we still have a lot of work left to do, but i’m happy to say we’ve nosed out of the tailspin. This was a landmark year for Untold; we [...] Keep Reading

 
 
5-Year-Old Girl Makes Video Game

5-Year-Old Girl Makes Video Game

As planned, i took my five-year-old daughter Cassie to TOJam, the three-day Toronto independent game jam, to make a game with me. And here it is: Play Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure Cassie drew all the pictures, wrote all the titles, and recorded the voice of the main character. She also came up with the NPCs [...] Keep Reading

 
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