systemic 4 Feb 2024 · 11 min read Everything wrong with hand-written narrative The limitations of authored narrative as opposed to systemic Read more
systemic 3 Feb 2024 · 10 min read The Promise of Adventure The impossible dream of freedom in story games Read more
systemic 8 Dec 2022 · 22 min read Embodied manipulation Designing a control scheme for interacting with the world in a immersive sim open world adventure game Read more
systemic 5 Dec 2022 · 5 min read Traversal freedom A systemic game should provide variety that invites use of different tools and tactics without strictly enforcing those. Read more
horizon 13 Nov 2022 · 8 min read Health in games Replacing health can lead to deeper immersion, clearer understanding an interesting depth. Read more
systemic 12 Nov 2021 · 5 min read Systemic story game development 2021 Welcome to Adventure alpha zero 2021. This is the second post in the series about my design for a systemic story game. The first was about NetHack. I have been Read more
story 1 Jun 2020 · 3 min read NetHack It has been 30 years and there are still no game that has managed to surpass NetHack. Read more