Creating Complexity

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Embassy of Time
October 12, 2019
'Play From Zero' Development Philosophy

(I have been asked about my limited writing here, and the reason is simple: My dad died in February, only a week before my birthday, and I have been... 'less' ever since. Hopefully, I am now getting back into some level action now. Hope my content will start to interest people again!)

I have…

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Embassy of Time
June 05, 2019
No market for 'good games'?

No, this is not about the quality of modern games, don't worry.

At the start of the year, a small handful of 'business angels' gave me a limited budget to come up with a game, both in concept, gameplay, and code. The basic idea was "a game that makes it fun to do good deeds", and the money w…

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Embassy of Time
April 20, 2019
When code just isn't enough...

I have this theory. It goes "nobody has any real idea what they're supposed to do until they're done doing it". Case in point, the project to gamify good deeds that I have gotten somewhat financed (working title simply "The Good Game") is still under frantic construction. And yet, I've only ever…

5,600 views
Embassy of Time
February 17, 2019
A game to save the (real!) world?

Little over a year ago, my blog postings on science in games inspired a small private investor to track me down for a chat. We talked about the next big ideas in games and how games connect to the real world. He eventually had me meet a few of his fellow investors to do a quick presentation. Eve…

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Embassy of Time
December 10, 2018
It's (almost) over: Post-thoughts on Meta-Narrative designs and impact

Dear lord do I sound like a pompus academic! Words are fun!!

The flashy title aside, I just got the full content of the second draft of "Worthless", the/a key storyline for a multi-game project I have been embarking on for about a year with s…

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Embassy of Time
December 04, 2018
Worthless, Chapter 63

(This is only the second draft of the book Worthless. Expect typos, plot holes, odd subplots and the occassionally wrongly named character, especially minor characters. It is made public only to give people a rough idea of how the final story will look)

 

Chapter 63

Fields as far as …

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Embassy of Time
December 04, 2018
Worthless, Chapter 62

(This is only the second draft of the book Worthless. Expect typos, plot holes, odd subplots and the occassionally wrongly named character, especially minor characters. It is made public only to give people a rough idea of how the final story will look)

 

Chapter 62

The slush in the …

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Embassy of Time
December 04, 2018
Worthless, Chapter 61

(This is only the second draft of the book Worthless. Expect typos, plot holes, odd subplots and the occassionally wrongly named character, especially minor characters. It is made public only to give people a rough idea of how the final story will look)

 

Chapter 61

The early morning…

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Embassy of Time
December 04, 2018
Worthless, Chapter 60

(This is only the second draft of the book Worthless. Expect typos, plot holes, odd subplots and the occassionally wrongly named character, especially minor characters. It is made public only to give people a rough idea of how the final story will look)

 

Chapter 60

"The safe route?"…

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Embassy of Time
December 04, 2018
Worthless, Chapter 59

(This is only the second draft of the book Worthless. Expect typos, plot holes, odd subplots and the occassionally wrongly named character, especially minor characters. It is made public only to give people a rough idea of how the final story will look)

 

Chapter 59

The damp streets …

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