Sunday, February 28, 2021

Updates from antipodes, year 2021

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Hey all, it's been a while. Here's a brief update on my life -- I've successfully moved to New Zealand and I currently reside in...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The year of changes - kia ora Aotearoa

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Earlier this year I submitted my letter of resignation as assistant arts professor at New York University, so Fall 2020 will be my last seme...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

new Quake map: "It Will Be Summer Eventually"

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My third Quake map is another multi-level arena, a bit similar to my previous map Smell It In The Street . I made it for Speedmap #210 (SM21...
Monday, August 10, 2020

new Quake map: "Smell It In The Street"

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I made another Quake map! This one is called "Smell It In The Street" and it was made for the Doom Tintin map jam , a level design...
Monday, June 22, 2020

Hard Lads as an important failure

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Hard Lads by Robert Yang This post “spoils” what happens in my new game Hard Lads . If you care about spoilers, you should play it before...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

The powerful presence of non-presence in "Out For Delivery" by Yuxin Gao, Lillyan Ling, Gus Boehling

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" Out For Delivery is a 42 minute playable documentary shot with a 360-degree camera. The slice-of-life experience follows a food de...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Tactics games in 2020: game design notes about Horizon's Gate and Gears Tactics

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I finished playing two 2020 RPG tactics games recently: Horizon's Gate and Gears Tactics. I've also written at length about Invisibl...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

fy_iceworld feature for RPS

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Hey all. Hope everyone's been doing OK. Remember level design? That's still important, right? Anyway, I wrote a 2 part feature ...