These are intended to be general learning goals achieved by the end of an apprenticeship. They represent only the basic learning required to handle and fly a hawk on game. I consider falconry an ongoing lifelong learning process for the falconer. Before an apprentice can move on and begin self-direction as a General falconer, I …
As part of my work as a falconer, I have been lucky enough to work with some of the best falconers in the state, many of whom have strict rules for how they work with apprentices. From them, I have been compiling the requirements that I believe are most likely to generate the best possible …
One place that writing happens in modern computer RPGs is in character dialogue. There are as many ways to do this as there are CRPGs, but your goals are the same; reveal character, without resorting to exposition, and still provide an interactive experience. Doing Dialogue Two prime modes exist for dialogue in CRPGs; cinematic, and …
As part of building a class on writing for game design in Fall of 2017, I’m creating a series of assignments here. Some will end up in the course, no doubt, and some won’t, but I think my teaching is better when I echo chamber my work far in advance and then go back and …
In fall of 2017 I am teaching a class at St John Fisher college titled “Writing for Games.” The course description I have cooked up goes something like this. “In this course students focus on the practical and artistic writing elements of game design. This includes writing dialogue scripts for video games, understanding the part …
Marketing, real marketing, is the single most important part of your budget in a game store. I’m not talking “oops I ran that event below cost let’s write it off as marketing” screw ups, I’m talking about genuine “get people in your door and excited” marketing. If you read around the game industry, and retail …
In business and in life I spend a lot of time looking ahead and projecting. Will big box retail hurt my sales? Will my staff perform above average, or just average? Will I remember to order playmat tubes if I leave myself a 5th reminder message? Whatever it is I’m dithering over, 90% of the …