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Aesthetic of flashing lights
Thanks to the influence of animation and Edward Tufte, in the design of my own games, I normally go with the judgement that visual contrast should match the relative importance of any object within the game. I’ve been trying to … Continue reading
Idea I’m never going to implement
So this is an idea I’m never going to implement since it involves two things I’m not interested enough in to maintain it past the joke stage. So I’ll toss it out there in incomplete form. It would be a … Continue reading
Mistake to watch for
This game called Huebrix is a pretty nice puzzle game. The only thing I object to, is when I finish a level, it hangs for a fraction of a second before it shows you’re complete. I presume it must be … Continue reading
Software limitations
I’ve been bumping against software limitations recently. OpenOffice Calc won’t import 13000 entries from a CSV file, so I had to use Base. And then Base doesn’t like handling Regex stuff. If you use “Import Video Frames to Layers” in … Continue reading
Science fiction and explanation
I’m going to touch again on my earlier post about Science Fiction’s enticing of present-tense curiosity. I made passing reference to the opening scroll as something that is so often forced upon science fiction film, to its detriment. Science fiction … Continue reading
Vimeos Videos Vimeos Videos
I’ve been posting a lot of new things to Vimeo lately. Biggest one is Pumpkin Sam Theories: But I also put up some footage from games I made, another film transfer test and a compositing test.
Laser Portraits
I made these with a long exposure and a barcode-scanner. I did not blind myself doing it.
Art Film + Science Fiction film
First, from a post on the Groovy Age of Horror blog. I was struck by this quote from Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster: We are all like Scheherazade’s husband, in that we want to know what happens … Continue reading
Slimy Things Did Crawl
This is my game I made for the Ludum Dare, called Slimy Things Did Crawl. Note I have a newer version up here now. It’s based on the theme of “Evolution” which includes the basic mechanics, that you’ve got to … Continue reading
“What the hell am I supposed to do while they’re fractionating rat’s brains?”
I have Altered States on DVD. A lot of the attention for the movie is on the psychedelic hallucination sequences, but I also really love the dialogue. I may be the only one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b8mUA5C8CQ&t=0m13s It’s also part of a small … Continue reading