Woooo. Hopeless Start final stretch! I’m so excited. We are going to release it Sunday on the Bullet Decision website. If you don’t know, Hopeless Start is a demo for ReAct: Bullet Decision. You play as Mika, a introverted college student who doesn’t want to do anything but play games. While lazying around, she hears… Read More 7/28/17
For a little while now I have been trying to think of how to use Messenger chatbots to tell a resonating interactive story. I deployed the Bullet Decision messenger bot the other day, and it’s cool and all. It’s interesting and gives a bare bones feel of what BD will be. But it’s not magical.… Read More Interactive Fiction and Chatbots
aliiaction: This week has been both hectic and kinda boring! Copyediting, finishing Hopeless Start, oh and the shirts! Last week I finished what was probably the final pass at the Hopeless Start writing. I sent it out for some constructive criticism before, and most of my feedback was good. I did get a few comments… Read More 7/21/17
This week has been both hectic and kinda boring! Copyediting, finishing Hopeless Start, oh and the shirts! Last week I finished what was probably the final pass at the Hopeless Start writing. I sent it out for some constructive criticism before, and most of my feedback was good. I did get a few comments to… Read More 7/21/17
It feels like everything is getting voice acted. AAA games have every possible line of dialogue voice by a well-known VA. Re-releases are coming out boasting about how they are voice acted now. But is it right for your game? My personal preference is, no. I don’t really care for voice acting. At least not… Read More Voice Acting in IF/VN
I’m hoping to get some art/gameplay mock up done soon. I’m currently working on implementing a full demo using a side story. But since neither are actually ready, let’s talk about the mechanics we’re going to see. The most obvious mechanic is going to be the dialogue tree. You make choices, response to people, and… Read More 3/31/2017
Since my last post was about how I chose the naming style in my game, it seemed like a good time to go over how to pick names. The answer is easy: just pick it. Whoops. I guess that would be too short. To expand on that, the process I use is pretty simple. Most… Read More 3/26/17
Let’s talk about character names! Or at least, the character names in my game. They’re a little different. Have you ever met someone at a game shop or the grocery store and had a nice conversation but never exchanged names? I do this all the time. Maybe it’s rude, but when I talk to someone… Read More 2/24/17
Text adventures, interactive fiction, point and click. They aren’t dead yet, but they might as well be. There is a strong trend of comparing new release to older games. Games that were made in the 80’s and 90’s. Now what does that mean to someone like me? Someone who was born in ’95 and didn’t… Read More More than nostalgia.
When I first decided to make a game, that was it. I just said I’m making a game, no ideas, no nothing. It wasn’t until a few days after, with things mulling and muses musing that I got my first Game Idea™. It was the basis of my game for 3 months. I expanded on… Read More Guildlines
Alex Acton 