Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). But before I explain the narration, I want to jump back in time when I started building the endless terrain generator. Master in Integrative Design.

Prototyping 52

Prototyping Terrain Open World Rigging 52

Real Programming

MAY 11, 2023

Gabe develops models of worlds powered by the coding language C++ to test and simulate how rugged electric vehicles would handle the terrain. Imagine, car companies can do preliminary tests to measure how a new vehicle concept will perform even before building a prototype!

Code 98

Code Point and Click Simulation Terrain 98

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Before doing a full item-by-item review, I started with two special categories of unique build-defining items: aliens artifacts and Exiles prototypes. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0, Categorical Approach.

Balance 52

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Naked simulated AI people ("peeps") arrive and flow across the terrain. In her excellent book Narrative As Virtual Reality , Marie-Laure Ryan outlines some common understandings of virtual: virtual as "digital": inspired by computer concepts like virtual memory. Was Theseus the mouse "intelligent", are my peeps "intelligent"?

Simulation 52

Simulation Art AI Internet 52

Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005). Like many game prototypes, my initial sheepherding test began as something much grander and more complicated. It's mostly "safe for work" even if the actual game is not.

Pixel 52

Pixel Film Art NPC 52