The new CITES Help Desk game, Destination: Mystery, has been put on hold. Management changes in the organization, coupled with the recent loss of one of our team members means that the future of the training games projects is currently under review. I'll expect to know more within a week or two, and in the meantime will be refining what has already been developed.
It is my hope that work on the games will continue at the very least through the spring of 2008, but the value of the training games program must be weighed against the needs of the organization.
I am looking forward to revisiting some of the work from the past 6 months. The pace we've kept up through now has not allowed as much reminiscing, and this seems to be the perfect time. I'll keep you up to date, and post more when I know more.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Onwards, to ADVENTURE!
The art and written game-content is done for Incident at Long Rock Junction! While I did finish the game, I dropped the ball on blog-updating after the holiday season. Additionally the game development team has lost one of its long time members; Chris Ritzo has moved onto another position at the University, and we wish him the best of luck!
This means that Nathan will be picking up the vast majority of technical issues, as well as designing and penning the games learning content. Despite this we're preparing to launch our first game in over a year and a half! Voyage to the Unknown should be getting its final touches this week. Whose excited? WE are, that's who.
This week marks the beginning of my work on game three, which right now I'm calling Destination: MYSTERIOUS. I really like the workflow I established for the last game, Incident at Long Rock Junction, and will stick with it for the next adventure. That means a couple weeks of writing and development before jumping into the art and technical work of the game. Additionally I'm going to give myself a week to more thoroughly research some of the applications and programs available online that could assist in the game development process. So sadly, no sketches for a short while. More updates next week!
This means that Nathan will be picking up the vast majority of technical issues, as well as designing and penning the games learning content. Despite this we're preparing to launch our first game in over a year and a half! Voyage to the Unknown should be getting its final touches this week. Whose excited? WE are, that's who.
This week marks the beginning of my work on game three, which right now I'm calling Destination: MYSTERIOUS. I really like the workflow I established for the last game, Incident at Long Rock Junction, and will stick with it for the next adventure. That means a couple weeks of writing and development before jumping into the art and technical work of the game. Additionally I'm going to give myself a week to more thoroughly research some of the applications and programs available online that could assist in the game development process. So sadly, no sketches for a short while. More updates next week!
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