Prototypes | Vivid Foundry https://vividfoundry.com Creativity emerges, even from structure. Sat, 13 May 2017 03:02:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Eviction Notice direction and design notes https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2017/05/01/eviction-notice-direction-and-design-notes/ Mon, 01 May 2017 01:12:18 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=2273 GDC17 was a great time, and I was happily surprised by the positive reception to Eviction Notice! Because of this, I want to share some of the core elements of design that drove me and the art direction that I pursued with this small-scale VR project. Eviction Notice’s design premise is very simple. It is […]

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]]> Halloween month brings a melancholic script to Eviction Notice VR https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2016/10/30/halloween-month-brings-a-melancholic-script-to-eviction-notice-vr/ Sun, 30 Oct 2016 06:00:18 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=2149 I am delighted that, since July 15, we’ve been working on Eviction Notice VR for the Samsung Gear. It’s something that we’ve contributed to whenever there is a moment outside of our regular work, and we have continually looked at ways that we can innovate on our way to tell a narrative story well. One […]

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]]> Eviction Notice: Gear VR development at Hyperreal Jam and onwards https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2016/08/14/eviction-notice-gear-vr-development-at-hyperreal-jam-and-onwards/ Sun, 14 Aug 2016 03:57:39 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=2127 The #HyperRealVR Jam was one of the most fun and involved jams that I’ve ever had. And we are still working strong on our current game on the Gear VR: Eviction Notice. It’s hosted by Dames Making Games at Gamma Space, a community that I’ve known for years for being incredibly welcoming and warm. Right […]

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]]> Acolyte – Wizard hands game at GGJ 2016! https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2016/02/01/global-game-jam-2016-acolyte-wizard-hands-oculus-leapmotion/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:47:44 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=2006 What a blast at Global Game Jam 2016! My teammates Douglas Gregory, Brent Mitchell and I wanted to create a VR experience during the jam. We had Oculus DK2 and Leapmotion devices on hand. Amazingly, GGJ’s 2016 theme was “ritual”, and the idea of wizard hands felt like a great excuse to try the Leap with […]

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]]> Game design elements for Solace State https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/11/07/early-production-ui-solacestate-scifi-visual-novel/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 15:31:03 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1871 Solace State is in its early production stage. It is an interactive novel where you play as Chloe, a young hacker who must navigate a near-future metropolis to re-unite with her friends, and contend with both the tyranny of the great and the sectarianism of the many. For more information, please see the recent re-introduction […]

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]]> Scar Tissue from TOJam 9 https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2014/06/04/scar-tissue-at-tojam-9/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:24:41 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1393 While buried with other work obligations, I was really pleased to have the chance to work with some really talented people at this year’s TOJam 9, the largest game jam in Toronto. For the uninitiated, it means that participants in teams of their choosing have 48 hours the weekend of April 25 to 27 to create […]

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]]> Babel at Bit Bazaar: Write-up of our experiences! https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/15/babel-at-bit-bazaar-write-up-of-our-experiences/ Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:13:15 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1299 Babel’s team had a great time in its first outing at Bit Bazaar’s Arcade. Bit Bazaar is a Toronto celebration of comics, arts and crafts, and the local game development community, brought to life at Bento Miso by Jennie Faber and her team of awesome volunteers. For the short amount of time that I was […]

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]]> Sound is a Spectrum: First chapter released for a new Twine game https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/sound-is-a-spectrum-first-chapter-released-for-a-new-twine-game/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:20:44 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1151 This is just something that I just started developing after coming out of Bit Bazaar and the first Babel build. I started thinking up the idea of creating a slice-of-life story of a girl who grew up in an entertainment agency and wants more than anything else to step into the role of an idol, […]

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]]> Playable Oculus Protoype: Double Blind level building https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/playable-oculus-prototype-medusa-double-blind-art/ https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/playable-oculus-prototype-medusa-double-blind-art/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:48:40 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1254 Double Blind is a project that first started in Aug 2013′s Indiecade/Oculus VR Slow Game Jam. It is a multiplayer PC first person game using the Oculus Rift Head-Up display. It features a tag game between two to four players, where one person plays at the Medusa, and are able to freeze other players in […]

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]]> https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/playable-oculus-prototype-medusa-double-blind-art/feed/ 1 ‘Encasement’: Finally, a solo weekend jam game at Dames Making Games https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/09/30/female-weekend-jam-game-solo-damesmakinggames-toronto/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 03:46:25 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1050 So I completed my first solo weekend game jam games at Dames Making Games (@DMGToronto) at the Snacktember members jam! It was a lot of fun, and definitely a test in self-judgement and self-reliance. Prior to this, I have completed Ludum Dare 26 (themed “Minimalism”) as a floater and the Oculus VR Jam (3 weeks […]

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