Bretton HamiltonAug 24, 20171 minGame Jam - Super Skelly Belly#GameJam #SuperSkellyBelly #itchio Origin: Super Skelly Belly is a game that came out of the 24hr Forsberg Game Jam. The theme was Eterni...
Bretton HamiltonAug 16, 20171 minPrototype - Booty BattlesOrigin: Booty Battles is a local multiplayer game. It was designed as a prototype for a larger top-down pirate game I have been thinking ...
Bretton HamiltonMay 17, 201712 minVirtual Reality - Picking a New User's First ExperienceEach VR experience acts as a portal into a new world. A user’s first few encounters with this technology should be carefully selected to ...
Bretton HamiltonApr 15, 20173 minVirtual Reality - The Evolution of InterfacesThe ability for early humans to tell stories and share information was necessary to our survival as a species. Spoken word is limited by ...
Bretton HamiltonApr 13, 20172 minVisiting StockholmI just returned to Belgium from Sweden, where I met some fantastic developers and explored what the city of Stockholm has to offer! Best ...
Bretton HamiltonApr 1, 20172 minBit Bowling - Our First Public DemoIn Bit Bowling you play as a farmer who must "lead" his flock of sheep back down the mountainside. Not every sheep will survive the peril...
Bretton HamiltonMar 25, 20172 minBit Bowling - Leading the PlayerIn Bit Bowling you play as a farmer who must "lead" his flock of sheep back down the mountainside. Not every sheep will survive the peril...
Bretton HamiltonFeb 18, 20172 minBit Bowling - Humble OriginsMy final months in Australia were focused on immersing myself in new and challenging directions before I would have to make the ultimate ...
Bretton HamiltonFeb 4, 20172 minGGJ 2017 - Across the PondGlobal Game Jam 2017 Last week I participated in this years Global Game Jam! I had just landed after a 22hr trip from Australia and had t...
Bretton HamiltonJan 25, 20173 minReflection on 2016I'm back from a long break in maintaining this blog. After Unite and GCAP in Melbourne I was swamped in projects while preparing for a bi...
Bretton HamiltonNov 4, 20164 minGame Convention - Melbourne!UNITE 2016 Train Conductor World Paper Prototype Simon Joslin gave a talk about how paper prototyping was used to help design and refine ...
Bretton HamiltonOct 29, 20162 minColor Tag - Action ChartsColor Tag is a fast-paced local multiplayer game of hide-and-seek tag where the characters need to hide in plain sight by camouflaging th...
Bretton HamiltonOct 22, 20163 minColor Tag - Design Like WaterJacob McKee-Wright, a colleague of mine, recently pulled me aside with a request. He works at the Northern Sydney Institute (NSI) as a Ga...
Bretton HamiltonOct 15, 20164 minVirtual Reality - The Challenges We Face - Part 3If you haven't already, I highly recommend you read Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series! Otherwise, enjoy! Virtual Reality may seem lik...
Bretton HamiltonOct 7, 20163 minVirtual Reality - The Challenges We Face - Part 2If you haven't already, I highly recommend you read Part 1 of this blog series! Otherwise, enjoy! I'm standing at a cross-roads now. I've...
Bretton HamiltonSep 30, 20162 minVirtual Reality - The Challenges We Face - Part 1My first VR experience was playing Team Fortress 2 at an Australian game convention in 2014. The line was long; the experience was nausea...
Bretton HamiltonSep 23, 20167 minGame Jams - Twenty Games!One of my proudest accomplishments as an indie developer is how often I participate in game jams! While the games made at a jam are rarel...
Bretton HamiltonSep 16, 20165 minHow I Applied Game Design to TeachingIn the Australian Spring of 2014, I began work at Evocca. Richard Hill, a close friend, and the first developer I met in Australia recomm...
Bretton HamiltonSep 10, 20162 minMars - Getting StartedThe original concept came from a small design challenge I posed for myself wherein I attempted to come up with gameplay and narrative ide...
Bretton HamiltonAug 26, 20161 minAdventure Pals - Kickstarter Success!The Adventure Pals Kickstarter has been a huge success! We reached our goal with the support of 670 Backers! That's fantastic! So what's ...
