I have been discussing the concept of “ambient gaming” with other developers for a while now, and realised that there is no clear definition of this concept, yet there are quite a few people who use this term. Here is a piece that sets out some of my own thoughts on what “Ambient Gaming” is [...]

As some of you may know I don’t just make games, I also write about making them. (And do loads of other stuff that is not relevant to this blog post) Somehow between all the other projects I have been working on over the years, I managed to write a book about level design (the [...]

Hey all, A while ago I announced my new game project Freeman, and was very happy with all the positive reactions we got as a result. Production continuing apace, and it is wonderful project to work on. (Which is the whole point of being an indie and working on your own IP). The name “Freeman” [...]

Hello all, some quick news updates : Gamasutra has featured an excerpt from my book: Level Design: Concept, Theory, & Practice, (see the sidebar to the right for an image link to Amazon), which is very nice, as I have had very few reviews and mentions so far. Hopefully this will get some eyes on [...]

Previously talking about Freeman, my new game currently in production, I have said that a key aspect of Freeman is its attitude towards exploration. Since I have made that claim a few times now I thought it a good idea to expand on that and share a few thoughts on the subject. Many games claim [...]

With great pleasure I can finally announce that we are working on a new version of Eufloria, a reboot as Alex has dubbed it, for PlayStation Network. Alex has quit the day job and has gone indie fultime just like me. He is already busy working on Eufloria PSN. The game will see many improvements [...]

Welcome to my revamped site, it was really not up to modern standards so I decided it was time for a reboot. There are dozens of blog posts I would like to write, including news on my book (see the link in the right hand pane) and news on the continuing development of Eufloria, but [...]