Tag: Desolation Isle

  • Ambush Illustration

    Andy has been reading various drafts of Desolation Isle stories, designing bits & pieces and sketching. It’s much easier writing when you have people reading your stuff (I’m not sure mom counts, no offense Moms). It’s even more fun when they illustrate things they read.

  • Storytelling in Games

    I’m surprised there is a debate about whether storytelling belongs in games. Story is how humanity communicates. It is the way we share experiences. It is how we convey meaning. With advancing technology and the tremendous variety of games being created, the possibilities for storytelling in the video game medium appear endless.

  • Welcome to Desolation Isle

    The wheezing, middle-aged fat man carried a small wooden crate down the moss-covered stone quay. In the afternoon glare of the two suns reflecting off the water, refugees were debarking from a ship. The fat man set the crate down in the middle of the quay, climbed on top of it and straightened his thigh…

  • Swords of the Weeping Towers, Part 2

    Rough draft continued… “The Weeping Towers?” Kytun called his attention back to the matter at hand. Radaam stared at Kytun a moment, catching up. He’d drank even more than Finn and Lurissa. “Yes.” “One of the southern bays of the isle?” “Yes. Desolation Isle. Bloody well named piss-pot of an island.” Radaam chuckled, amused at…

  • Swords of the Weeping Towers, Part 1

    This the rough draft of a project.  Andy & I are developing Desolation Isle as a digital game. This story and others are to serve as introductions & transmedia offerings for the IP. “I usually prefer girls.” “As do I.” Lurissa leaned back against the wall, throwing one long, leather clad leg up on the…