Chris Hecker's new espionage game about subtle behavior, performance, perception, and deception.
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The first day of PAX is over, and we are still alive!!! We had crowds almost all of the time, and occasionally a giant line. Best of all, we had a fair number of repeat customers. One pair of guys game back 5 or so times, which is exactly what I was hoping for, because […]
Edit: check out the latest manual here. Okay, here is the slightly infamous Four Page Instruction Manual for playing SpyParty at PAX. I felt like I had to print this because of the one downside of the Depth-first, Accessibility-later development methodology I’m following. My goal with printing up this document is to save my voice […]
I’m busy writing the documentation booklet that I’m going to give to people wanting to play SpyParty at PAX1, and I needed an Xbox 360 Controller image to put in there so I can point to the buttons and say what they each do, just like real games do. Well, it turns out there isn’t […]
When you get a booth at a convention, you’re supposed to get insurance so that when somebody trips over a taped-down cable, bruises their knee, and sues you, they don’t end up owning your game. This is a screenshot from one of the insurance policies: It’s good to know the relative value of these things… […]
A few more teaser shots for the new cocktail stuff. Soon, drinks will be served by this nice gentleman, rather than teleporting directly into the hands of the partygoers. Of course, eventually you could choose to be the waiter or waitress, and that would certainly make poisoning the Generalissimo’s drink pretty easy, however you might […]
