Chris Hecker's new espionage game about subtle behavior, performance, perception, and deception.
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So, the wp-recaptcha plugin I use for spam protection in wordpress freaked out when I upgraded the blog to wordpress 2.9.2 the other day, and started marking all the incoming comments as spam automatically, which was very helpful, especially right before all the press coverage for SpyParty this week.1 I could not figure out why […]
I am still barely functional after a long GDC, but I playtested the heck out of SpyParty at the show, and I took a bunch of pictures of everybody playing, so I’ll be posting those soon. In the meantime, here’s a teaser: PS. WordPress is totally fired for not allowing links in image captions without […]
Jonathan Blow has finally started up the development blog for The Witness, his new game post-Braid, and he’s currently talking about the rendering technology and aesthetic he’s working towards. Jonathan and I often do “Indie Game Work Days” together (which we steadfastly refuse to call “coworking days”), where I’ll work on SpyParty and he’ll work […]
Technically, even though this post is getting published in February, I started writing it in January, 2010, so I think saying “Happy New Year!” still counts for something… 2010 is going to be the first full year of development on SpyParty, and I’m pretty excited about the progress so far. The official Goal for the […]
Will sent me a funny article the other day that is somewhat literally related to SpyParty. Here are some choice snippets: Britain’s Spies Plan to Party Like 007 When MI-6 Turns 1-0-0 Guest List and Menu for Its Black-Tie Fete Are Hush-Hush, but Spooks Must Go Dutch By STEPHEN FIDLER LONDON — In the Hollywood […]
