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Left-Hand Path Is Now Available To Buy!

Yes, you can now prepare to die in VR!

Left-Hand Path, my Dark Souls-inspired RPG where you cast spells by drawing arcane glyphs in the air, is now available on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/488760

It’s 10% off for the first week so if you have a Vive, grab it now!

The discussion on Reddit is over here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4oymdw/lefthandpathisnowavailabletobuycast

Left-Hand Path, my Dark Souls inspired, wizardry-based room-scale VR RPG, is coming next week!

Yep, it’s coming soon – June 20th, to be exact!

Cast spells, perform rituals, learn terrible truths and try not to die in this Dark Souls-inspired roomscale RPG.

You awaken in a darkened castle – or is it something else? – full of dangerous creatures, a history of tragedy, and arcane powers that you can wield. From there, you’ll delve into the weird landscape of the Well Of All Rewards…

The…

Coming Soon For The Vive… Dark Fantasy Spellcasting RPG

So, a product announcement of sorts.

About a month ago, the HTC Vive VR headset arrived on my doorstep. I was very busy at the time finishing off a film and developing a 2D RPG, but I thought I’d play with it for an evening anyway.

Approximately 2 hours later, I emerged, and said “holy crap, this is the future.”

I put all projects aside from the film (released a week later as Dangerous…

Raft Game – A New RoomScale VR Experiment

It’s time for another VR experiment!

RaftGame is a rafting sim – as simple as that. Paddle frantically around a course, try and get the best possible time, and don’t capsise (it is possible, trust me).

This is a very minimal VR experiment – to a full-fledged indie game as Valve’s “Lab” experiments are to their full game releases.

DOTAView Virtual Reality Viewer for the HTC Vive – Test Roomscale VR Project

I recieved my HTC Vive roomscale VR device last week, and I’m phenomenally impressed. It’s a massive leap forward from the seated VR experiences of the Oculus Rift Developer Kits, and much closer to what I would consider “True” Virtual Reality.

As a result, I’ve immediately leaped into test development for it.

So here’s a small proof of concept: nothing complex, just a viewer for a few of…

DANGEROUS TREASURES – An Action-Comedy Of Lovecraftian Horror And Frantic Googling.

DANGEROUS TREASURES is now available for worldwide viewing! Please share, like, and upvote!

These geeks think of themselves as 2016’s Indiana Jones. Too bad the thing they’ve awoken knew Cthulhu. Personally.

A story of Lovecraftian horror, frantic action, and deepweb forum culture.

If you enjoy DANGEROUS TREASURES, please retweet, s…

“Dangerous Treasures” Premiere Announcement!

If you’re at Conpulsion in Edinburgh tomorrow, you’ll be able to catch the World Premiere of my next film, “Dangerous Treasures”.

It’s premiering at the Teviot venue, 6:15pm.

Should be a great time!

The Next Movie Is Ready…

The NEXT PART of my Lovecraftian horror/comedy series (which started with “HOWTO: Demon Summoning”) is finally ready for release!

It’s coming out next week, on Tuesday April 12th.

Starring Ian Mulliner, Vicki Glover and Phil Crawley, it’s much more action-heavy than HOWTO, as Ian and Vicki’s profit-seeking occultists attempt to get themselves out of the horrible occult trap they’ve sprung…

More…

I’m Speaking At Edinburgh’s “Conpulsion Underground 2016” Gaming Convention

This weekend I’ll be a guest at Conpulsion, Edinburgh’s RPG and general gaming convention, alongside Charles Stross, M. Harold Page and many other gaming and writing luminaries.

I’ll be around the con for a good portion of the weekend, and specifically I’ll be speaking on the following panels (subject to change at the last minute like all good conventions, of course!) –

So you want to design…

Inquisitor’s Oath announced – let me know what you think!

After many years of not doing so, I’ve finally decided it’s time. I’m making a game.

Specifically, I’m making a dark, story-driven JRPG called Inquisitor’s Oath.

It’s now in Steam Greenlight’s Concepts section – it’s not up for full Greenlight yet, this is just to get an idea of what people think. So, have a look, vote, let me know!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IMO1hg1xDg&w=853&h=48…

Video: Testing The Leap Motion In VR. Contains Happy Swearing.

As promised, I managed to get longtime SC collaborator Johnnie Ingram to test out the Leap Motion’s new Orion software in VR so I could record it.

Well, I say “I managed” – actually he insisted. Forcefully.

And his response was…

Well, let’s just say he was impressed.

Afterward, Johnnie described the experience as mind-blowing”…

Leap Motion ORION: Yes, The Leap Works Now

So, some time ago, a company called LEAP Motion produced a demo video that looked truly incredible.

They claimed to have a new piece of technology, a tiny little box, which would track your hands and usher us all into the world of Minority Report.

Like a lot of folk, I bought one. In my case, I bought one specifically because motion-capturing hands is a Hard Problem: it’s possible to get inert…

Realtime Visuals Vs Pre-Rendered: How Close Can I Get?

OK, before I begin this, I should mention one very important salient fact: this comparison is specific to one non-photorealistic project.

As mentioned a couple of days ago, I’m looking once again at using realtime engines as movie renderers for my Stone And Sorceryproject. That’s a non-photorealistic animated series, using a strong voxel / Minecraft aesthetic. As such, I wondered just how close I…

First Look: Amazon’s New Games Engine, Lumberyard

I just saw that Amazon have gotten into the games engine business with a new engine, Lumberyard.

I’ve had a look at the documentation and features list – haven’t tried to build anything in it yet – and wrote up my thoughts as a comment over at Hacker News. Since that became rather long, I thought I’d reproduce it here as an article for others who might be interested.

Digging into the details,…

Summoning a demon using a YouTube tutorial. What could go wrong?

Find out now: watch Cthulhu Horror-Comedy HOWTO: Demon Summoning, my first live-action film after 20 years of making animated movies.

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