Originally posted on Versu:
Blood & Laurels is covered in the July 7 edition of The New York Times (page C1 in the print edition): What Blood & Laurels offers is one of those quintessential video game moments, a first glimpse at something on the horizon. The coverage is part of a larger article about…
Originally posted on Versu:
Cults. Conspiracies. Poison. Stabbing. Blackmail. Seduction. Prophecies and rumors. Divine wrath — or possibly just bad weather. Our new Versu game, Blood & Laurels, is now live in the App Store for iPad. With more than 10 times as much authored text as you are likely to see in a single…
Originally posted on Versu:
Until February of this year, the Versu project had its home at Linden Lab, exploring the possibilities of interactive storytelling with advanced character AI by Richard Evans (Sims 3, Black and White) and dialogue modeling by Emily Short (Galatea, Alabaster), as well as work by authors Jake Forbes (Return to Labyrinth)…
Heaven’s Vault is a game about piecing together meaning from atom-sized pieces. The game’s chief mechanic involves translating inscriptions from Ancient, building a larger and larger personal dictionary until you’re able to interpret entire passages of scripture and significant warnings. This mechanic is highly satisfying, especially during the early phases of the game. Words in … Continue reading “Heaven’s Vault (inkle)”
These are some slides and text based on the talk I gave at the British Library’s Off the Page: Chapter Two event on April 13. I was invited to speak about works of mine that make use of classical sources. It’s relatively rare that I get to give a talk actually about classics (even in … Continue reading “Metamorphic Texts (Talk)”
Events April 2, I’m on a session at the London Games Festival interactive narrative summit about whether AI can tell stories. (Preview: the answer is “it depends what you mean by that.” But we can definitely get more into it.) April 4, the Spring Thing interactive fiction festival opens and games become available to play. … Continue reading “End of March Link Assortment”
Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 