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As many gamers undoubtedly know, the question of whether games should be considered an art form is a slightly controversial and frequently debated one. Regardless, a number of developers in recent years have seen fit to express artistic concepts in the form of games, a practice that promotes innovation and creativity in the industry. Victi: […]

There appears to be some sort of trend these days when it comes to acclaimed Underground adventure game developers turning out commercial projects. First we had Dave Gilbert’s The Shivah and, more recently, The Blackwell Legacy. Now Ian and Greg Schlaepfer of Herculean Effort Productions, best known for their freeware Apprentice series, have arrived with […]

Stories about magic are perhaps some of the oldest kinds of stories in existence, dating themselves to the beginning of written history and likely further back into prehistory as well. It isn’t a surprise, therefore, that the fantasy genre, in all its myriad forms, has since come to be ubiquitous in all storytelling media – […]

Well, Chivalry is Not Dead has been released to the general public for a good while now, and player feedback has been trickling to me slowly but surely, providing useful insight into how the game has been received. I’ve also had time to reflect on my own impressions of the finished product and the process […]

NOTE: At the time of writing, Chivalry is Not Dead has finished production and is now undergoing beta testing. Visit the official website on Saturday, October 13 for its grand unveiling! Conventional wisdom often states that you can't judge a book by its cover, implying that the ideas and themes behind a work of art […]

By far, one of my favourite things to do in classic adventure games is to have conversations with non-player characters. As I stated in Article #2, it's the characters that make a story for me; thus, it makes sense that I would thoroughly enjoy any opportunity to actually interact with them, from asking questions and […]

In my previous Adventure Architect installment, I mentioned interactive storytelling as my primary approach in the creation of an adventure game. I also emphasized how important a role the story plays in such a game, and how all other things must be subservient to it. This time around, however, I am going to be placing […]