Wolfgang Westdorp

There has been a school of thought that video games should be taking more cues from movies and television as they move to tell more...

In the past, Dragon Age and Mass Effect were, to me, exemplars of what can be done with games in terms of narrative design; and I held...

Many moons ago, I wrote about how Byleth being a silent protagonist harmed Three Houses' ability to characterize Byleth as well as other...

I've written in the past about the importance of character voice regarding silent protagonists, characters that are to exist as quiet...

Between the last time, I wrote one of these back in September I have no doubt there has been an improvement on my part as well as areas...

The past four weeks have been interesting for a lack of a better word. A strange mix of pulse-pounding excitement and mood-killing dread....

I think I drastically underestimated what development in 2020 would be like. Remote development, tight deadlines, poor planning,...

Let me start by saying I am not overjoyed with how the presentation came out. There is nothing abhorrently wrong with it, but I don't...

For us, the core mechanics for our intended experience are in, there just not as polished as we would like them. Our goal in previous...

From the testing sessions, we have done the testers seem to have a grip on our goal and overall vision of the game. Thanks to the fairly...

Mana Punch started by wanting to instill a feeling of empowerment in the player. That they can get stronger, that they can climb any...

Between our two most popular ideas (within the team), Knights of Yeet and Mana Punch, there is an immediate draw and interest with...

Balancing my own ideas against the team's ideas has been the area that I've struggled the most with in the past four years. Mainly...

If I had to pick a common personal theme between my time on Twig and Musical Harmony, it would be getting comfortable in my own skin. I...

For me the it was not the transition of online meetings and remote work that made the past two weeks difficult. Personally, the team has...

My game did not go though Green Light this semester and while that is disappointing, I do understand why. Looking back on that...

In the four weeks of prototyping, ideas were put on the table almost always to be rounded out. No idea came fully formed, just more round...

Going into what is now my seventh project, the nervous energy that used to occupancy each semester has largely gone away. This is one in...

The past four months have been educational to say the least. I came into this semester with an odd combination of confidence, excitement...

Impostor Syndrome is something that I have struggled with for most of my life, however until taking this class I did not have a name for...