August 11, 2015, Siggraph, Los Angeles—Part of the team from Pixar Animation Studios that developed the short “Lava” talked about the whole process. The group included James Murphy, Director, Colin Levy, Camera Supervisor, Aaron Hartline, Supervising Animator, Austin Lee, Modeling & Rigging Lead, Dirk Van Gelder, Real-Time Software Development, Byron Bashforth, Shading & Painting Lead,…
March 3, 2015, Game Developer Conference, San Francisco—Anthony Burch from Gearbox Software noted that game developers and designers tend to fixate on the plot and action, whereas players become attached to the characters. The issues for the developers is to find a good balance of plot and storyline consistency with character development. People remember and…
July 23, 2104, Casual Connect Conference, San Francisco—David Evans from Phantom Compass presented a rationale for embedding narrative into games. the narrative increased character identification and improves player retention, and is delivered through the game mechanics. In the past, game developers built cut scenes that had no connection to the game play. This silo strategy…