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Directing Virtual Characters in Wayward Strand, Part 1

After my last post, on how we’ve integrated ink and Timeline, there was some interest in how we use Unity’s Timeline tool to do things like…

Jul 29, 2021

A gif of Wayward Strand gameplay — Casey is in Ida’s room. Ida is sitting on a chair knitting, while Casey looks at a photograph on Ida’s bedside table. The player selects ‘Is this you?’, and Casey that to Ida — Ida pauses her knitting, then puts it down, looks up at Casey, and says “Yes, that’s me. And the family.”

Jul 29, 2021

Using ink and Unity’s Timeline to make Wayward Strand

We’re getting closer to finally finishing and releasing Wayward Strand, and our team thought it would be good to share a bit about our…

Jun 7, 2021

A screenshot displaying the Unity editor, with the Timeline window at the bottom, plus a ‘Scene Timeline Helper’ window on the left, which allows the user to skip forwards or backwards in the scene, and has many buttons to quickly add clips to the Timeline. On the right is a Property Inspector which is inspecting the currently selected clip, a “Character Direction” clip, which is set up to move the character Ruth to the Nurse’s Station. In the Game view in the middle, Ruth is mid-movement.

Jun 7, 2021

Fascination with the Obra Dinn

There’s something that draws a particular kind of writer to ships.

Jan 3, 2019

Fascination with the Obra Dinn

Jan 3, 2019

Jason Bakker

Jason Bakker

A game-making human boing. Was lead dev on @ArmelloGame and @CatapultKing, now making @WaywardStrand. An excellent size. A solid ghost.

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