Comments on: Designer’s Block

By: MusEditions

MusEditions — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:56:15 +0000

Oops, I meant “semi-loner”, not “loaner”. (typos, sheesh!) I did not mean to imply I would semi-loan you or your readers anything. Although, who knows what the future holds?

By: Mory Buckman

Mory Buckman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:02:42 +0000

Play a lot of games you don’t like, watch a lot of movies you don’t like, read a lot of books you don’t like. Then you’ll have hundreds of ideas for better stories than they had.

By: The Management

The Management — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:11:37 +0000

I can’t really talk about DeathSpank in too much detail. NDAs and stuff, you know.

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:33:43 +0000

About DeathSpank… will it have that “gameworld-exploring” approach?

By: The Management

The Management — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:38:01 +0000

Max: I will indeed be coming to PAX, and lunch sounds absolutely fabulous.

Cyrus: Sorry if my wording didn’t come out clearly in my last post. Feeling inspired to create something doesn’t necessarily mean I’m able to follow through with it. Also, I should point out that I don’t want to create a “Last Express-styled project”; rather, I’d like to use some of its most effective gameplay mechanics in a new story of my own. I just don’t know what that story is yet.

Muse: Thank you.

By: MusEditions

MusEditions — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:23:11 +0000

It would certainly be my preference that you didn’t remake your older games. They are great as they are, and I like your idea of a time capsule. Good you have that teamwork going on there. As a fellow semi-loaner I understand that need for balance between alone time and collaboration. It interests me that you find it hard to find a story you can “stick with”. Story is so important, and I hadn’t thought of this before, but as the designer I’d imagine you’d want to like the story and characters as much when you finally put them to bed as you did when you started.

By: Cyrus

Cyrus — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:39:19 +0000

And what’s about your Last Express-styled project?

By: Max Battcher

Max Battcher — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:56:58 +0000

Deirdra, you have outshone so many others in the solo department that you should need no ego-boost to motivate you past your current crisis… But those of us with less talent may thank you for showing such human and humble conditions, just like the rest of us.

Anyway, writer’s block will pass, just don’t dwell on it and consume your mind with fine distractions and eventually the writer’s block shall destroy itself in boredom leaving you with more work than you know what to do with…

PS… If you’re heading to PAX again this year we should set up Lunch or something!