Australian Boutique Game Developer
Critically Acclaimed Short Story
Gamification and Educational Projects
There's nothing as quiet... As a decision.
Interactive and Animated Pieces
16-bit-era-style Illustrations
Dwarf Fortress Graphics Mod
Transparency in 3D games is still really tough to get right. You want a shader that is cheap performance-wise, avoids order/sorting issues and works across different platforms/rendering pipelines. Stippling is an old-school solution that works perfectly in most cases. I’ve put together a Unity stipple implementation, which you can download and use however you like.
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An instrument with two faces: meditation and confrontation. This interactive touchscreen artwork by digital artist Alexander Ocias comes with no instructions, it is an exploratory work centred on play, colour, sensuality and apprehension.
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Following an inquiry, the Australian senate recently released a report on the Future of the Australian Video Game Development Industry, titled “Game on: more than playing around”. I am proud to be quoted in the report
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Last month I released my latest short, “Foggy Shore“, built in Unity. It used a fixed camera system – whereby the camera is fixed in place until the player leaves the frame, at which point the camera jumps to a new appropriate shot.
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There’s nothing as quiet… As a decision. Let a peaceful space wash over you in this 3D short adventure game. Foggy Shore is a Unity WebGL game that is free to experience and can be played in your browser immediately. Estimated play time: 5 minutes. Play Foggy Shore Now.
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February 18th 2015
The way we use our phones allows for types of stories we've never seen before - 90 second journeys presented through a portrait view. I believe motion on a touchscreen can feel even better than using a controller, that there's a beautiful physical presence once we push past virtual buttons.
A device in your pocket has data that no other game device does: information about the world around us. I am capturing this information to create meaningful personal worlds. I'm speaking to the urban strife of the 21st century, of loneliness and anxiety, and underutilised inspiration from Australian environments.