Audio interview with ModDB
January 17th, 2009
After witnessing the magic of modding in Lugaru (from the 3rd party campaigns Empire and Temple to Lotus Wolf's Weapon Shop), Wolfire has been steadfastedly committed to getting…
Page 107 of 123
Female characters in Overgrowth
January 16th, 2009
In Overgrowth, we are working on creating many unique characters of different species, body type, sex, and occupation. Communicating distinctions between male and female characters…
Vimeowned
January 15th, 2009
We have been using Vimeo for a while to host David's design tours. Sadly, yesterday, Vimeo notified us that the design tours must be removed. Vimeo has a strict no video games…
Overgrowth Alpha 9
January 13th, 2009
Well, another week, another alpha! If you're just tuning in, we are doing something a little unusual with our development on our upcoming independent video game, Overgrowth. Every…
Step-wise Creation of Modular Buildings
January 13th, 2009
I have worked on a few commercial games and I am pretty familiar with the methods used to make cities or towns. Usually you start off with a detailed picture of what you want. An…
Map Editor
January 12th, 2009
The map editor in action. I'm scaling a bunch of blocks on my lovely house. Here at Wolfire, we're a small team but we want Overgrowth to have lots and lots of content. So, it's…
Lens Flares
January 11th, 2009
I just started working on lens flares; I need to see the sun's location so I can test shadows! I am testing a new technique for dynamic lens flares based on the anatomy of the…
Conflicts of interest in the IGF
January 10th, 2009
The Independent Games Festival grand prize is one of the highest honors an indie game can receive. More important than the $20,000 check is the fact that it can rocket indie…
Are games art?
January 9th, 2009
SOTC Art The Debate Roger Ebert largely reignited the debate over whether games are art back in a 2005 column, when he claimed that not only are games not art, but they can never…