GenCon was huge. I still have to hold out PAX Prime as my favorite of the game conventions, but after one GenCon, I'm already making plans for the next. I got to meet a ton of the folks who pitched in to make my game happen on Kickstarter, and many of my other designers whose games and KS campaigns I'd studied and enjoyed. My favorite moments were the late nights at the UnPub (unpublished games) tables, trying out prototypes with the designers whose work I've enjoyed.
It's been four long days and my voice sounds like I've been gargling gravel. I'm coming away from the con with happy memories, too little sleep, and a suitcase full of new games I'm excited to get on the table. It's the way it should be.
It's been four long days and my voice sounds like I've been gargling gravel. I'm coming away from the con with happy memories, too little sleep, and a suitcase full of new games I'm excited to get on the table. It's the way it should be.
Nerd happenings:
My maker crew was excited to get our hands on the Electric Imp beta kits. It's a little card you use to add wifi controls to anything.
So we decapitated this toy robot and gave it an imp for a new brain.
Look, I know that decapitation isn't normally viewed as a loving gesture, but this time, it totally was. Look at the stompy little bot! Stomp-stomp-stomp-stomp. Isn't it adorable?
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In other nerd fun, I'm off to GenCon to show off the game. Indianapolis, here I come.
My maker crew was excited to get our hands on the Electric Imp beta kits. It's a little card you use to add wifi controls to anything.
So we decapitated this toy robot and gave it an imp for a new brain.
Look, I know that decapitation isn't normally viewed as a loving gesture, but this time, it totally was. Look at the stompy little bot! Stomp-stomp-stomp-stomp. Isn't it adorable?
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In other nerd fun, I'm off to GenCon to show off the game. Indianapolis, here I come.
Things I've done the second weekend
since shipping Lyssan
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Spent an entire day in bed.
..just playing a brain dead iPhone game
....and a couple of times an hour, I'd wake up as the phone dropped onto me.
At the grocery store, bought an entire cart-load of Things That Want to Be Eaten.
i.e. fruits and dairy
Indulged.
Went to a ~ahem~ "play" party.
Didn't indulge.
Did kiss someone I'd been curious to kiss for years.
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So that's been a wee vacation. I'm starting to feel human again. In addition to those things, I've also gotten back to working out, drank tea, caught up a few bonus promises related to shipping the game, and generally Taken Care of Business.
The thing I find myself missing now is a vacation for the mind. A couple weeks on a train, with no plan. With that, I'd be fully recharged. That won't happen in waking life, so on the dream shelf it goes. For now.
since shipping Lyssan
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Spent an entire day in bed.
..just playing a brain dead iPhone game
....and a couple of times an hour, I'd wake up as the phone dropped onto me.
At the grocery store, bought an entire cart-load of Things That Want to Be Eaten.
i.e. fruits and dairy
Indulged.
Went to a ~ahem~ "play" party.
Didn't indulge.
Did kiss someone I'd been curious to kiss for years.
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So that's been a wee vacation. I'm starting to feel human again. In addition to those things, I've also gotten back to working out, drank tea, caught up a few bonus promises related to shipping the game, and generally Taken Care of Business.
The thing I find myself missing now is a vacation for the mind. A couple weeks on a train, with no plan. With that, I'd be fully recharged. That won't happen in waking life, so on the dream shelf it goes. For now.
In the last week:
- I shipped my game.
- I met the Secretary of Commerce. This was pleasant: She was sharp as could be. I'm glad to see our government is again appointing the people who give a damn and who have the brains to back it up.
- I made grown men and women play with popsicle sticks, on a professional basis.
Lyssan: Held up in Customs.
The Maker crew is going along well. A few of our adventures are posted at prototank.com.
They tell me that I am the Donatello of the group. Adam is clearly our Leonardo. Alex is Michelangelo. This leaves Ryan to be Raphael, by process of exclusion, and much to his chagrin.
The Maker crew is going along well. A few of our adventures are posted at prototank.com.
They tell me that I am the Donatello of the group. Adam is clearly our Leonardo. Alex is Michelangelo. This leaves Ryan to be Raphael, by process of exclusion, and much to his chagrin.
Lyssan-watch begins.
The ship lands today. Then there's expected to be two days waiting, perhaps less, for the container full o' games to clear contraband scans.
I'm on house arrest for the duration, during business hours. The fridge is stocked. There's a pile of packing materials bigger than my bed waiting to be used up.
After this one goes out, I actually get to breathe easy, for a little while.
The ship lands today. Then there's expected to be two days waiting, perhaps less, for the container full o' games to clear contraband scans.
I'm on house arrest for the duration, during business hours. The fridge is stocked. There's a pile of packing materials bigger than my bed waiting to be used up.
After this one goes out, I actually get to breathe easy, for a little while.
