Bill Cheng's Blog, page 5
May 14, 2015
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Jeanne Thornton, author of The Dream of Doctor Bantam,...
Jeanne Thornton, author of The Dream of Doctor Bantam, is currently crafting fiction LIVE for the Twitter Fiction Festival. Follow @manwhohatesfun to participate in her story of two trans women detectives who solve occult crimes in New Orleans.
May 12, 2015
May 10, 2015
i want to be scarier than the things that scare me
i want to be scarier than the things that scare me
prostheticknowledge:
Scroll BackGaming study by itaykeren looks...
Scroll BackGaming study by itaykeren looks at the subject of how scrolling works in 2D video games, the hidden design methods which control the presentation of levels around the playable character:
… I was quite surprised that camera work, a subject with more than 30 years of history in games, was hardly discussed.
Scrolling or Panning refers to any attempt to
display a scene that is larger than what fits in a single screen. There
are many potential challenges with scrolling, like choosing what the
player needs to see, what we as designers would like the player to focus
on, and how to do it in a way that’s fluid and comfortable for the
player.While I’m going to focus on 2D camera systems, many of these general concepts apply to 3D as well.
The study provides various GIF examples like the ones above, and should be of interest to anyone involved with Game Design.
nudereadingissexy:
Nothing bring back my childhood memories...
Nothing bring back my childhood memories like reading a good graphic novel. Just the thought of being powerful and possibility invincible will always stir something in my brain.
May 9, 2015
There are still some spots open for WRITER-IN-PROGRESS, my...
There are still some spots open for WRITER-IN-PROGRESS, my 7-week fiction workshop with @AAWW! http://aaww.org/curation/workshop-bill-cheng/
May 8, 2015
millionsmillions:
“The aesthetic gulf between the kind of stuff...
“The aesthetic gulf between the kind of stuff I’m interested in and the kind of stuff that is mainstream is so vast that I can’t wrap my head around it.” Paul Morton interviews Daniel Clowes.
May 6, 2015
aaww-nyc:
Big newsPosition Opening: Open City EditorThe Asian...
Big news
Position Opening: Open City Editor
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is looking to hire a passionate, curious, experienced editor for Open City, our online magazine that seeks to tell the stories of Asian immigrant communities in New York. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Apply here by May 11, 2015:
aaww.org/opencityjob
