Month: May 2016

  • Gameplay Demo

    Gameplay Demo

    I said I’d have gameplay to show by the end of May, so I’m posting this week’s blog entry a day early. Here’s a vertical slice of my game. A special thank you to my good friend Mark “Marowi” Wilson, who generously contributed all the audio for this demo. I’ll dissect it with you eventually, maybe even in next week’s post, but…

  • Cu Chi

    Cu Chi

    Cu Chi is the name of a place where people used to live. Go there now and you’ll find a young jungle reclaiming its territory — trees and bushes almost thick enough to get lost in, but not quite yet. You’ll hear birds twittering, and you’ll see centipedes slinking, and you might glimpse a giant ant hill. You’ll feel like you’re on the fringes of a National Park.…

  • An Honest Take on HCMC

    An Honest Take on HCMC

    Ho Chi Minh City — officially renamed from Saigon in 1975 — is the business, commerce, and government capital of southern Vietnam. With a population now topping eight million, it attracts more and more residents each year — for jobs, for education, for hope of a better life — as the country, and the world, continue their…

  • Cà Phê Đã

    Cà Phê Đã

    A metal cup, about as wide as it is tall, but small enough to wrap your fingers around, sits between a matching metal saucer and lid. It’s a completely normal looking trio. But strangely, it isn’t resting on a table. Instead, the saucer is perched atop a glass. The glass, with about the same dimensions as the cup above it,…