Since I spoke with inkle’s cofounder Jon Ingold in July, the studio announced and completed their first game jam for…
Inkjam Part 1: Hotpot, Potions, and Spooky Elders
Since I spoke with inkle’s cofounder Jon Ingold in July, the studio announced and completed their first game jam for…
Novel Ties: let a rictus be your umbrella for Anchorhead
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. This week, Caroline follows up Reuben’s dive into HP Lovercraft’s influence…
Novel Ties: A Wordless Bird Story
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit came out in June as…
From the “Vault” of Inkle’s Jon Ingold
Cambridge’s inkle studios is the brainchild of Jon Ingold and Joseph (“Joe”) Humfrey, which began with an adaptation of Frankenstein…
Novel Ties: Inkle-ment Weather
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games After ArenaNet fired two Guild Wars 2 writers for arguing with…
Novel Ties: Hanako Games’ Slice of Ren’Py
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. Note: It’s hard to discuss the history of Ren’Py, visual-novel culture,…
Novel Ties: The Wordy World of Fallen London
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. If you were a certain kind of person in 2009, your…
Novel Ties: An Interactive Fiction Primer
Novel Ties is a short series exploring text-heavy games. In 2008, tech journalist Aleks Krotoski interviewed interactive fiction (IF) mainstay…