Htdas

For those of you coming here for updates, most of the action is over at my new YouTube channel. I post videos every Monday talking about new projects, old projects, my creative process, and lots of other things. Its fun, so check it out. I havent updated in almost two years, but Im going to start posting again. Im not sure the best way to do this a... fter such a long hiatus, so heres a quick recap: I spent 14 months in Stockholm. I had a mostly great time, but there were rocky moments as well. Some of the most difficult of my life, in fact. I worked hard. I shipped my first AAA game Overkills The Walking Dead . The public reception was mixed, but I had a great time working on it. If youre going to work at a video game studio, Sweden is one of the best places to do it. We had minimal crunch, and the people were phenomenal. I couldnt have asked for a better experience. I was initially hired as a writer, which meant writing levels, quests, dialogue, etc. But after about six months I began helping with the in-game cinematics. Before entering the games industry, Id worked for a few years in film (I even went to film school), but never got anywhere. Sure, Id written some feature screenplays, directed some shorts, and even helped make a feature film ( one of Kylo Rens first, I might add ). But I never had any huge successes. I mostly spun my wheels, dreaming of the day someone would give me $1,000,000 to make a film. Alas, that day never came. I had more success in games. When I didnt have to wait for someones permission, and could make something and put it out myself, I discovered that there were people who connected with my work. This gave me confidence. And so I stuck with it. Ironically, it was working in games that inspired my move back to film. Like I said, on Overkills The Walking Dead I started working on the in-game cinematics. At first my input was small. But gradually it become larger, until eventually I was directing them. This told me something. Id gotten a dream job writing at a video game studio but was ...Read More