November 9th, 2012
Hey howdy hey! Happy Friday! It’s starting to get chilly here in Washington, we had frost this morning leading up to a bright sunny, fall day. It’s really pretty, perhaps I’ll take some pictures to share. I found some old pictures (from May of this year) that I took specifically for a time like this: […]
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November 9th, 2012
Today we posted an interview with one of our fantastic 3D artists, Lyndon, on the Dare to Play blog. It’s really fun to put a name to a specific part of a game and get to know more about who helped make the environments in each mystery. Lyndon helped create the main lab and the […]
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November 8th, 2012
It has come to the time where the design team has roughed-out the full story and play-through of Ghost of Thornton Hall, and we have begun our top-secret game walkthrough meetings for it! Ok, since the game is still a work in progress, we are still early in the animations, script, puzzles, and just about […]
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November 2nd, 2012
As continuation to the last post, I shall share the spoiling of all the secrets and behind-the-scenes fun facts with you about the making of the Amateur Sleuth Blog: Halloween Snooping video on our YouTube channel… I should complete this list before moving on to new blog topics, like the secrets of The Deadly Device […]
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October 30th, 2012
We have randomly selected a winner from all of the correct entries for the Weekend Puzzle #172! Our winner is Rose P.! Congrats! (Rose, please check your email for your prize information). This puzzle was a bit easy if you had played Danger on Deception Island, or if you knew to look up the Maritime […]
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October 4th, 2012
Several months ago, (early March, 2012) I got permission from our Character Designer, Van, to snap some photos of what he was working on. This is a picture of his touch-ups to one of the characters in The Deadly Device. In the game, you are not likely to see this person’s feet, but know this: […]
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September 21st, 2012
Today we held voice auditions for a few characters that need to be cast for ND#28. And of course, after snooping around to learn about when this was going to happen, I had to sign up. Although I’m no real actor, I really wanted to try again. Instead of having the visitors come up to […]
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August 23rd, 2012
Random Jackalope thought for the day: If we can get enough money raised on our Kickstarter campaign, we would start by porting Tomb of the Lost Queen, and then someday The Deadly Device as well…When that day comes, how cool would it be to say “I have The Deadly Device on my device!” or perhaps […]
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July 20th, 2012
We have a new development in the egg mystery that has been going on. I will catch you up on it next week. Today in the office we are having a kick-off meeting for our next game ND#28. After our designer presents her fabulous PowerPoint, getting everyone on the same page as we are about […]
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May 17th, 2012
Of course, I can’t really share them with you. Today was a great day. Besides working on…well…work, I went and did some snooping and picture-taking. It’s way too early to be talking about the next game, so it’s hard to contain my excitement over what I found in my snooping. Our designer had me try […]
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