We now have a press kit available for A Dragon Named Coal. It includes screen shots, information about the game, and our trailer. Check it out.
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ADNC Trailer 1
We’re excited to share with you our first trailer from A Dragon Named Coal. It covers scenes from the entire game and shows off a variety of story related content. If you enjoy it please share on Facebook or Twitter to help support us as we work up towards our Kickstarter’s launch.
Improved CMS for ADNC
One of our biggest frustrations with building the pre-alpha 1.0 demo for A Dragon Named Coal was rapidly rolling out content. We were using a combination of Excel Spreadsheets and some pre-built tools from the Unity Asset Store. While this might not sound like a bad thing. Importing the Excel data was a nightmare that resulted in difficult to solve errors. The assets we used weren’t scaling very well either. For example it severely limited our questing system and didn’t allow for advanced concepts such as quest tracking. To create systems capable of handling our game’s complex logic, we decided to roll a few new custom tools.
Our old Excel Spreadsheet for entering in data.
The Journey Towards A Demo: Progress Update #3
There has been a great deal of changes made to A Dragon Named Coal since our last update. Most notably the migration from Unity 4.5 to 4.6, providing us with several new and exciting tools that will allow us to release the demo!
Meet the Team: Chris Davis
Role: Writer
Favorite Games: Dynasty Warriors Series, Civilization Series, Metroid Series
Who is he?
Chris is a guy that enjoys spending time with his loved ones and close friends. He has taken on the role of caretaker to the developmentally disabled community for the past three years and enjoys every minute of it. He is an avid cook and would love nothing more than to just make a meal for those closest to him. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cleveland State University with a degree in psychology.
How did we meet him?
Chris and Ash became friends when they met at a community college many years ago. Since then they always kept up with each other’s business and eventually he was invited to join the team as a writer.
His views on writing in modern games
Writing on such a visible and viscerally interactive platform such as gaming is a challenge in blending existing tropes with new experiences. It requires content creators that are willing to expand the horizons of the historically narrow scope of characters, and branching out into topics that are mature and complex. The idea of what a ‘gamer’ is has changed significantly since the days of the NES, and it is our responsibility as writers to recognize and respect that.
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