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  • Inferno & Hysteria Special State Outlines v1

    Hi all, Alex here with some updates on special state outlines as we flesh out the Design Bible. Here is our first take on building out the special states for Alice: Asylum. The first is; Inferno (a brand new special state) and the second expands on Hysteria (from Madness Returns).  The approach is that each…

  • Iconography Design – Attacks, Weapon Quirks, and Enemy Behaviours

    Hi everyone, Alex here again. If you dived through the spreadsheets in the last post, you may have seen some new iconography designs dotted amongst them. The icons are graphic visual elements to enhance the data they represent; namely; • Enemy Attack Behaviors • Weapon Attacks – Alice’s Primary and Alternate Fire Modes • Weapon Perks…

  • Live Stream? YES! Today!

    Dear Insane Children,  Just a quick reminder there WILL BE a Live Stream this morning. Martin is in the house, the live stream computer is up and running, and all systems are GO!  So, please join us over on my Twitch Channel…  twitch.tv/americanmcgee You can also tune in via YouTube (probably) but note that you…

  • Alice: Asylum Game Design Overview & Data Spreadsheets / Huge Update!

    Dear Insane Children, There WILL BE a Live Stream this week at the usual time.  Thursday at 10AM for us here in Shanghai. 7PM if you’re on the West Coast of the US. And we’ll be discussing the content in this post…  This is a BIG text-based post. Here’s TL:DR version; The first pass on…

  • Radcliffe Defeated (but all is well with me & team)

    Dear Insane Children,  Apologies for the radio silence. All is well! And the pre-production team continues to make excellent progress on the Design Bible.  I meant to post last week but decided to hold off because THIS WEEK we’re trying to do a big Update Post (from Alex) and a Live Stream and to share…

  • Confronting Radcliffe & Other Art

    Dear Insane Children,  Adam shared the final (semi-final?) version of the illustration you all voted on last week. Turned out pretty great, yeah? I saw some notes in the margins on this image that the team are still working on facial expressions… so I don’t think they consider this final-final.  This illustration from Omri –…