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Another Perfect World – documentary

Posted: September 10th, 2009 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, de9a18 | No Comments »

If you are interested in how virtual and the real world are no longer so far apart, this documentary is worth viewing. Money and economy, social interaction,  careers, love,

More about Another Perfect World
“Another Perfect World is a documentary about digital utopias, about online worlds created as places for work, play, friendship and love.
People have always created utopias, worlds that reflect the greatest, most enlightened and noble ideas of the period in which they live. The utopias of the future will be created online, in digital worlds capable of rendering photo-realistic depictions of whatever the mind can imagine with technologies that allow people from around the world to join in. We now have the chance to build a new world from scratch.
If you were going to do so, on which principles would you establish it? What is more important: freedom of expression; an active marketplace to encourage social interaction; or laws to define the limits of social relations?”


DeathSpank on 1up

Posted: September 1st, 2009 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games | No Comments »

deathspank

1up is starting a series of articles about Ron Gilbert´s upcoming title “DeathSpank”, a RPG/Adventure game that´s been in his mind for 6 years now. The game is being developed at Hothead Games -the publishers and developers of the very good (and funny) “Penny Arcade”- where Gilbert works as a Creative Director.
There´s a quote that resumes what I think Ron Gilbert felt during his last years.

“You get a lot of publishers who want humor in games,” says Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert. “They see that as an important thing. But then you try to be funny and it scares them.”

Update
Link to the articles
Main
Exclusive DeathSpank Preview
Ron Gilbert Interview
LucasArts Reunion Video
Inside Hothead
DeathSpank Video Special and Trailer


Games for Canal Encuentro

Posted: July 14th, 2009 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, de9a18 | No Comments »

Three months ago, with de9a18studio, we´ve developed two games for Canal Encuentro. A television channel with educational and cultural content produced especially in Argentina and acquired from the most prestigious producers of Latin America and the world.

encuentro2

encuentro1


Financial Crash – Game Over

Posted: June 25th, 2009 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Game design, Games, de9a18 | No Comments »

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In 2008, with de9a18studio, we made Financial Crash- Game Over, a small strategy game. We were in a time when games seem to pour out of ourselves like sweat. Characters, gameplay, story, gags, voices, music, everything seemed to find it´s way in our non stop production line. This one was born, as I recall it, from an impulse. I thought of making a game in 3 days and that was all we need to get started.
I started drawing and animating while Matias typed away the code. The idea and gameplay evolved at the same time. The gameplay was simple, nothing very original really. What was special about the project was it´s mood. The background music was an important ingredient, the mellow melody combined with the fast paced action and the topic of the story, as I see it, made a beautiful mix.
We signed up the game for the “CODEAR – Single Boss” competition in ADVA, and got a good deal of interesting comments about it. We came out in 4th place, which was a unexpected, but the best thing by far was the discussion that the game generated among the users of the forum.

If you have 5 minutes to spare, here is ” Financial Crash- Game Over.”


DeathSpank – Ron Gilbert

Posted: February 20th, 2009 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, News | 2 Comments »

Ya no puedo mas. Ron Gilbert me tiene a mal traer con avances de su nuevo juego que no dejan ver nada… nada mas que genio genio!


Depresión post-parto

Posted: October 2nd, 2008 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, Joulimousis life, de9a18 | 3 Comments »


Se terminó “Vector vs Code”. Ahora, depresión post-parto, dulce depresión post-parto. ¿Le pasará a todo el mundo? (a todo el que hace algo que tiene fin). Aca nos sucede sin excepción, cada vez que un juego se termina sentimos que se nos vuela el techo y quedamos a la intemperie, nos vemos obligados a salir a cazar una nueva idea. Munidos de 2 o 3 balas con pólvora húmeda, cagados de frío, con lobos siguiendonos el rastro y de noche. Y la desesperación no se acaba hasta que nos topamos con una idea indefensa, herida, medio muerta en la esquina mas hostil, abandonada por la manada, pidiendo por favor que acabemos con su desgracia. Y así la tomamos, las balas no sirven asique la llevamos a de9a18 y ahi la alimentamos, le damos cobijo, calor, hasta que crece y se recupera. Pasan unas semanas y cuando está lista para caminar solita nos mira a la jeta y siempre, siempre dicen lo mismo:
-Gracias macho, todo lindo, pero fué, me voy a la mierda.
Y se van nomás.


Vector vs Code – Da Fight!

Posted: September 23rd, 2008 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, de9a18 | No Comments »

Otra vez sopa en de9a18studio, pero sopa de esas cremosas de restaurante. Esas que cuestan lo mismo que un filete de algun pescado del fondo marino mas exótico.
Algo mas o menos asi.


Dog Cow!

Posted: September 18th, 2008 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, News, Publicity, de9a18 | 1 Comment »

Ahora si. PerroVaca, el último trabajo de de9a18studio está online moviendo la colita y persiguiendo el pájaro ese que ya no da mas.
www.perrovaca.com


Agoniza el 2d

Posted: August 14th, 2008 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games | 2 Comments »

Hoy en el blog de Rod F vi este video y como bien dice nuestro hermano (el hermano malvado del continente) uruguayo, en el primer coro mi corazon gamer ochentoso rebosaba de emoción.


"Mostro" en la recta final

Posted: July 18th, 2008 | Author: joulimousis | Filed under: Games, de9a18 | 2 Comments »

Avanza “Mostro” en dirección norte, después de unos dias de laburo concentrado viene quedando algo parecido a lo que se ve abajo. Si bien es alentador avanzar sobre un proyecto con paso firme, también lo es investigar que se está haciendo por ahi y ver que las tecnologias nos pasan por encima. Por otro lado eso mismo te hace querer terminar un proyecto para investigar mas y meterte en cosas nuevas. Justamente eso hace que a veces abandones un proyecto por arrancar otro. Por otro lado, el querer arrancar un nuevo juego o lo que sea te da energia para terminar el que tenés al momento en el horno. Y justamente eso hace que de tanto en tanto lo apuremos y termine con menor calidad que la planteada. Pero apurarlo puede llevarte a resolver cosas que si tenías mas tiempo no lo hubieses hecho por quedarte en la etapa de planeamiento eternamente. Y ahi es cuando mientras trabajas en el que hay que terminar ya estas planeando el proximo y tu cabeza esta en otro lado. Tener la mente en otro lado hace que ideas a las que no hubieses llegado aparezcan porque no te limitas a la solución que crees posible sino a todas las combinaciones. Lástima que por eso… (continuar ad infinitum).

Aquí, “Mostros”: (jugar)


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