Iteration to Break Through Creative Barriers

In this episode of the Polytechnicast, I share the story of breaking through a 16 year long creative block and look forward at some goals I have for 2011.

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Links Mentioned

• Babies Love Comics: Baby Adventures of Zoe Zeus
• Babies Love Comics: Article on Teaching Sleep by Kate Shields Stenzinger
• Art Geek Zoo: The Way of Sound, my web comic
• Raph Koster's Theory of Fun - (a book I enjoy about game design that's also illustrated with single-panel comics)

• Jenhannu - IGF Entry
  • http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2004.php?entry_id=77
  • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:j7PB8qFmVRYJ:www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2004.php%3Fentry_id%3D77+jenhannu&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
• Guitar Fretter's Blog
• Art & Story Supreme
• Mini Comics Dumptruck (members-only forum link... likely a public link will be available soon...)
• Phone Gap - HTML and Javascript based platform for making mobile apps
• Tuned for Webkit Animation via Javascript and CSS extensions
• Corona SDK - Lua based platform for making mobile apps - very high performance for games

30 Characters Challenge 2010 - Reflection

In this episode first I share some meaning and context behind the name "Polytechnicast". Then I reflect upon various aspects of taking part of 2010's 30 Characters challenge.

Links and people mentioned:

• Tyler James
• 30 Characters Challenge
• Art & Story - the podcast that delves deep into the craft of comics and the A&S Forum where many "Storriors" hang out.
  • Bob Learned
  • Kevin Cross
  • Rene van Belzen
  • @calmplexlocust (Marshall Couture)
  • DungeonWarden
  • Jahhdog
  • KC Snipes
  • Jose Gonzalez
• Tool Force Software's ForeverSave (something I learned about from Krishna Sadasivam)
• Art Geek Zoo (my comic about a penguin, his mystical guitar friend and their adventures in The Way of Sound)
• The Baby Adventures of Zoe Zeus  (a comic project I'm creating with my wife Kate)

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Art Challenge Events

In this episode I think out loud about Art Challenge Events such as 24 Hour Comic Day

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and 30 Characters in 30 Days.

Video: Introducing the Fun Loop

Introducing the Fun Loop from Rob Stenzinger on Vimeo.

The Fun Loop is a powerful concept in game design. This brief introduction gives a feel for what fun is in a game design context and how the fun loop helps with delivering an interactive flow for your game.

Art Challenge Events

In this episode I think out loud about Art Challenge Events such as 24 Hour Comic Day and 30 Characters in 30 Days.