Since the summer began, I’ve managed to assemble a very talented team of concept artists, 3D artists, a programmer and a writer, and we’re all working very hard on the pre-production phase of this game. We also have our own engine in development that’s coming along very nicely that’s created specifically to suit the needs of the game. We’ve got a bunch level designs, 3D models, character designs, story and dialogue created so far and we have no plans of slowing down. (Unless real life interferes, but let’s hope it doesn’t come to that!)

A lot of people have commented on the video and have been asking for a way to follow our progress, and I think the time is right to show you guys our Facebook page which we will be using as our main outlet to show everyone what we’re working on. Hopefully, we’ll be able to keep it as free from spoilers as possible in terms of enemies and story elements, but we’ll see how that works out later.

https://www.facebook.com/soundofsilencegame

Please like this page if you are interested in the development of our game, and thanks for taking your time to read this!

Michael Chiniquy

http://www.fmvmagazine.com/?p=8367

I’ve received hundreds of e-mails from people who want to volunteer and help out, so I’ve been spending most of my free time making sure to read every single one of them. Sorry if I can’t respond to all of you, but do know that I am very grateful for every single e-mail that I’ve gotten from you!

At the moment, I’m waiting for the current semester to end so that I can fully focus on this project and truly get the ball rolling. I’ve heard Kickstarter be mentioned over and over again by people, but I wish to clarify that I have no intention of making a Kickstarter project before I have a fully functional alpha build to show to everyone. I’d hate to be one of those guys that literally only has an idea to show and asks for money , I’d just feel guilty about doing that right now.

So once again, thanks for the interest and well wishing, I’ll make sure to not let you down. I’ll most likely be using this blog as my primary channel of communication, Twitter is to small and YouTube feels rather impractical having to make a new video every single update. Either way, stick around!

- Michael Chiniquy

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Feel free to tell me what you think of the gameplay ideas that I’ve come up with so far and ideas on how to improve. All feedback is appreciated!

Also, feel free to make requests for stuff, like tutorials and we’ll see if I have time to make one.

Genegrafter is a card & dice game that’s designed to be easy to pick up and play, but difficult to truly master. The game is created by Erik Dahlman and is currently searching for backers to fund this project at Kickstarter. My part of this project was to design the 4 different card templates that are used in the game, this included everything from characters to locations and skills.

The card templates.

If you wish to help us out by purchasing the game, click here!

Top-right corner!

The layout and overall look of the cards are all made by me, so feel free to help us both out by buying the game!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1460165270/genegrafter

Click here to visit the photography section.

I’ve also been working on some brand new card templates for a client of mine at Dataspire Games that turned out quite well, in my opinion. Once I get permission to post them here, I will do just that.

To be entirely honest, I’m not entirely sure what direction I’m supposed to take with this blog, since limiting it strictly to my hobbies/work won’t be very content filled during weeks when school takes over my entire schedule. I’ve been thinking about stuff like tutorials and similar things, but I’m not too sure. Perhaps the readers could give me some tips?