If you are reading this you are likely invited as a Friend / Indie Game Dev / Writer / Artist or similar. Aura Alert is an experiment. Encourage feedback/questions/suggestions in comments here and share with friends. If you want to review it/blog, please let me know and I will send you a press pack. Unless you are working with a team, Read more about START HERE[…]
Fragmented Narratives. The game has several narratives. How these should emerge is something that I am working on. One ‘story’ has been completed which was to be presented in chapters. I am toying with how best to present these. At the moment they are just text at web addresses that the app points to when you uncover Read more about Narrative[…]
For something that was intended to be very simple.. or not even a thing, I seem to have a sizeable changelog in front of me. Fine as resigned to it being an evolving piece. Some main changes: Sharing – A while ago someone from Nottingham posted some images of their ‘Aura results’ as screenshots. Since then I have Read more about v1.1.1 ch..ch..ch..changes.[…]
Aura Alert was put on the App Store as a ‘Minimum Viable Product’. ie to have the basic functionality, but easy to abandon or develop further depending on feedback. Creating it I have learned a lot and so happy to move on to my ‘real’ game-like game. However due to the feedback I have had so far, I have Read more about MVP + Feedback.[…]
Actually this post doesn’t contain spoiler alerts; it’s ‘about’ spoiler alerts / trailers. Surely it is a conundrum for anyone producing a game/film/novel etc. in which surprise and changing expectation is core to the experience. Aura Alert is a game masquerading as an App. ie the iTunes description states it has a certain function, and this is replicated on Read more about [SPOILER ALERTS!][…]
Aura Alert started life as a test for the App Store, in advance of a 3d indie game I’m working on. The goals were: Get something finished and on the App Store quickly. Understand the technology/revenue stream/of this saturated market. Which led to: Make something that is more of a toy than a game. Text-based or minimally styled so I Read more about So what is Aura Alert…. really ?[…]