Month: July 2019

Dear Insane Children,  Yan and I set up a mini photo studio in our workspace yesterday. We then put together a dozen+ setups featuring the Cheshire Kitten and Cheshire Cat Bag. With temperatures near 100f (40c) outside in Shanghai, we happily spent the entire day shooting, editing, adjusting, and shooting some more… All in the…

Dear Insane Children,  Thank you! For all the feedback on the Cheshire Kitten Adoption Certificate.  In this post I’ll explain why I’ve rejected all your comments! Yay!  Er, yeah, seriously… Here goes! First, Priscilla asked why we didn’t include the “don’t insert the earring into your orifices” warning. If you don’t understand this reference then…

Dear Insane Children,  Above I’ve shared a draft of what the Cheshire Kitten Adoption Certificate tag might look like. And I would like your feedback on the design, contents, and placement. Here’s the idea so far…  This tag will measure 10x10cm  It will be placed inside the Cheshire Cat Nylon Bag below the snap-pocket. It…

Dear Insane Children,  We’re set for another YouTube Livestream and hope you’ll join us for the fun! We’ll review the latest art, story, and design for Alice: Asylum and (if we have time) continue our play-through of “Sea of Solitude.” It’s (roughly) the same time as usual…  Thursday at 10AM (Hong Kong Time) or 7PM…

Dear Insane Children,  A recent concept image from Jennifer for a Croquet Coaster found in the Circus Domain got me thinking about Escher-esque design concepts. There are a number of game developers implementing non-euclidean geometry in game engines and this is work I think we can continue when we start dev work on Alice: Asylum. …

Dear Insane Children,  Got TONS done during this Stream-Free week. Really appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience while we took a break from YouTube/Discord stuff and focused on business development tasks related to Alice: Asylum, Pirate Jam 2020, and Mysterious. Yay! Still lots going on behind the scenes – new art, design work, and more… All…