Cognition Developer Diaries

[KatieHal]

The first in a series of Developer Diaries entries for Cognition has been posted! HarryBalls.com is going to be hosting posts about the development of this game, from our current kickstarter days through production and on to the release of the game itself! Check out our first introductory entry, and check back on their site for more as development continues!

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Developer Diary

[Lambonius]

LOL...HarryBalls.com?  Really?

Awesome.  I'm surprised you were able to type that with a straight face.

[KatieHal]

Yep.

Hah, who says I did? But regardless, it was really great of them to offer us this developer diary series, and we're happy to be working with them on it, and also to document the progress on the game.

[Lambonius]

Hah, who says I did?

Lol...well, what I meant was that in your initial post you just drop the website name without any indication at all of how silly it is, despite the obvious.  Anyway, I just found it amusing, that's all. 

Anyway, yes, good to have development info forthcoming.

[wilco64256]

I admit that when I first saw the email from them asking if we wanted to do any work with them I saw who it was from and assumed it was a joke and put it in the "read much later" folder.  That's why we have those emails go to several people.

[KatieHal]

Our second entry is up: Running a Kickstarter Campaign!

[snabbott]

Interesting - thanks, Katie! About the rewards being "worth it" - I suspect that at the higher levels, people are mainly giving because they want to support you and the project; the "rewards" are a nice bonus.

[KatieHal]

I started to go into that, but I'd already gone my word goal/limit of 500 with this as it was The 10K level, for example--we know it's highly unlikely that anyone was ever going to donate that much, but we put it out there because hey, if you DO donate that much, we'd like to say thank you in style!

[KatieHal]

Another Developer Diary is up!

Managing an Online Team on a Shoestring Budget

[Lambonius]

Heh heh heh...I laugh every time I load one of these things.  Waiting for harryballs.com...

[KatieHal]

So, a typical Tuesday for ya.

[snabbott]

...and myself and Cesar and I are furiously plotting, writing, and editing the first two episodes.

Seriously, though, this is a great article. The supporter-only preview stull is pretty intriguing, too!

[wilco64256]

Seriously, though, this is a great article. The supporter-only preview stull stuff is pretty intriguing, too!

*evil laugh*

Victory is minr!

[snabbott]

Seriously, though, this is a great article. The supporter-only preview stull stuff is pretty intriguing, too!

How embarrassing!

(Posted on: January 12, 2012, 08:43:09 AM)

Victory is minr!

[KatieHal]

Our 4th developer diary entry was written by Weldon, this time about how and why we moved to the Unity engine and what we're doing with it!

http://harryballs.com/2012/02/01/postudios-developer-diary-4-unity-and-infiltrator/

[Thaumaturge]

Oh wow, those tools that you guys developed look very useful - that interaction builder especially!  Are there any plans to release them to the development community?

[wilco64256]

Oh wow, those tools that you guys developed look very useful - that interaction builder especially!  Are there any plans to release them to the development community?

There is that possibility yes.  Once we're happy with how they're functioning we may take a look at it.  I know people on the Unity forums have been clamoring for an in-Unity cinematic editor for some time.

[KatieHal]

Entry 5: Why We Kickstarted is up!

[liggy002]

What was the name of that website again?  Harry what?   

[KatieHal]

The Developer Diaries are back! The latest entry comes from our lead composer, Austin Haynes!

http://harryballs.com/2012/05/06/developer-diary-cognition-composer-austin-haynes/