Ludus Novus Episode 001: Press Enter to Continue
Saturday, July 29th, 2006Cutscenes: when are they appropriate, and when do they take away from the game?
Correction: In the original version of this episode, I attribute Nothing But Mazes to Stephen Granade, but it is actually by Greg Boettcher. Stephen Granade wrote Child’s Play, which is also part of IntroComp 2006 (and does some interesting things with the voice of the narrator). I should have a corrected version up shortly.
The music for this episode is “Babylon Bring Me Down,” by spinningmerkaba, and is available under a cc by-nc 2.5 license.
References:
- Half-Life from Valve Software
- Shadow of the Colossus from Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
- “First Timer Foibles” #7: Encumbering Exposition by Michael Coyne
- Nothing But Mazes by Greg Boettcher (part of Introcomp 2006)
