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It’s been really quiet at Sibyl Moon lately, but less so behind the computer. I’ve been hammering on a different sphere of knowledge: formal computer science, with particular attention to dat...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/recommendations-from-gdc-2017/

Apex Magazine is a Hugo-nominated magazine that’s been publishing dark, speculative short fiction since 2005. There’s a yearly subscription drive each October, but the 2016 drive closed prem...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/interview-apex-magazine-jason-sizemore-and-lesley-conner/

I was traveling from February 19 to March 7, so it’s really nice to be back in Boston (even under the current winter storm conditions!) I visited family in Michigan, went to Chicago, took a tra...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/back-from-gdc-train-jam/

BFIG Talks is a game dev conference run by the Boston Festival of Indie Games. It features both digital and nondigital game devs, and there’s a lot to learn in the crossover. The rest of my BFI...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/bfig-losers-have-fun/

BFIG Talks is a game dev conference run by the Boston Festival of Indie Games. It features both digital and nondigital game devs, and there’s a lot to learn in the crossover. The rest of my BFI...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/bfig-3-ways-to-make-your-game-fun/

BFIG Talks is a game dev conference run by the Boston Festival of Indie Games. It features both digital and nondigital game devs, and there’s a lot to learn in the crossover. The rest of my BFI...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/bfig-game-mechanics-immersion/

Last weekend, I spoke at Boston FIG Talks , a game dev conference run by the Boston Festival of Indie Games, aka BFIG. (BFIG is both an event and the name of the organization that runs that event...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/notes-from-boston-fig-talks/

First off: if you’re waiting on my notes from Boston FIG Talks – fear not, they’re coming! I have notes from five amazing talks (four game design, one programming). I learned a lot and I’...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/any-questions-for-apex-magazine/

Hello Boston-area locals! Boston FIG Talks are this Saturday, and I’m going to be co-presenting with Khadeja Merenkov at 9:30 AM. We’re going to discuss modern academic approaches to analy...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/worldbuilding-talk-at-boston-fig/

Many experienced programmers start down the homebrew engine path because they want to make IF games. (Which is wonderful! Hooray for interactive fiction!) But if you want to make a first-person...

http://www.sibylmoon.com/when-to-write-your-own-interactive-fiction-engine/