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Game designer; chief creative officer at Spry Fox (Triple Town, Realm of the Mad God) and author of the Lost Garden design blog.
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Thinkpad T530Hardware Lenovo
My second machine is an overly solid 15.6" Thinkpad T530 with an SSD. What I love about this machine is the keyboard. Each keystroke is a joy.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
SkypeSoftware Microsoft
The bulk of our conversation happens in Skype. We've got each team set up in chat rooms and then we have on topic conversations throughout the day. What is great about this is that it is asynchronous. If you are in the middle of something, then a message from someone is stored until you are ready to read it.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
Google DocsService Google
For writing, we use Google Docs. The ability to collaboratively edit documents in realtime and share them over the web with the click of a button has really changed how I write design docs.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
Adobe IllustratorSoftware Adobe
I've been using Adobe Illustrator for interface design. My favorite technique is to set up all the UI elements on separate artboards and then I can quickly export them out with full name to all sorts of different resolutions with a single dialog.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
Google SpreadsheetsService Google
Many of our prototypes store their balancing data in Google Spreadsheets and then we can quickly tweak a value and have it published live to the game. So you get all the version control and group editing of Google Docs feeding directly into your game… this is much nicer than throwing XML files back and forth.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
DropboxService Dropbox
We also use Dropbox for our file storage and everyone has a variety of iOS and Android devices for testing the latest builds and playing Drop7.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
Wacom tabletHardware Wacom
There's also a Wacom tablet as well for when I do digital paintings but lately my art has been leaning towards a more graphic vector style so it doesn't get quite as much love.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
UnitySoftware Unity Technologies
For the games themselves, we've used Flash, Unity or HTML. Essentially, we want to be cross platform so that once we've found an interesting game mechanics, we can quickly distribute it to as many people as possible.
His Uses This interview, on the two workstations and remote-team tools behind Spry Fox.
2012-10-09·usesthis.com ↗
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