‘Black Matters’ – A game concept paper
Posted by: erlend.sh on: July 15, 2009
Quick personal note: I am now residing in Vancouver, Canada, attending the awesome Game Design program at the Vancouver Film School. This place is rad man!
Black Matters
Albin Black is a young teenager composed of 50% antimatter. His father is one of the greatest astrophysicists in history, and it is was in an attempt to save Albin’s mother from a deadly disease through experimental science that Albin came to be as he is. Albin does not know the name of his father, he only calls him by the name everyone else knows him: ‘The Scientist’, which reflects on his upbringing. One day Albin and his father are ambushed by men in white coats, and the Professor is kidnapped while Albin is still cornered. Having lived a very isolated life, Albin finds himself abruptly forced to use his ‘negative side’ for more than just keeping his balance. Immediately he sets out to find his father, but is it devotion or urge for answers that drives him? Read the rest of this entry »
pirates & publishers: who needs’em?
Posted by: erlend.sh on: June 10, 2009
As an aspiring game designer I have come by a lot of news and debates concerning DRM, the most recent of which coming from Gamasutra. And it is spot on: Why bother!? Instead of repeating what can already be read in countless online digests, I’ll just say what might be easier to say for a near-anonymous blogger as compared to a large informational network with obligations and whatnot: Kill the publishers. Read the rest of this entry »
Did I not tell you?
Posted by: erlend.sh on: May 18, 2009
Oh, and, I’m back from that lil’ picnic over in Africa. In short, my 4 month stay in Ghana sums up to a bucket load of intriguing new impressions and tiny snippets of wisdom; most of which I’m pretty confident I managed to smuggle back home without any of my friends and family noticing the slightest difference.
With restricted space in the top shell I thankfully retrieved out of my backpack about 250 grams worth of A4 sheets tightly crammed with tiny dots of ink and dirt living in undecipherable harmony. Read the rest of this entry »
Mental Block? Go to Africa!
Posted by: erlend.sh on: January 22, 2009
So I’ve been living in Ghana for about three weeks now, spending an initial week in the capital Accra prior to moving further up north to live in the village of Savelugu, a 25 minute ride from Tamale. Here I’m living with a generous host family while working at a nearby schoorphanage (there are about 70 children living here while also attending the attached school in the weekdays). According to the most recent plans, we’ll be heading down south again some time around March where we’ll take part in an AIDS program situated somewhere around Kumasi. Read the rest of this entry »
VFS here I come (after work, Ghana, more work and summer holidays)!!!
Posted by: erlend.sh on: December 22, 2008
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December 19, 2008
Congratulations Erlend!
After reviewing your application, our Admissions Department was truly impressed by the strength of your submission and we are delighted to accept you to VFS for the Game Design program starting June 29, 2009.
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It’s a start…
Posted by: erlend.sh on: November 19, 2008
A couple days back I realized that I’m taking off to Ghana soon for my 4 month stay as a volunteer worker. At that same time, I realized I did have plans for what I wanted to do as soon as I’d come back from Ghana: Resume the role of an aspiring game designer, and for real this time! Read the rest of this entry »
