Over the last few weeks I’ve been picking away at a sidetrack in the work on ANGELINA, and it’s spiralled into something a bit bigger that’s now genuinely captivating me. I talked about it a…
Workshop on Games at the University of Essex
I’ll be talking at the University of Essex as part of their Workshop on Games this September. You can find the Workshop’s agenda here. I’ll be talking about some brand new work I’m doing for platform…
Apps, Papers, and Other
I’ve been lax updating the site recently – this is partly down to not having anything flashy to show off, not even a screenshot of something new that’s going on! Nevertheless, things have been happening.…
Are You A Scientist? Get In Here.
For the last two weeks I’ve been answering questions and chatting with schoolkids as part of I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here! and today I discovered I was the last scientist standing in my…
ANGELINA at AIIDE 2012
Our submission to the Artificial Intelligence in Interactive Digital Entertainment conference has been accepted for inclusion into the conference proceedings and will also appear in the conference poster session! I’m absolutely thrilled. We received a lot…
Next Week I’m A Scientist
I’m a scientist most weeks, obviously, but next week is I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here! and I’m one of the participating scientists! IAS is an online event for UK schoolchildren where groups of…
Life After GaME
Did you come to this year’s Games and Media Event at Imperial College? If you did, thank you so much! I hope you had a great time. I can honestly say that this year’s event…
New Game – Sex, Lies and Rape
I was a bit hesitant about some of the games coming out of ANGELINA over the last fortnight. In particular, it became obvious to me that the more autonomous the system became the higher the…
New Game – The Conservation of Emily
The first game from the AIIDE run of game generation is up. It’s called The Conservation of Emily and it’s based on an article about UK politicians being involved in illegal logging companies. If you’d like…
On the Road to Aesthetics and Meaning
I mentioned that I’m writing a paper about the latest edition of ANGELINA, but I haven’t really explained what it is that ANGELINA can do that’s different from a few months ago. It’s been very…