Luck and Listening in Game Design Chris Hecker 2018-09-22 | My first lecture in a looong time! I gave this talk recently at Busan Indie Connect in Busan, South Korea. I recorded it with a mic that picked up the simultaneous translation booth unfortunately, so you can hear the nice Korean translators struggling to keep up in the background. It could have used some more rehearsal and iteration, but it came out okay, and I'd like to expand on some of these ideas in future talks.
Spore mahna mahna Chris Hecker 2015-09-15 | An early test animation we did for the Spore creatures, played in the development animviewer. Animated by John Cimino.
Pam Shortts broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU! - Strictly Ballroom Chris Hecker 2015-09-15 | Liz: What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!'[the door flies open. It's Ken]Ken: Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with you.Kylie: That was unexpected. Strictly Ballroom is a really fantastic movie, you should watch it.
The Immersive Fallacy, Frank Lantzs GDC 2005 Rant Chris Hecker 2014-03-30 | At the 2005 Game Developers Conference, Frank Lantz delivered this excellent rant on The Immersive Fallacy. It wasn't previously publicly available on the internet anywhere, and with all this VR talk recently, I thought it was pretty timely, so here it is in its entirety. Note that I've used a picture of Frank Lantz in the video instead of the actual Frank Lantz.Posted with permission from the actual Frank Lantz, or at least his email representation.
Ten - Chris Heckers GDC 2014 Rant Chris Hecker 2014-03-21 | Here is my rant from the 2014 Game Developers Conference. It was the 10th anniversary of the rant session.I gave the Duct Tape Award to Anna Anthropy, and read from two of her essays. The full essays are here:http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2159http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2025Also, thanks to Tim Schafer for helping out.
Minecraft Pilgrim Chris Hecker 2013-06-17 | My daughter and I were playing Minecraft in creative mode and she said, "Daddy, come check out what I just made!"
Fair Use, Live - Chris Heckers GDC 2013 Rant Chris Hecker 2013-03-30 | http://chrishecker.com/Fair_Use
No One Knows About Your Game - Chris Heckers GDC13 Indie Game Summit Soapbox Chris Hecker 2013-03-27 | http://chrishecker.com/No_One_Knows_About_Your_Game
I commentate varanass 500th SpyParty game! Chris Hecker 2012-08-08 | SpyParty beta testers (http://www.spyparty.com/beta-sign-up) often ask me to play the big-round-numbers games with them, so I've played some 500th games and some 1000th games, and look forward to playing some 10000th games with some people (who will brutally crush me, that much is clear). varanas asked me to play his 500th, and it turned out to be a great game. I learned a lesson from myself...when I design a game where one of the themes is "making consequential decisions with partial information", I'd better pay attention to that theme while playing. Ignoring that loses me the game.A couple things I didn't notice in the game that you can see clearly here if you're looking for them: 1:20 - you can see the statue swap2:42 - you can see him planting the bug on the Ambassador, then bailing too fast from the convo (this immediate bail I noticed in game, but I'd already psyched myself into believing I had plenty of time to be sure)I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do commentation, so this is a bit rough.
SpyParty Beta Debugging - 8x speed NPCs Chris Hecker 2012-06-20 | This is a video capture of a SpyParty (http://www.spyparty.com) debugging session while I was fixing some beta bugs. I changed how the NPCs select which behavior they run (go to the bookcase, look out the window, engage in conversation, etc.), so I wanted to get a qualitative view on how the party dynamics changed. This is running at 8x speed in debug mode.
SpyParty Beta - start-walking-bug anti-proof? Chris Hecker 2012-06-20 | It seems to me that everybody does the "sometimes move forward and kick" thing at the windows. Does this prove it's not a Spy-only thing?
SpyParty Early-Access Beta Tutorial Chris Hecker 2012-04-17 | I moved the official version of this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_MIqQKhyH4
GDC12 - The Dysfunctional Three-Way Rant Chris Hecker 2012-03-12 | http://chrishecker.com/The_Dysfunctional_Three-Way
SpyParty at PAX East 2011 Chris Hecker 2011-03-19 | Protip: don't walk into the camera like this, or you get shot.http://spyparty.com
Playing Slam Bolt Scrappers at PAX East 2011 Chris Hecker 2011-03-19 | Mash those buttons, mash them!http://firehosegames.com
Ico clip of hand holding mechanic for Chris Heckers GDC 2011 rant Chris Hecker 2011-03-06 | http://chrishecker.com/Potential_UnreachedClipped from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-zY2RRPl0M
Potential Unreached - Chris Heckers Rant from GDC11 Chris Hecker 2011-03-06 | http://chrishecker.com/Potential_Unreached
SpyParty Good/Normal/Bad Microfilm Hide Animation Chris Hecker 2011-01-04 | http://spyparty.com/?p=1074A video demonstrating the different skills of animations for the Spy hiding the microfilm in the book in SpyParty.
Now, a few words on looking for things... by Daryl Zero Chris Hecker 2010-09-20 | Daryl Zero from Zero Effect discusses the metaphysics of looking for things.
SpyParty PAX Tournament Sniper Win Chris Hecker 2010-09-16 | From the quarterfinals of the PAX SpyParty Experts Tournament - http://spyparty.com
SpyParty Elite Exhibition Game Chris Hecker 2010-09-05 | Anthony Burch plays Ian Hetu at PAX. Both are expert players, Ian is a little more expert. :) http://spyparty.com/?p=923
People at the SpyParty & Monaco booth, and the SpyParty Line! Chris Hecker 2010-09-04 | http://spyparty.comhttp://monacoismine.com
SpyParty Hide Microfilm Tell, second draft Chris Hecker 2010-08-16 | http://spyparty.com - An in-development movie from Chris Hecker's spy game, SpyParty, for a blog post.
SpyParty Hide Microfilm Tell, first draft Chris Hecker 2010-08-16 | http://spyparty.com - An in-development movie from Chris Hecker's spy game, SpyParty, for a blog post.
SpyParty book page turn animation Chris Hecker 2010-08-15 | http://spyparty.com - An in-development movie from Chris Hecker's spy game, SpyParty, for a blog post.
SpyParty IK Solver Testing Chris Hecker 2010-06-08 | This is quick video I did testing the Inverse Kinematics Solver that I did in one day for my game SpyParty. This is for this blog post: http://spyparty.com/2010/06/07/full-body-ik-solver-in-a-day http://spyparty.com Remember: THIS IS ALL TEMPORARY PROTOTYPE ART!
SpyParty non-IK example, Misaligned With Statue Chris Hecker 2010-06-08 | This example shows what happens when you play the get-statue animation when you're not aligned with the statue, assuming there's no IK. This is for this blog post: http://spyparty.com/2010/06/07/full-body-ik-solver-in-a-day http://spyparty.com Remember: THIS IS ALL TEMPORARY PROTOTYPE ART!
SpyParty non-IK Example, Aligned With Statue Chris Hecker 2010-06-08 | This is a pre-IK solver example from SpyParty, to show how the animation works when it's lined up with the statue. This is for this blog post: http://spyparty.com/2010/06/07/full-body-ik-solver-in-a-day http://spyparty.com Remember: THIS IS ALL TEMPORARY PROTOTYPE ART!
Please Finish Your Game, Chris Heckers GDC2010 Rant Chris Hecker 2010-03-15 | This is the video from my GDC2010 rant, titled "Please Finish Your Game". http://chrishecker.com/Please_Finish_Your_Game The beginning has the 2010 Duct Tape Award presented to Heather Chaplin for her rant in 2009.
Ishtar credits and Dangerous Business intro, or The Creative Process Chris Hecker 2009-05-01 | This is the best exposition of the creative process I've ever seen. Ishtar is an underrated movie, not because the film itself is very good, but because the songs Paul Williams wrote for the movie are hilarious and brilliant. It's part of a post I'm writing for http://chrishecker.com My friend Jon Blossom introduced me to the awesomeness of Ishtar, and for that I am forever in his debt. Sorry the video quality is bad, but the audio is what matters. The video is just giving you what the idea is. I'll try to capture a better version later.
Henna Octopus Eats Swedish Fish Chris Hecker 2009-04-26 | A henna tattoo of an octopus I recently did for my daughter. Henna octopi eat swedish fish, duh. More: http://chrishecker.com/Henna_Tattoos
Spore - herd prototype in animpreview Chris Hecker 2009-04-12 | A large herd of creatures flocking in the animpreview prototyping tool. Part of my "Liner Notes" for Spore: http://chrishecker.com/My_Liner_Notes_for_Spore
Spore - Help Its Eating My Head Chris Hecker 2009-04-12 | My favorite creature, the HeadEater by Atoramos. Part of my "Liner Notes" for Spore: http://chrishecker.com/My_Liner_Notes_for_Spore
Spore creature skin paint prototype Chris Hecker 2009-04-12 | This video shows Spore's skinproto prototype creature paint system running a randomized paint script on a test mesh. Part of my "Liner Notes" for Spore: http://chrishecker.com/My_Liner_Notes_for_Spore
E for All promo video Chris Hecker 2008-11-22 | Perhaps the most embarrassing video the game industry has ever created.
