Carrion Screenplay

Making up a back story for a card game - The author sees an opportunity turn one of his life-changing experiences into a collection of Artist Trading Cards, so he’s brainstorming. As he searches, the subject of his thoughts—a dead Mexican named Ulises Carrion—whispers the right moves in his ear. 856 Words. ap100223. ©2010 Bill Ritchie.

Image Banks

Walldows on a printmaking world - Working his way through a computer game on a self-assigned regimen, the author comes to the topic of rewards, the “pay off” for having completed another mini game. In this example he gets images from the musicians’ gallery of snapshots. He wants his own. 532 Words. ap100124. ©2010 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Reverse Engineering

Taking a game apart and putting it together - His morning routine is to take a computer game apart and put it back together, but changing the pictures in the game. He takes a classic rock music group’s game, lists how many mini games are in it, and draws a new design for a game about his printmaking. 628 Words. ap100114. ©2010 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Burin Hunt

First lesson in an online printmaking class
The year 2010 is the first year the author will offer an online printmaking course and in this essay he explains how an ordinary printmaking course will be the starting point for a computer game about printmaking. He’s been planning this for thirty years. 881 Words. ap100104. ©2010 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com