Rampant Games at Salt Lake Comic Con – Random Thoughts

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 8, 2014

This weekend, Rampant Games was at Salt Lake Comic Con, showing an early alpha build of Frayed Knights 2: The Khan of Wrath. We’d created a special demo particularly for for convention. The idea was to have an adventure that players could experience in about 5 minutes of playing that would give them a taste […]

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Day 1 – Can’t Talk Now

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 5, 2014

Have a lot to say but no time to say it. Here’s the Utah Games Guild Arcade just before they opened the doors at Comic Con. Unfortunately, my side of the kiosk is opposite this shot: Things started out slowly, thanks to Comic Con’s messed up registration system, but got plenty busy quickly. I’ll post […]

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Frayed Knights: Why these characters?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 4, 2014

So today, I act like a “real” game developer (I’ve been faking it for almost twenty years) and act as an exhibitor at Salt Lake Comic Con. It’s been a rough several weeks getting this little demo of Frayed Knights 2: The Khan of Wrath ready. It’s felt very much like a release, with all […]

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The Ten Books Thingie

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 3, 2014

There’s a little thingie going on right now on Facebook about the ten books that influenced you the most. I’m posting them here because … well, Facebook. And because it is a fun topic for a blog post. This is a weird question, of course, because a book might have influenced me via the Butterfly […]

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KHAN! I mean, CON! Come play Frayed Knights 2: The Khan of Wrath at SL Comic Con

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 2, 2014

I seem to be making up for my lack of convention-going as a kid later in life. This sprint / summer, we’ve been to the Salt Lake Comic Con “Fan Xperience” convention, Steamfest, the Fantasy & Renaissance Festival. We went down to Cedar City to hit a play during the annual Shakespearean Festival. Last weekend […]

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Damsels in Distress

Posted by Rampant Coyote on September 1, 2014

Even with my various quibbles over her “Tropes vs. Women” videos, Anita Sarkeesian managed to open my eyes. It’s hard to watch her videos and not feel like we need to do better as an industry. I worry about creating a lens through which you are viewing everything looking for offense (because you will find […]

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