“IF YOU ASK ME, I SHALL COME” Kestallen, tuluvanye by Ploi Pirapokin They were once six. A father, the gem smith of kings and the king of gem smiths, renowned for bending an ivory metal that glittered more than gold and diamonds combined, drawing Western Kings over turbulent seas for sapphire collars fashioned into diadems…
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“Drowned” by Lavie Tidhar This is a story my father told me, from the time before we came to live on the Land. In that time there were many wonders and magical things in the world. The world was very small then, unlike now. My father says the world was very large in the old…
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“Interview with Natalie Mueller” by Max Butterfield What drew you to computer science in general, and more specifically game design? Growing up, I loved creative hobbies of all kinds, and in adulthood, I’ve picked up more and more. I’ve always loved drawing, animating, video editing, creative writing, music, etc, and found them as not only…
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“Interview with Writer K.C. Mead-Brewer” by Max Butterfield Hivemind spoke with author K.C. Mead-Brewer about her work on our first AR game, The Unpaved. The game, written by Mead-Brewer and designed by Computer Science graduate student Natalie Mueller, is an ecohorror exploring The Anthropocene. How long have you been writing creatively, and what inspired you…
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“One Time, a Reluctant Traveler” by A. T. Greenblatt If you must know, I left because if I stayed in Nat’s house one night longer, I was going to unravel, like a tragic traveler in one of my family’s tales. And that was a story I didn’t want to be. My bike was already packed….
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