Violence in the workplace

Violence in the workplace, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

Sometimes when you’re making video games, you end up repeatedly striking your fellow co-workers with Wiffle Ball Bats. Actually, Kris and Kain are working through some melee combat animations for Mushroom Men combat.

Level review

Level review, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

Damien’s level will be the centerpiece of the EIEIO demonstration, so we’re going over it with a fine-toothed comb.

MTV includes Mushroom Men on their “Top 10 Under-the-Radar” list

We’re honored to be recognized as a potential hit in this upcoming year.

A large portion of the team

A large portion of the team, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

I was sitting at the conference table, so I could only catch about 70% of the team, but here’s a group photo during an end-of-the-week meeting in which we caught the team up on all that transpired during our two-day-long design and planning meetings with Sierra and sister studio Terminal Reality. Ghostbusters is in full production, and our few remaining months have been mapped out with pinpoint precision.

Gamespy wants Ghostbusters

Gamespy lists Ghostbusters as one of their Most Wanted games for 2008.

Gamecock’s EIEIO announcement

Gamecock announced their plans for the upcoming EIEIO festivities coming in March.

(This has always been my favorite of Frank’s concept pieces. I’m glad everyone else likes it, too.)

Brad goes over his AI system for the scripters

Brad goes over his AI system for the scripters, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

He’s spent the past couple of months making our new AI goal/action planning system.

The studio abuzz

The studio abuzz, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

Matt Butler (center), is visiting the office from Terminal Reality to ensure that the implementation of his new sound engine into our licensed copy of TRI’s Infernal Engine goes off without a hitch. The programmers have lively discussions in the background about new systems for character AI and scripting.

Programmer meeting

Programmer meeting, originally uploaded by Red Fly Studio.

The programmers plan out their expectations for the final week of this milestone. So many tasks, so little time! Joining us are newly-hired veteran programmers Ted Jump and Erik Touve.

In good company.

Next Generation lists Mushroom Men amongst the highly anticipated Wii games for 2008.

We made their DS list, too.