This is Quantum Conundrum, the first-person puzzle game coming out early next year from a development team led by Kim Swift. She’s someone who has earned my gaming trust, since she was a senior member of the team that made Narbacular Drop and the more famous game it was turned into, Portal More »
While we got our first look at Airtight Games’ dimension-hopping Quantum Conundrum yesterday via Gamespot, there’s just something about the smell of a fresh announcement trailer and screenshots that transport your heart straight to the fluffy dimension. More »
The first game collaboration between Square Enix and Airtight Games will be revealed at a PAX panel this Saturday, 7pm PST (noon AEST). The panel will feature former Valve developer, Kim Swift. Kotaku is covering everything PAX, so check back regularly!
Kim Swift, best known for being one of the students-turned-Valve-developers behind Narbacular Drop and team leader for its better-known successor Portal has left the house of Half-Life for the den of Dark Void. More »
Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw, two of the key developers on Portal, gave GDC attendees a behind the scenes look at The Orange Box hit, focusing on the process of integrating narrative and design. The two also showed early and, by their own admission, failed, version’s of the game’s final boss fight with GLaDOS, the talkative, ever present artificial intelligence. They highlighted three attempts at making a successful boss battle, driving home the fact that ample playtesting brought them to the incinerator battle they ultimately settled on.
