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Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Xalavier Nelson Jr. is a video game developer who is the founder and creative director of indie game studio Strange Scaffold. Awards and accomplishments Nelson was named by ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...'' as one of their " 30 Under 30" for gaming in 2024. In 2024, Nelson won the Black in Gaming Indie Developer Award. Nelson's game ''El Paso, Elsewhere'' was nominated for the D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards in 2024. Works The following list is not comprehensive. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Xalavier Jr. Living people 1999 births American game designers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Development
Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming, design, art, audio, user interface, and writing. Each of those may be made up of more specialized skills; art includes 3D modeling of objects, character modeling, animation, visual effects, and so on. Development is supported by project management, production, and quality assurance. Teams can be many hundreds of people, a small group, or even a single person. Development of commercial video games is normally funded by a video game publisher, publisher and can take two to five years to reach completion. Game creation by small, self-funded teams is called indie game, independent development. The technology in a game may be written from scratch or use proprietary software specific to one company. As development has become more complex, it has become common for companies and independent developers alike to use off-the-shelf "engines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Interactive Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization of video game industry professionals. It organizes the annual Design Innovate Communicate Entertain Summit, better known as D.I.C.E., which includes the presentations of the D.I.C.E. Awards. History Andrew S. Zucker, an attorney in the entertainment industry, founded the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences in 1991 and served as its first president. AIAS co-promoted numerous events with organizations such as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, and Women in Film. Their first awards show program, '' Cybermania '94'', which was hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, was broadcast on TBS in 1994. While a second show was run in 1995 and was the first awards program to be streamed over the Web, it drew far fewer audiences than the first. Video game industry leaders decided that they wanted to reform AIAS as a non-profit organization for the vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactical Takedown
Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to: * Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks ** Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield ** Chess tactics ** Political tactics * TACTIC (military program), a U.S. military research program conducted by DARPA Computer science * A ''tactic'' is a procedure for deriving terms in an interactive theorem prover Geography * Tactic, Guatemala, a municipality in the Alta Verapaz department Entertainment * Tactics, a dart game similar to cricket * "Tactics", a 1995 song by The Yellow Monkey * ''Tactics'' (album), a 1996 album by John Abercrombie * Tactics (band), an Australian band * ''Tactics'' (game), generally credited as the first board wargame * ''Tactics'' (manga), a Japanese manga series * ''Tactic'' (video game), a puzzle video game * Tactics (video games studio) is a Japanese software publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skin Deep (video Game)
''Skin Deep'' is a first-person shooter science fiction video game developed by Blendo Games and published by Annapurna Interactive, released on 30 April 2025 for Windows. The game follows an open-ended structure, heavily influenced by immersive sim mechanics, which allows players to approach missions using various playstyles. The player assumes the role of Nina Pasadena, an "insurance commando" who is cryogenically stored aboard various starships as a security measure. When space pirates hijack a vessel and trigger a silent alarm, Nina is awakened from stasis and must navigate the environment using a variety of stealth, combat, and environmental interactions to neutralize the threat. Gameplay ''Skin Deep'' is an action video game played from the first-person perspective. Players undertake a series of missions to release crew members from ships that are hijacked by pirates. The game has been described as an immersive sim; the missions are open-ended and present multiple metho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Eater
''Life Eater'' is a 2024 video game developed by Strange Scaffold and published by Strange Scaffold and Frosty Pop for Windows. The game is a narrative horror puzzle game in which the player is a murderer that uses an interactive timeline to learn the routines and vulnerabilities of their victims. The game was concepted by independent developer Xalavier Nelson Jr, who aimed to create a "horror fantasy kidnapping simulator" that explored themes of surveillance in a fantasy horror context. Upon release, ''Life Eater'' received mixed to average reviews from critics, with reviewers noting the impact and ambition of its premise, but expressing mixed views on the effect of its gameplay and narrative to execute its concept. Gameplay ''Life Eater'' is a puzzle game in which the player is a murderer that uses an interactive timeline similar to video editing software to plan an opportunity to abduct a specific victim nominated at the start of every stage. Each round of the game takes p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Airport For Aliens Currently Run By Dogs
''An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs'' is an adventure video game developed and published by Strange Scaffold. Players explore airports and interact with intelligent, talking dogs. It was released for Windows, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch. Gameplay The protagonist and his fiancée, the last two humans, travel separately to various locations through airports run by dogs. The dogs are represented using stock photography and have descriptive names, such as "Bribe Dog", who accepts bribes. The dogs often require players to perform fetch quests to progress to their destination, but there is no money involved. Once players acquire the proper items, they can board their flight to meet their fiancée. Locations can include other planets. Time proceeds in real-time, and, if they miss their flight, players must determine an alternate route. All the signs are written in an alien language, which can be deciphered. The airports are open world, and players can complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond
Beyond may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film * ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne'' * ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed by Pernilla August, OT: ''Svinalängorna'' * ''Beyond'' (2012 film), an American thriller directed by Josef Rusnak * ''Beyond'' (2014 film), a British science fiction film *"Beyond", a segment of the short-film collection ''The Animatrix'' *''Star Trek Beyond'', a 2016 American science fiction film in the ''Star Trek'' film franchise Games *Beyond Games, a U.S. video game developer founded in 1992 *Beyond Software, a 1980s UK video game developer *'' Beyond: Two Souls'', a video game for the PlayStation 3 *'' Metroid Prime 4: Beyond'', a video game in the ''Metroid'' franchise *Stormfront Studios, a U.S. video game developer originally named Beyond Software (1988–1991) Music Groups *Beyond (band), a Hong Kong rock band formed in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Paper Shotgun
''Rock Paper Shotgun'' is a British video game journalism website. It was launched in July 2007 to focus on PC game, PC games and was acquired by Gamer Network, a network of sites led by ''Eurogamer'', in May 2017. History ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' was founded by Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, Alec Meer and John Walker in August 2007. Gillen announced that he would no longer be involved in posting the day-to-day content of ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' in 2010, focusing more on his work with Marvel Comics. Rossignol founded his own game studio, Big Robot, in 2010. Meer and Walker left in 2019. In June 2010, ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' began an advertising partnership with the Gamer Network, Eurogamer Network. Also in the year, ''Rock Paper Shotgun'' partnered with ''Eurogamer'' to create Rezzed, a PC and indie games show spun off from the EGX (expo), Eurogamer Expo. In May 2017, Gamer Network acquired the site outright. A year later, website has partnered again with EGX (expo), EGX to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypnospace Outlaw
''Hypnospace Outlaw'' is a 2019 simulation video game developed by Tendershoot and published by No More Robots. Set in an alternate history 1999, the game takes place inside a parody of the early Internet and its culture that users visit in their sleep called Hypnospace. The player assumes the role of an "Enforcer" for the fictional company Merchantsoft—creator of Hypnospace—and seeks to police illegal content, copyright violations, viruses, and cyberbullying by users on the service. In the process, the player engages in detective work and puzzle-solving. ''Hypnospace Outlaw'' was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in March 2019 and for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in August 2020. Gameplay ''Hypnospace Outlaw'' utilizes an interface based on that of a typical graphical interface for a desktop operating system, similar to the likes of Windows 9x, with the player using a fictional in-game "web browser" called Hypnospace Explorer, akin to the massively popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Annual D
Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven. Seventh may refer to: * Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution * A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts Film and television *"The Seventh", a second-season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' Music * A seventh (interval), the difference between two pitches ** Diminished seventh, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval ** Major seventh, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Minor seventh, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees ** Harmonic seventh, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key ** Augmented seventh, an interval * Leading-tone or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree * Seventh chord, a chord consisting of a triad p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clickolding
''Clickolding'' is an adventure video game developed and published by Strange Scaffold. It was released on July 16, 2024 for Windows systems. Gameplay The gameplay is built around clicking a four-digit tally counter up to its limit. The entirety of the game is confined to one motel room. The player can move around within it and interact with a handful of objects. At certain points, the Clickold gives orders such as requesting that the player stand in certain areas of the room. The player is unable to click the counter until they comply with the requests. Plot The game begins with the protagonist alone in a motel room with a masked man (referred to as "the Clickold"), who presents them with a tally counter. The Clickold orders the protagonist to reset the counter by clicking it up to its limit of 9999, promising to afterwards pay them the $14,000 they need for a medical procedure. The player clicks, the Clickold stops them at odd intervals and gives them arbitrary orders, often u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
