I redid my website and have to transfer most of my porfolio entries over to the new format. Additionally, I am re-checking most of the content for errors and ommissions, taking a short stab and trying to update the code for old projects so it can be compiled by someone who isn't me, and adding new content.

The following new content is expected to make an appearence:

• HeatherWiki - wiki project, see below section
• Multi-threaded background content loading - tech demo, my focus on how it affects designers and artists
• Slimy Situation - game design with technical documents

Currently focused on the early stages of our capstone project. Our project is being developed by a team of four in XNA (so it can be released on XBLI). It is a multi-player comedy survival horror game about four people on safari. They contract a strange virus that transforms the ordinary world into a dark twisted parody of itself, filled with monsters.

Read about the original description I posted here.

Work on HeatherWiki continues though it takes a back seat to other projects. Right now I'm only pushing features by request or as I need them personally. Currently there are six wikis using it: One is the original holding content from Revenge of the Duzzles. One holds the design document for Shelf Life and is the primary testing ground and holds most of the later stage documentation. One is in use by an indie game studio I spent the summer with. Two are holding design documents created by the first year grad students for one of their classes. And the last one being used by the above capstone project.

I am currently working on updating most of the documentation and sorting it between the first two wikis. Since I moved development to a later version of MediaWiki, I have to move the documentation and get rid of all the deprecated stuff. I am also running the final tests on the 3rd beta release which will be available for download soon. I'm also putting together all the stuff to license it (most likely under a Creative Commons license).

For the latest news on HeatherWiki, you can follow it on Twitter.