My name is Geir Ove Alnes, and I’m a newbie game designer working for the Oslo-based Norwegian video game developer Funcom, where I’m currently involved in the development of the MMORPG title Age of Conan.
Incidentally, I picked up one of my monikers (yes, I have more than one!) – Xoduz – from the title (Exodus) of an old Conan the Barbarian comic I read sometime early in 1997. I’ve been collecting the comics (as released in Norway) since 1996, and it’s been a happy coincidence for me that my entry into game development should coincide with my interest in Conan!
Anyhow, this weblog/website will contain my personal takes on subjects such as game design, gaming in general, tidbits about books I read, interesting going-ons in the world of massively multi-player online games, and more.
I’ll also be putting up any drawings I deem good enough to show publicly on the Art-page, link any essays/tidbits/blurbs I come up with concerning game design on the Design-page, and maybe from time to time throw up some non-design related fiction on the Words-page.
Projects I’ve worked on: (in Chronological order)
- UOX – an open-source Ultima Online server emulator
- WorldBuilder – a GM/world-building tool for UOX
- Norwegian Wood – an UOX-based Ultima Online shard
- Age of Conan – a fantasy-themed MMORPG developed by Funcom
Disclaimer: Everything I post on this blog will be my personal thoughts and opinions, and nothing I write will necessarily represent any official views held by Funcom. Though it might, by accident.
Contact info: xoduz [insert swirly thing here] xoduz.org