Loinhead

An uninspired title for an uninspired post. From Gamasutra comes news that Lionhead has recently become a licensee of PathEngine, an engine to do their pathfinding and agent moving for Lionhead. For which games this engine has been licensed is unclear; however, back in 2006 Lionhead had just bought a Kynapse license for Fable 2: unless a late-in-development change was made, PathEngine isn’t being used for Fable 2. More likely seems that it is being used for its second project (secret game/project x/the experiment, etc.).

Gamasutra have a 5-page interview with the Molynator. Here is a brief selection of tantalising phrases which may or may not be related to the interview or, for that matter, Fable 2: henchmen that can do everything you can, Peter playing with and designing for his wife, finding the middle ground between arcade and hardcore and the audience to go with it, something about “women” having “insight”, the industry, the past of Bullfrog yet again. Also he likes Phantom Hourglass.

Yarr.

gamedeveloper is conducting a survey among game professionals about the top 50 development studios, running until this Wednesday. If you are a “games professional”, you can submit the survey about Lionhead – if not, don’t, because gamedeveloper doesn’t care what you think. Via Gamasutra.

Lionhead will be at the London Game Career Fair, October 23rd - 24th. From Gamasutra.

The event, building on the success of the inaugural fair last year, features a mix of exhibitors and sessions, giving both existing members of the industry and those looking to break into the industry a chance to meet with companies and learn from experienced industry speakers. The London Game Career Fair is the exclusive recruitment event of the London Games Festival, a series of events taking place across the city during the week of October 22.