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Alexis Kennedy

‘THE RARER ACTION’

[I first posted this at weatherfactory.biz a week ago, on 26th July. There’ve been developments since then — see the end of the post.]

28 min readJul 26, 2021

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‘THE RARER ACTION’

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Alexis Kennedy

Bonus Provocations

Matt teaches Classics at St John’s, Oxford, where I’m delighted to say that he specialises in the study of ancient literary parody. He…

7 min readJun 8, 2021

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Batrachomychia book cover

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How I Got Into Games, Part IV: Networking Issues

Back to the plot. Sonja is now two months old. I’ve dragged Echo Bazaar into playable alpha, despite two weeks’ unpaid paternity leave (as…

8 min readJun 9, 2020

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How I Got Into Games, Part IV: Networking Issues

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How I Got Into Games, Part IV: Death

I’ve talked about birth, and now I’m going to talk about death. Years after I made Fallen London, someone I’m close to asked me ‘AK, is…

11 min readMay 3, 2020

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How I Got Into Games, Part 3: Cutting the Cord

PART 1, or, How I Started Making A Game In Only Six Months With No Idea How To Do It And No Money

12 min readApr 22, 2020

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How I Got Into Games, Part 3: Cutting the Cord

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How I Got Into Games, Part 2: ‘Where Are My Sodding Crickets?’

I started writing. But obviously, if you’re writing for a game, you can’t just sit down and type long-form into a document like this one…

13 min readApr 2, 2020

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How I Got Into Games, Part 2: ‘Where Are My Sodding Crickets?’

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How I Got Into Games, Part 1: Echo Bazaar

I get asked a lot how I got into games. I always feel unhelpful when I tell my story, because it’s such an unconventional and such an…

12 min readMar 16, 2020

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How I Got Into Games, Part 1: Echo Bazaar

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Alexis Kennedy on Cultist Simulator: the Way through the Wood, Part 5

When Lottie and I launched Cultist Simulator, it was a success. Not a giant success — not a headline-grabbing rags-to-riches success — but…

11 min readFeb 28, 2020

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Alexis Kennedy on Cultist Simulator: the Way through the Wood, Part 5

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Alexis Kennedy

STATE OF THE FACTORY: YEAR 2

Once again, here’s how Weather Factory is doing, here’s how we thought we’d be doing, and here’s what we’re doing next.

38 min readFeb 10, 2020

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STATE OF THE FACTORY: YEAR 2

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Cultist Simulator: the Way through the Wood, Part 5

Kickstarters usually run for a month. Anyone interested can pledge at any time after the Kickstarter opens, right up until the moment the…

11 min readJan 31, 2020

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Cultist Simulator: the Way through the Wood, Part 5

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Alexis Kennedy

Alexis Kennedy

Hermit Sage of North Greenwich & co-founder @factoryweather. Fallen London, Sunless Sea, Cultist Simulator, Paradox, Bioware, Telltale. I never announced DA4.

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