A Question of Promise #8

Production Date: July 31st 2009
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Eric wakes up to find Eve standing over him with a steel pipe. She's not here for him though - It's Dice that she wants...

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A Question of Promise: Digital Comic

A Question of Promise: Digital Comic is the DS homebrew adaption of the first issue; complete with music and sound effects! Now you can play and carry around A Question of Promise on your Nintendo DS (as long as you have a flash cart, such as a R4 Revolution).


Instructions: unzip the .NDS file, copy it to your flash cart, and load. You'll be reading the comic on two screens in no time!

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osh10 featuring A Lighter Shade of White - "Mr Sheen"

Production Date: April 20th 2008
Genre: Animation / Music Video
Animated and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Music by: osh10
Length: 4 minutes
Synopsis: To mark its 10th anniversary, the whole A Lighter Shade of White web comic series is summarized in three and a half minutes to a jazzy soundtrack.

A Question of Promise #7

Production Date: March 18th 2008
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Eric returns safe and sound, but not before Eden enlists Erin to make a public appeal for information on national TV. They'll both have some explaining to do...

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Same As It Ever Was

Production Date: February 29th 2008
Genre: Machinima
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Music by: Lackluster
Length: 3 minutes
Synopsis: Video game critics use the same arguments against gaming as they did for movies, television, music, comics, books...
As featured at: GameSetWatch, The Age, Sumea

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A Question of Promise #6

Production Date: February 13th 2008
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Eric's disappearance has Eden and Dice worried. Alvin and McMahon know where he is, but the truth is rather unbelievable.

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A Question of Promise #5

Production Date: January 13th 2008
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Erin has finally scored her big break as a stand-up comedian. Eden, Eric and Dice go and check out her first ever live gig.

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Pip'n Xbox

Just a quick post - I made a parody of an Apple/Bandai Pippin promo video by replacing every reference from Apple to Microsoft. It's on Youtube, and it was mentioned at Destructoid.

A Question of Promise #4

Production Date: December 13th 2007
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Eden prepares for her cousin's wedding, but a reoccurring headache isn't making things easy. Having received some special shopping tips, Eric's pretty confident that he can help lighten her load.

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DDGC - Aussie Football: Glory in September

So I've finally got around to making a new game. It's a turn-based rock, paper, scissors game based on Aussie Rules Footy (AFL). I made this one as a Flash Actionscript learning project, and in that respect, it was successful (that is, now I know some). The game's not particularly interesting, but it's complete and it works. So, feel free to give it a five-minute try.

Aussie Football: Glory in September

A Question of Promise #3

Production Date: November 14th 2007
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Confused by his actions last night, Eric receives some unwanted but helpful advice. Meanwhile at home, Dice finds a way to relieve his boredom...

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Isabella's Big Adventure - The Patisserie Pursuit

Production Date: November 4th 2007
Genre: Animation
Starring: Isabella (of course!)
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 5 minutes
Synopsis: Isabella's prize-winning cakes are making someone jealous...
Notes: First Isabella episode done in Flash at 720p.

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A Question of Promise #2

Production Date: October 13th 2007
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Unfazed by their awkward first date, Eden invites Eric and Dice over to her house for dinner. Will this night have a better ending?

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A Question of Promise #1 Fifth Anniversary Edition

Production Date: September 13th 2007
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W w/ colour covers
Synopsis: Eric's date with classmate Eden looks like it will be a success, as long as his housemate (and sentient pool-of-water) Dice doesn't find out...
Notes: The Fifth Anniversary Edition of A Question of Promise is not only a remake of the original comic (with brand new artwork, and some minor story and dialogue changes), but also the start of a new A Question of Promise monthly limited series.

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The Most Powerful Person in the World

Production Date: May 16th 2007
Genre: Machinima / Arthouse
Conceived and Edited by: Thuyen Nguyen
Music by: Lackluster
Length: 5 minutes
Synopsis: A love letter to video games.
As featured at: Gamesetwatch, Kotaku, The Age, Newsweek, Destructoid, Major League Gaming, Ain't It Cool News...

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Work and Play

Production Date: January 7th 2007
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Paul Callaghan, Kate Inabinet, Ian Malcolm, Garth Midgley, Heath Smith
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 9 minutes
Synopsis: A journalist comes to Beepford Games to do some research for a magazine article. As long as the employees behave themselves, everything should be fine...
As featured at: GameSetWatch, Kotaku, Sumea

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Isabella's Big Adventure - The Greatest View

Production Date: August 22nd 2006
Genre: Animation
Starring: Isabella (of course!)
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 4 minutes
Synopsis: Isabella has a soccer date with an old friend.

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An Unfair War

Production Date: June 7th 2006
Genre: Drama / Machinima
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 5 minutes
Synopsis: From the middle of a warzone, an innocent man uses the internet to tell his story.
Screenings: Animatu (Portugal), Bitfilm (Germany), Holland Animation Film Festival (The Netherlands), Bradford Animation Festival (U.K.), Silver Lake Film Festival (USA)

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Transformers Jump!

Here's a physics and highlight reel using Atari's Transformers game which I made years ago but only now decided to share with the interweb. I guess you could call it Machinima, though quite unlike Bookstore 2 or 3 (see sidebar for links).

Why is it called "Jump"? Well, I guess you haven't heard of the famous Warthog Jump video (which you really should watch, even if you don't like Halo).

Apologies now for using the most-overused song in stunt videos (Blur's "Song 2") and a Michael Mann track (I was listening to Soulwax at the time)...

DDGC - Introducing Phoenix Wright Turnabout Trivia

Phoenix Wright - Turnabout Trivia is the latest addition to the Desert Dog Games Channel. It's another multiple-choice trivia game with a slight twist - there are trick questions mixed in with real questions. So OBJECT!

On a related note, I forced my girlfriend to play the first episode of Phoenix Wright the other day. It only takes about 20-ish minutes to get through, and she did it with only one hint from me. She must have enjoyed it, because when I got home that night, she told me that she continued onto the second episode - only to get stuck during the Courtroom Battle. I would have thought the Investigation bit would have been more difficult... Anyway, love the game. It's available for Nintendo DS now.

Play Phoenix Wright - Turnabout Trivia here!

TF Trivia Battle WIP

Inspired by the rather cool Buzz game for PS2, and the observation that I cannot create complex games by myself, I have whipped up a trivia game based on Transformers. Feel free to play it here, but it's a work-in-progress. More questions are being written by myself and some fine fellows at the TAAU forums; and points-tuning and balancing is ongoing. Consider it an 'open-beta', to use a MMO term. I'll put up a proper link when it's finished...

Broken Destiny

Production Date: October 28th 2005
Game and Story by: Thuyen Nguyen
Synopsis: When Optimus Prime has a vision of the destruction of Cybertron and the extinction of the Transformers, he enlists the help of... Megatron?
As Cybertron dies, the Autobots and Decepticons search the galaxy for the answer. But even with the threat of total annihilation, the battle between good and evil continues...
Can the Transformers put aside their differences and work together to overcome their greatest threat before it's too late?
Game Information:
1 Player
RPG-lite (Active Novel)
Windows
Based on Transformers Armada
1-2 hours playing time
Minimum tested system requirements:
Windows 2000, 256MB RAM, PIII CPU, Mouse, DirectX Video card, 50MB free disk space

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Bookstore 3 ~ Harry Strikes Back

Production Date: July 25th 2005
Genre: Comedy / Machinima
Starring: Mark Angeli, Justin Halliday, Warren Hawkes, Kate Inabinet, Thuyen Nguyen
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 8 minutes
Synopsis: Tom, Richard and Emily are called into the Bookstore, unaware of the dangerous situation awaiting them...
Awards: Official selection, Machinima Film Festival 2005; Official selection, ION International Animation and Film Festival 2005

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Japan Story Two

Production Date: February 20th 2005
Genre: Travelogue
Starring: Thuyen Nguyen, Kayoko Mukai
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 11 minutes
Synopsis: Return to Japan for a little Christmas cheer, New Year's reflection and one more bout of karaoke.

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A Question of Promise

Production Date: July 2002
Genre: Comedy
Story and Art by: Thuyen Nguyen
Format: 24 pages, B&W
Synopsis: Eric's date with classmate Eden looks like it will be a success, as long as his housemate (and sentient pool-of-water) Dice doesn't find out...

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Original Post:

A couple of years ago, I self-published a black and white comic book entitled A Question of Promise. It's a comedy about a guy trying to impress a girl, while not trying to upset his housemate, who happens to be a sentient pool of water.

Anyway, the fine folks at Phase Two Comics have agreed to sell it on their site!

So don't just stand there - Buy my comic here!

Bookstore 2 ~ A Reunion of Sorts

Production Date: February 6th 2005
Genre: Comedy / Machinima
Starring: Mark Angeli, Lincoln Flynn, Justin Halliday, Warren Hawkes, Kate Inabinet, Thuyen Nguyen
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 8 minutes
Synopsis: Tom wants to know what happened during Richard and Emily's date. Meanwhile, Harry finds two common souls with him in prison...
Awards: Machinima of the Month, PC GAMER UK Magazine June 2005; Official selection, Machinima Film Festival 2005; Official selection, ION International Animation and Film Festival 2005

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Isabella's Big Adventure on the High Seas

Production Date: October 31st 2004
Genre: Animation
Starring: Isabella (of course!)
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 4 minutes
Synopsis: A rich casino on water, a cell of modern pirates and one determined girl!

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Japan Story

Production Date: October 3rd 2004
Genre: Travelogue
Starring: Thuyen Nguyen, Kayoko Mukai
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 33 minutes
Synopsis: Spend a few weeks in Kobe, Japan as we follow the director's adventures with cakes, natto and naked onsens.

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Retrenchment Game

Production Date: May 31st 2004
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Lincoln Flynn, Garth Midgley, Paul Callaghan, Ian Malcolm, Andrew Symons, Rod Green
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 7 minutes
Synopsis: The Retrenchment Game is simple. The last person alive gets to keep their job.
Awards: Official selection, Sour Grapes Film Festival 2005

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Bookstore

Production Date: March 14th 2004
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Mark Angeli, Kate Inabinet, Justin Halliday, Thuyen Nguyen
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 9 minutes
Synopsis: Two friends, a shoplifter and an attractive workmate come together to talk about life, love and professional wrestling.
Awards: Opening film, Sour Grapes Film Festival 2005

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Isabella's Big Adventure in Space

Production Date: December 31st 2003
Genre: Animation
Starring: Isabella (of course!)
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 4 minutes
Synopsis: While bowling a perfect game, Isabella is kidnapped and sent into space to retrieve a mysterious artifact from the moon.

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Isabella's Big Adventure in the City

Production Date: November 3rd 2002
Genre: Animation
Starring: Isabella (of course!)
Written and Directed by: Thuyen Nguyen
Length: 4 minutes
Synopsis: Isabella spends a fun-filled day in the city.

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