User:Cai/Porpentine

Porpentine is an video game designer, writer and curator. She is primarily a developer of hypertext games and interactive fiction. Alongside VVVVVV developer Terry Cavanagh and several others, she is an editor for freeindiegam.es, a curated collection of free, independently produced games. She is a columnist for online PC gaming magazine Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

Game design
Porpentine's games are mainly built using Twine.

Howling Dogs
Porpentine's 2012 Twine game Howling Dogs incorporates themes of escapism, violence and religious experience, though she has stated that it should be open to interpretation.

Awards
Howling Dogs has received the following awards and accolades.


 * 2012 XYZZY awards "Best story" and "Best writing".
 * Boston Phoenix: "Top 5 indie games of 2012".

Richard Hoffmeier GDC incident
During the 2013 Game Developers Conference, game designer Richard Hoffmeier vandalised the booth he had been given to showcase his award-winning game Cart Life, spray-painting the words "Howling Dogs". He stated he wished to give greater exposure to Porpentine's game.