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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Hello Finn's Fable-ites! Welcome to another blog post! Today, I am addressing some of the things I learned in my first week in MS503 - Game Marketing and Advertising, taught by Professor Hue Henry at the University of ...

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What went right?

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This was an exciting week, and the last of the Game Production and Documentation class at UAT. I learned a lot about game documentation this week, and particularly about coordinating multidisciplinary efforts using scru...

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Enjoy this video pitch for Kintaro, which explains the core gameplay, how to play Hanafuda Koi-Koi, and gives some insights into the character art pipeline for creating and animating 3D characters in Blender and setting ...

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This week in my Game Production and Documentation class at UAT, taught by Professor Hue Henry, I learned about the importance of maintaining and updating game design documents, such as a one-page design document. By focu...

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This week for Kintaro, I worked on several aspects of the game that required production management and documentation skills. First of all, I am happy to announce that I have finished casting the first wave of voice actor...

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Welcome to Finn's Fables inside look into the development of Kintaro, a cozy adventure card-game pit sim! This week, I was primarily focused on developing the narrative and the quest design. I learned a lot from my time...

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This week, I managed to almost completely implement the Hanafuda Koi-Koi card match, which is the central part of the game loop for Kintaro and is easily the most complex game feature for Kintaro. To start, I began layin...

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Author: ZacharyMarrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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Author: Zachary Marrs

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My Nana was born on October 26,1946 and died on February 20,2025. She was seventy eight years old. She died peacefully in her sleep, in a warm bed surrounded by her daughters and husband. She was not suffering anymore or...

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No matter what religion or holiday you celebrate, everyone experiences the holiday season in December. Most people gather with their families, have a feast, exchange presents, get drunk, and drive home. I guess I’m not v...

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What is there to say about recent events in my life? Apparently I have an audience of jealous haters, watching my every move and hoping that I will actually do half of the terrible things that they have accused me of doi...

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Going back to School

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The Wycaro incident

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Hey everybody, Zach here. I have some exciting news about one of our fan favorite projects - Albuquerque's whacky cracky comedy, The Sokka Show!

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I co-produced a show in Santa Fe called A Steady Rain By Keith Huff. It ended in July of last year and it was one of the most amazing and devastating experiences I had ever had and will have. I worked for two D-list acto...

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First of all, welcome to our website! This is our first blog post, and it's about something that we really love to do. We are content creators, but not in the way that we just go on TikTok and hope for the best. A one-...

","url":"https://mnzproductions.com/about-zach/f/recreating-an-iconic-song","title":"Recreating an Iconic song","summary":"First of all, welcome to our website! This is our first blog post, and it's about something that we really love to do. We are content creators, but not in the way that we just go on TikTok and hope for the best. A one-...","date_modified":"2024-08-23T21:47:21Z"}]}