Today I started at Visual Purple and in case you’re not familiar with SLO, it’s San Luis Obispo. I discovered Visual Purple a few months back and I have to say, working there is almost a dream come true. Most of the time I’ll be working directly on real time story and virtual worlds so you can understand why I jumped at the opportunity.
The company’s roots are actually in interactive story or better known in the 90′s as interactive movies, producing such hits as Silent Steel and Blue Force. That history also gives them a unique perspective in the field of virtual worlds training and serious games. Namely that it’s all about the story.
Besides the great team what excites me most about the position is trying to solve a common problem in virtual worlds, how to get players to engage and lead them through an experience without being heavy handed? Being a big fan of the teaching of Eric Ries and The Lean Startup it’s also nice to be doing all this with paying customers. There is nothing better to validate your learning than having a paying customer. To top it off I also get to experiment with virtual characters.
It’s also great to work for a company that includes in it’s stated goals – world domination. Considering what I envision for the future of entertainment world domination would just about sum it up.
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