Chris Totten | The Sandbox.Space Weekly #117 (August 19th, 2026)
Today (58 days from GDEX!) we brought two Chrises together (Volpe and Totten) to discuss the upcoming release of Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends (wishlist it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/ ), the retirement of legendary game designer Warren Spector, brilliancies of narrative storytelling, and more!
Chris Totten ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-totten-4a0a004/ ) is an Ohio-based 3D artist and indie dev with a studio called Pie for Breakfast ( https://www.pfbstudios.com/ ). He has been in the industry for over 17 years. He is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the Animation Game Design program at Kent State University and has authored several books on game design, including Game Character Creation in Blender and Unity ( https://www.amazon.com/Game-Character-Creation-Blender-Unity/dp/1118172728 ) and An Architectural Approach to Level Design ( https://www.amazon.com/Architectural-Approach-Level-Design/dp/1466585412 ).
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