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So, a lot’s been keeping me busy lately - getting back into school, my computer croaking, Ludum Dare 21 (two days after my computer croaking), and getting some of my top games ported to Flash. The results of all of this:

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…but that’s about to change. Know why?

LUDUM DARE, baby!

You stoked? I’m stoked. Got a pack of Mountain Dew, a fridge full of junkbrain food, and an itch to Make Some Game. Let’s DO this thing!

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9:30pm Got most of the core mechanics going, and have added some sounds. Need a break, so I’m putting up what I have here for now. Still no score or loss condition.

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So, I’ve got a year’s worth of game designing and prototyping under my belt at this point, and I’m getting the feeling that it’s time for me to move on to projects that are a bit more ambitious in scope. There’s a few directions I’m looking at going with this, and I’d like to ( Read more... )

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Okay, it seems a number of people are either inadvertently misinterpreting or willfully misrepresenting my stance here, so for the record:

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So, first of all: I am slightly flattered, and more than a little miffed. The current top-selling game for iPhone is pretty clearly heavily inspired by my game Wavespark, published a year and a day prior. I’ve got lots of mixed feelings about this. I’ll readily accept that Tiny ( Read more... )

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I’ve been playing a variety of games lately, and feel like sharing my opinions with the world, because what’s a blog for, right? Recently making a foray into MMOs, not a genre I generally enjoy, but I figured that since there’s a number of free-to-play offerings out there I ( Read more... )