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Draft of a couple of chapters I sporadically work on based on my experiences of being a teenager at the start of the home computer revolution.
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Rockman development posting
I’ve posted the following write up about the development of Rockman on both Syntax Bomb and the ItchIO page for the game so I thought I’d also put it up here as well.
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Rockman is released
I’ve been very quiet last three months because I’ve had my head down working on my GMS2 project files and the latest Syntax Bomb competition. We had six weeks to complete a maze themed game this time and I managed … Continue reading
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RAM update and moving forward
Sorry for lack of updates the last few weeks. I was much busier than anticipated both trying to get the game finished, and the additional weekends that I’ve spent away doing stuff like weddings and stag do’s. I’m also just … Continue reading
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At the halfway point on RAM.
First of all, now we’re at the halfway point of the competition, my game has a name. I’ve opted for RAM – something short and to the points. Easy to remember, and you could play around with words based on … Continue reading
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New competition, new game
Syntax Bombs next game coding competition started on May 4th so I’ve had this bank holiday weekend to have a think about what I’d like to do this time. There are three category mixes to go for and the idea … Continue reading
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And the winner was …
Not Envahi, as it turns out, but that was to be expected as the games submitted were excellent. Third place was a nice little bonus, however, even if it was only because the holder of the competition always discounts the … Continue reading
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Remaking another old game for the hell of it
I was going to go straight back to the reworked Boulderdash project that I paused to code Envahi but decided to do something else first. The competition which I entered Envahi in has its voting finishing today so it will … Continue reading
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Evahi’s development timeline
Over the last ten weeks I worked on Envahi to submit for a game coding competition on www.syntaxbomb.co.uk Most of the guys who submitted entries made a seperate post about their games in a showroom forum so as not to … Continue reading
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Envahi is finished
After a marathon coding session over Saturday and Sunday I finally got the game finished. It’s not perfect but it’s still a great pick-up game considering I sacrificed a few things at the end to make the deadline.
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2 more days
Not going to write too much here as I am literally at the final crunch now with Envahi. It’s early Sunday morning and the game needs to be completed, hosted somewhere and will need final builds for both Mac and … Continue reading
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