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My LD26 entry, taking the “minimalism” theme a...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:06:00 +0100

My LD26 entry, taking the “minimalism” theme a little too literally.

Some old video I found while making a shmup, titled “shmup...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:05:00 +0100

Some old video I found while making a shmup, titled “shmup love”.

Ludum Dare 26: One Life

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:05:00 +0100

I finished my entry, with 2hrs to spare no less:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=12116

You can play it online here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73345123/ld26/index.html

Download for Windows/Mac/Linux from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73345123/ld26/ld26onelife13-05-03.jar

Decided to take a break from shmups to make a Pac-Man clone in...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:28:00 +0000

Decided to take a break from shmups to make a Pac-Man clone in lib gdx. Things not going so well.

Random update to post some sprites I’m done with. I’m guessing I have at least another...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0000

Random update to post some sprites I’m done with. I’m guessing I have at least another 10 enemy sprites to do, 2 of which will be big bosses so will take longer. Then I’ll probably get lazy and just recolour/redesign a few to pad things out.

Couple of work-in-progress shots, main menu and random in-game...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:49:00 +0000

Couple of work-in-progress shots, main menu and random in-game with new sprites. I changed the size and shape of the game because I’m indecisive and I clearly never want to finish this game. I also now have the framework in place for recording replays, but I dunno if I can be bothered to go that far. Playing in 3x speed is fun though and is stopping me getting anything done.

HEY! Vote for "A Nation of Wind" in the IndieDB Indie of the Year competition!

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:28:46 +0000

HEY! Vote for "A Nation of Wind" in the IndieDB Indie of the Year competition!:

nationofwind:

CLICK DA LINK PLEASE! And reblog! It would be a huge deal for me to be in the top 100 games!

Oooooh......

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:15:06 +0000

.. shit. I need to get something done.

So I started redoing all the sprites and tiles in Insect Crisis because I’m a stubborn idiot and felt I needed to do it all myself. This basically means I won’t be finishing the game until the new year. I do have 3 weeks off work to get it done though… whether that actually happens is another question.

I actually got something done on Insect Crisis tonight, not...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:50:42 +0100

I actually got something done on Insect Crisis tonight, not much, just some bullet sprites, but it’s something. Here’s a video of Guru Logic Champ for the GBA. Fantastic.

Not gonna be around to take part in Ludum Dare 24 next weekend,...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 19:37:09 +0100

Not gonna be around to take part in Ludum Dare 24 next weekend, so here’s a video of my 23 entry. It’s probably for the best.

Just watched the videos for your shmups and it looks great! Are you using Game Maker? How do you get your ship movement to be so fluid? In my game, I use the "jump to" command and it's hard to make the ship move tiny distances.

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:11:59 +0100

It’s programmed in C++ with the SDL framework and OpenGL for graphics. Getting nice, fluid, consistant movement is difficult in any framework or engine, but in Game Maker 8 I found it even harder because you don’t have as much control over the frame timing.

If you want to stick with Game Maker though, you will definitely need to start using the Game Maker language.

Then start reading up on fixed time steps and variable time steps. Here is a great link: http://gafferongames.com/game-physics/fix-your-timestep/

In Insect Crisis the physics is done at a fixed time step (100 steps per second) and the game is drawn as fast as possible (unless v-sync is enabled). It was overkill though, and I did most of it just to learn how it was done.

Photo

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:49:18 +0100

Okay

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:27:57 +0100

marmorealgame:

I really need to get shit done now.

To anyone that cares

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:14:39 +0100

Apologies for lack of updates. Got a new job and having to commute 90mins each way (including 2 connections) is cutting into my can-be-arsed-to-do-anything time. Once I catch up on lost sleep I should start getting stuff done again.

New main menu attempt, kinda choppy because of youtube though....

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:16:38 +0100

New main menu attempt, kinda choppy because of youtube though. The highscore screen needs some work yet, new background and possibly more rediculous effects.

"Michael Jackson is the master of the linear tween."

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:01:00 +0100

“Michael Jackson is the master of the linear tween.”

- Robert Penner, Easing Equations

The Grind

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0100

With the game about 90% finished I’m now starting the grind through the last 10%.

Here’s a quick list of stuff to be done:

Playtest final stage
Add healthbar for bosses
Add stage clear scoring presentation
Add more music
Add intro
Add ending
Cleanup any code that might need it
Final build and playtest it thoroughly
Release?

I’ll probably be posting some screenies of stage 4 and 5 at some point too.

This is a video previewing stage 2 and 3 (not included in the...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:13:00 +0100

This is a video previewing stage 2 and 3 (not included in the latest demo).

You may notice the music is the same in stage 1, I just haven’t gotten around to adding more music yet.

This is a slightly old video of the end of stage 1. The boss was...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:07:00 +0100

This is a slightly old video of the end of stage 1. The boss was made slightly harder, but it shows the general feel.

You can download the latest demo for Windows from either of these links:
dropbox: http://bit.ly/JGDAIv
mediafire: http://bit.ly/J2SEnt

No they don’t all look the same. This is stage 3.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:03:02 +0100

No they don’t all look the same. This is stage 3.