Some random thoughts
see, there's a movie
they made a movie
it might even come out in theaters one day if we all wish really hard
Pirate win.
Anyhow, head here for more photos from Pat Lyttle (the ones of me are on page 3 of his set).
Anyhow, head here for more photos from Pat Lyttle (the ones of me are on page 3 of his set).
For a number of years now I've been cataloguing whenever I complete a game for the first time. I don't complete games as often as I'd like, but I find it interesting to review.
Only nine games!! I think the most hours must have gone into the two Crystal Chronicles games, which I was lucky enough to play through with three other people. I somewhat shunned Uncharted for a while, but I was really impressed when I finally gave it a proper shot. I have a few Final Fantasy games I want to complete in 2010 (9, 12 and 13), and a few other titles on my list.
Do any of you keep track of which games you complete?
- 16 Jan - Spelunky (PC)
- 17 Jan - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
- 13 Feb - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate (DS)
- 22 Feb - Flower (PS3)
- 09 Aug - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS)
- 04 Oct - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
- 15 Nov - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
- 28 Nov - Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
- 19 Dec - Pixeljunk Shooter (PS3)
Only nine games!! I think the most hours must have gone into the two Crystal Chronicles games, which I was lucky enough to play through with three other people. I somewhat shunned Uncharted for a while, but I was really impressed when I finally gave it a proper shot. I have a few Final Fantasy games I want to complete in 2010 (9, 12 and 13), and a few other titles on my list.
Do any of you keep track of which games you complete?
Some random thoughts
- Happy Back-To-Work-Day!! #
- They're playing C*ldP*ay in the office again. Explain to me how that's not against Health & Safety laws? #
- "Everyone must have a voice and & voice must be heard and taken seriously, even if it is a very, very, stupid voice." bit.ly/5dxPH1 #
- Chance to win a free laptop at @War_of_Legends. Register your email with #waroflegends & be in with a shot at a ninja Dell! #
- one day into my return to work and my back-pain/tension has returned. Thank you Smeagle: When will the madness end! #
- In more upbeat news I think I may have found a new source of Terror Crew t-shirts - 10 years after they stopped making them! #
Gawd this took a while, but 9-10hrs is relatively okay - just suffering from doing it all in one sitting. I won't post the final pic until I know it's ready to go out in print, hehe. I'll let you guys know where/when soon.
What was the point of having Donna in those episodes, other than generating more pseudo-wangst?
Doctor Who - “Don’t let her now about me!”
Annoying mother - “okay, we won’t..... oh no, she knows about you!”
Doctor Who – “NOOOO, Her heads going to explode!”
Donna – “Oh no, my heads going to explode! Ouchy”
The Master – “Bwahahaha, I’m evil I am! Watch me park without consideration for the handicapped”
Donna’s Head – “Psychic Death Smash Attack!”
The Master - "Oh no, we are deaded. Ouchy!"
Doctor Who– “Thank god I put in that ‘not die if she finds out about me’ fail-safe that I never told anyone about whilst wangsting about her imminent death. If it wasn't for that then that plot thread might have lead somewhere!”
Uncle Bulgaria - "But wouldn't it have been more sensible to not worry about her as she was walking around with a 'get out of peril free card'?"
Doctor Who - "Silence, you're logic is eating into my being moody time!"
Random Psychic Death Smash Victim’s Daughter – “Mommy, why was daddy found dead in an alley with 3 other people who all looked like that guy from the start of Scanners?”
Doctor Who - “Don’t let her now about me!”
Annoying mother - “okay, we won’t..... oh no, she knows about you!”
Doctor Who – “NOOOO, Her heads going to explode!”
Donna – “Oh no, my heads going to explode! Ouchy”
The Master – “Bwahahaha, I’m evil I am! Watch me park without consideration for the handicapped”
Donna’s Head – “Psychic Death Smash Attack!”
The Master - "Oh no, we are deaded. Ouchy!"
Doctor Who– “Thank god I put in that ‘not die if she finds out about me’ fail-safe that I never told anyone about whilst wangsting about her imminent death. If it wasn't for that then that plot thread might have lead somewhere!”
Uncle Bulgaria - "But wouldn't it have been more sensible to not worry about her as she was walking around with a 'get out of peril free card'?"
Doctor Who - "Silence, you're logic is eating into my being moody time!"
Random Psychic Death Smash Victim’s Daughter – “Mommy, why was daddy found dead in an alley with 3 other people who all looked like that guy from the start of Scanners?”
Penguinagain tied for 3rd Place overall in Ludumdare #16! You can play it here.
Congratulations to Chuchino for placing first with the very charming Cat Planet, and Fiona's excellent space themed 'Scavenger'. Hempule shared 3rd place with me, and Minecraft buddy Notch's game placed fourth. Whoo! There were about 120 entries in total.
I was really happy with how my game came together. Right at the end of ludumdare with only one hour left, I lost almost two hours work. I was determined not to give up though and I cut every corner to make sure I had something playable. I got a title screen and end screen in there, as well as music (albeit annoying). The graphics are also less scruffy than my previous LD games. Here's a video of Penguinagain if you haven't had chance to check it out!
I'm seriously considering developing this into a proper game in the future. What do you think? Would you be interested in a game several hours long in this style?
- Mood:
grateful
Some random thoughts
- I love the "I would do anything for you" stop smoking campaign - the finest use of emotional blackmail I've ever seen #
- twitpic.com/whrph - It's definitely not lupus... (found) #
- Got to Dance - it's like a sensibly fell good Britan's Got Talent / X-Factor with dancing and without the judges you want kill. good so far #
- Got to Dance - They are desperatly trying to make Kimberly into the 'evil one', shame she's just voicing a reasoned opinion #
Starfruit Games Development Blog
I've decided to start a new game development blog! This is a wordpress that I'll be using for my game and business specific work. I'll be duplicating all the posts (except the first one) on my livejournal account, but this helps keep it to game relevant work only! :D
Starfruit games is my new game development brand. Tumbledrop will be published under this name, as well as my other games in 2010! What do you think? 2010 it looking to be an exciting year!
Some random thoughts
- twitpic.com/wcgdd - My polar bear adoption pack from the WWF turned up! #
- twitpic.com/wdby2 - My room is now sorted :-) #
- twitpic.com/wdt30 - Break out the special tofu lads, its gonna be manic! #
- Bloggers being arrested for posting up TSA flight security guidelines that can be worked out from one plane flight - bit.ly/7dEOBW #
- There are 15,740 Social Media Experts on Twitter bit.ly/7Jgbur - and 99% of them talk nothing but utter arse or self evident tosh. #
Today has mostly been spent doing more work at Super Fortress Genki, which means that I'm now exhausted but the place is looking more and more excellent than before. Still got more to do, as it's going to be an ongoing project, but the best bits of the day have been when I:
- Put 3 trailing ivy plants into the flower-box outside the bedroom window, so that they will grow down and be external curtains for the lounge.
- Fix up the coat-hook that Laura got for her Lolita-loo, and in the process found out that you've got to be incredibly careful with the screwdriver function on my powerdrill or you'll shear the drill-bit off in a most spectacular fashion.
- Put up the camo-netting on the celling of my study, which means I now have the coolest study of any of the kids at school.
I thought I'd share the following article as it explains, in far better words than I can, the problems I have with Apple and it's iEmpire. It covers some of the issues I have with the tech, but mostly its about the business practices. However, as you will see, the two are highly interconnected so where one ends and the other starts can sometimes be a bit tricky to distinguish.
( How to control your consumer )
( How to control your consumer )
Some random thoughts
Some artwork I drew for a friend/linkshell colleague, Aiburn. He is an AWESOME Taru. He wanted something similar to the Shantotto fanart I did, so I obliged ^^
FFXI players should recognise the gear and MAN it is sweet. I so want that Denali stuff one day 'cos I play Thief too *eyes shining*
character models/equipment etc. copyright to Square Enix obviously.
FFXI players should recognise the gear and MAN it is sweet. I so want that Denali stuff one day 'cos I play Thief too *eyes shining*
character models/equipment etc. copyright to Square Enix obviously.
Hope everyone's had a great Christmas and New Year!
Thank you for all the cards and texts, I'm very sorry I was not able to reciprocate whilst I have been away.
I'm back in Cambridge and recovering from the excesses of the holiday season - I haven't really felt like I've been on holiday, to be honest. I was very busy, still had to do a bit of work from time to time and caught a bad cold. On the plus side, I have eaten very well and I do have many, many beautiful shoes, bags and dresses to add to my collection.
:3
I have a lot of work to catch up on, but it'll be manageable soon. My biggest concern at the moment is the apocalyptic state of my house and how Tiggy flagrantly adds to it...
Thank you for all the cards and texts, I'm very sorry I was not able to reciprocate whilst I have been away.
I'm back in Cambridge and recovering from the excesses of the holiday season - I haven't really felt like I've been on holiday, to be honest. I was very busy, still had to do a bit of work from time to time and caught a bad cold. On the plus side, I have eaten very well and I do have many, many beautiful shoes, bags and dresses to add to my collection.
:3
I have a lot of work to catch up on, but it'll be manageable soon. My biggest concern at the moment is the apocalyptic state of my house and how Tiggy flagrantly adds to it...
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010 everyone, it's going to be awesome! :D
I spent a fun evening at the party hosted by
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toothycat with plenty of my friends. It was a really fun evening of cake and alcohol. I had a few bad things happen during the day, but I'm going to try to sweep those aside in the spirit of the new year. I'm really looking forward to 2010, and I think almost everyone I know has a potentially bright year ahead of them. Let's make it a great year! Oh, and this image was drawn for Neo magazine, and the issue is available now. :)
Some random thoughts
- And now to spend a day cooking for chums. Pure heaven :-) #
- my God-Daughter has found a new game - impersonating the MGM lion. This is both amusing and very, very loud. #
- Anyone want about 2 litres of goose fat? All or part available for collection #
- Happy new year! #
- New year- friends, food sndllllll #
- New year - friends, foood and wine. Happy? Fucking extatic #
- twitpic.com/w4pf9 - This bodes well #
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- raggedy_man : One of the many things that bugged me about that Doctor Who special [+1]
- dock : Penguinagain got 3rd place at Ludumdare! :D [+6]
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