A tactical wargame, more information soon.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Art Thief 1.2 and Pocket Guy 1.5 submitted
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.4 is out!
Next up is a new version of Art Thief. I am upgrading the sound engine and downgrading the animation from 30 frames per movement to half that. It should fix the memory problems that have causing slowdown during the game. It will be submitted tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Ball Bros submitted
Ball Bros was submitted to Apple yesterday. In the meantime I am still waiting for the release of version 1.4 of Pocket Guy - unfortunately it got rejected last week because I used "Sims" as a keyword. I removed it and hoped for a speedy approval but that was not meant to be and I probably got placed right at the end of the queue again.
Anyway tomorrow I'll start work on the the next game, a project I'm pretty excited about.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Bob the Pancake available!
Apple just released Bob into the Appstore. It'll be interesting to see the reaction to a vertical platformer.
Several things I learned from Art Thief were incorporated in Bob the Pancake. For Ball Bros I expect to add several features which I frankly would never have thought of without feedback.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.4 submitted to Apple
Includes the Karen character, some extra posts and a major bugfix that had been causing a few lockups.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.4 almost done
The Karen character has been modelled so the next version of Pocket Guy will be submitted in the next few days.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Art Thief 1.1 submitted to Apple
The update contains a new level The Rembrandt museum in Amsterdam and updated icons.Pocket Guy's update is next on the agenda.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Bob the Pancake submitted
So it took 2 weeks and 1 day. Tony Crowther won!
The game features 9 levels and the plan is to make around 3-4 updates in the next few weeks with a new level and possibly online leaderboard included.
At the moment 4 new games are in the design phase and updates for Pocket Guy and Art Thief are on their way.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Flying Pancake?
I obviously need a name for the next game, I doubt "The Flying Pancake" will cut it. All ideas are appreciated!
Anyway here is the first screenshot from it where we can see Bob is bouncing over Paris, France.
What separates the game from the rest of the fast moving scrollers is the puzzle element. If you notice the picture of Mona Lisa on the right of the screenshot then Bob can puzzle her painting in the correct order for points. As you can imagine it can be pretty hectic as he has to avoid the red enemies and the gaps at the same time.
Also the game features a triggered puzzle system where switches can activate platforms or remove obstacles if jumped on.
In other news Art Thief squeezed into the top 100 list of the best selling Adventure games on the AppStore.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Art Thief is out!
Now that was quick. Only 8 days to approve a new application! Either Apple are getting good at this or fewer applications are being submitted.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Introducing Bob the bouncing pancake
He's upside down at the moment but we'll find out later why that is the case.I started working on Bob last Tuesday and the rather ambitious plan is to have this scrolling arcade game ready in one week.
A more realistic goal is to aim for 14 days which would be "a tip of the hat" to the Commodore 64 coding legend Tony Crowther, who finished several impressive titles in two weeks many many years ago :)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Art Thief submitted to Apple
Summer vacation delayed the application submission for a couple of weeks but it is finally in review.
The game features 8 masters including Van Gogh, Klimt, Matisse, Munch, Monet, Dali, Picasso and Vermeer.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Art Thief, coming very soon!
Art Thief is a game about the legendary artwork thief John Robie.
Robie travels from one city to the next on his quest to steal all the major artwork in the world.
Each level is a museum dedicated to a single major artist. Robie enters after closing and has to find the artist's five major masterpieces before the museum opens again.
The problem is that not only is each museum crawling with security and alarms but he has to make sure he steals the correct paintings! John Robie won't get far if he walks out with a Monet when he needed a Matisse!
Robie travels from one city to the next on his quest to steal all the major artwork in the world.
Each level is a museum dedicated to a single major artist. Robie enters after closing and has to find the artist's five major masterpieces before the museum opens again.
The problem is that not only is each museum crawling with security and alarms but he has to make sure he steals the correct paintings! John Robie won't get far if he walks out with a Monet when he needed a Matisse!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Pocket Guy version 1.3 is now live!
I've been spending the last few days working on Art Thief, including writing a Tile Editor which speeds up the level design.
The Picasso level is complete and I intend to finish the Van Gogh and Matisse levels tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Version 1.3 submitted to Apple!
It should be out next weekend.This version implements a number of changes to the underlying game engine which allows me to add further characters quickly, including Karen in the next update.
Let me know if Arnold turns out to be too annoying!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Additional features being added to 1.3
I decided to add some interesting features to version 1.3 so it won't be sent to Apple until this Thursday.
For one the user will be able to drag Pocket Guy and his guests to whatever they want them to do, so for example Pocket Guy can be dragged to the TV if the user wants him to watch it.
Arnold is Pocket Guy's neighbour and they share a connecting roof. As you can see his main hobby is body building, something he never tires to remind Pocket Guy of.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.3 nearing completion
Arnold, Pocket Guy's athletic friend, pays a visit and does some pushups! This version will be submitted to Apple in 4 days.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.2 is out
The update had been rejected because one of the artwork in Pocket Guy's house was the infamous Bill Gates mugshot from several decades back.
Anyway the upgrade has finally been approved.
The picture in this post is from Art Thief, which is probably around 2 weeks from completion.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Pocket Guy 1.2 nearing completion
I am currently working on finishing the 1.2 update of Pocket Guy and plan on submitting it to Apple next wednesday the latest.
The main addition is a yellow labrador dog but also an email system where Pocket Guy sends occasional posts to the user. Also I hope to find the cause of the "stuck at the front door" bug which has been causing problems for some buyers.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Pocket Guy version 1.1 is out now
Apple were very quick in accepting the update.
Congrats to them :-)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Art Thief
My next game is coming along quite nicely. In "Art Thief" you play a master art thief who tries to steal the most expensive paintings in the world.
In each level the object is to enter a museum and beat the its security systems and guards in an effort to nick all the paintings inside.
Pocket Guy 1.1 has been uploaded
The first update of Pocket Guy has been sent to Apple so hopefully it will be available in a few days.
The update includes a lot of new artwork, a couple of new sofas and a balcony for his bedroom. Also included is a new song for him to play on the piano.
I've planned to add a pet dog in the next update and also a new arcade game for him to play with. Perhaps Missile Command?
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
And waiting and waiting ....
While waiting for Apple's approval I started work on my next project which is called "Thief" which is a platform game with some interesting twists.
I'll post some screenshots later.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Still waiting for Apple's approval
I got an email from Apple two days ago saying that they needed additional time in reviewing the game.
So still waiting ...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
YouTube video uploaded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnSDRNduQGo
I used iMovie to create this and must admit that it surprised me how easy it is to direct a movie using that program.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Graphics test
A small test to see if the blog supports images correctly. Here we can see the Pockey Guy doing a bit of "air guitar".
Application submitted
Pocket Guy has been submitted to Apple for approval.
Fingers crossed for a quick positive review. :-)
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