Let’s talk FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DESK
Ideas, experiments, and progress
from behind the scenes.
Triss release preparation, new Candy Pop towers, a playable Swift Uridium X, Paradroid and Dexter polish, and Gravitus beta progress.
Read the story : October development update across the Concept Alpha gamesGribbly’s Day Out has joined the workbench. The first goal is a faithful native reconstruction of Andrew Braybrook’s 1985 game for Mac, iPhone and iPad. A separate expanded adventure may…
Read the story : Gribbly’s Day Out: finding the original bounceThe latest Paradroid work has been about making the ship easier to read and the decisions inside it more interesting. Since the previous development log, versions 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 have…
Read the story : Paradroid 202x: sharper shots, smarter circuitsThis week’s Paradroid work has been a reminder that the small things can make the biggest difference. A door that looks open should let you through. A settings menu should…
Read the story : Paradroid 202x: clearer controls, cleaner circuitsA look at the native Swift project, blueprint terminals, droid artwork, and the practical work behind them.
Read the story : Paradroid: a new look inside the shipA proper front door for the Swift remake: mission instructions, lifetime statistics, credits, and a high scores board, with a compact menu shaped by a few visual experiments.
Read the story : Paradroid 202x: welcome aboard
I started Candy Pop in my head ages ago. I had this idea where you could tap on objects that would grow each time you tapped them until they exploded;…
Read the story : Candy Pop
About ataXous prime is my take on the arcade classic Asteroids with a few extras. I wanted to make a shoot em up game for a while, so I started…
Read the story : ataXous prime
It gives me great pleasure to say that iDef is now available on the Mac App Store. iDef is also on the App Store for the iPhone & iPad.
Read the story : iDef on the Mac & App Stores
Things are settling down with moving in to our new home and getting it how we want it. I have my office looking good and workable. It’s at that point…
Read the story : Monty On The Run