News
2012/04/08
This week I launched two new mini-projects. The first is a tongue-in-cheek website aptly named Your Game Idea Is Too Big. It's a reality-check for young developers who tend to dream far bigger than their current skill. It also includes some helpful advice on how to start small.
Speaking of starting small, the second project is a tiny game! Karma Slots is a game I made in 24 hours. It was mainly an exercise in learning HTML5 + canvas + javascript, which is the new hot way of doing games on web sites. Karma slots is a Reddit-themed slot machine where you are trying to win Karma instead of credits. The sound effects are by Brandon Morris. All of the art and code is released under generous licenses (MIT and CC-BY 3.0).
2012/02/10
This week we launched the all-new web site for Home Sweet Bone! The owner of HSB has long dreamed of running a dog daycare and boarding service, and we're proud to be part of her new venture.
Bellanger Software created the Wordpress template code, and the graphic design comes from our friends at Evenpar Solutions.
2011/11/09
It's always exciting when my Creative Commons licensed art sees new uses! Here are two new sightings.
For Halloween, the Yellow Pages Deals section had a hidden "Easter Egg". If you search for "braaains" (at least 3 'a's) you get this secret page featuring my zombie sprites. And it's interactive! Hint: the zombies only stay down if you land a head-shot.
Yesterday I got word that contributing author Dino Gambone over at <jsmag> (a magazine for javascript professionals) has featured my minotaur sprites. My art appears as part of his series on using Javascript to create video games!
2011/11/08
I've recently completed two new projects. The first was a small programming task for the new site 90 Day Turns (designed by our frequent collaborator Evenpar Solutions). This was an interesting bit of code that controls a form to choose automotive vehicle makes/models. The site uses Wordpress taxonomies to allow admins to maintain the make/models list. Because the form data needed to match the site's internal database ID fields, we went with an AJAX solution that fills form data in real time.
The second project was a blog site for Jeffrey Galt. This site is a simple Wordpress set-up with hosting provided by Bellanger Software.
2011/03/29
I'm proud to see one of my tilesets used in a 7-Day Roguelike Challenge game! The developers, Ido Yehieli and Corey Martin, really poured some life into this minimalist tileset! Congrats to those guys -- making a game in a short amount of time is quite a feat.
Ido is also raising funds for a more in-depth roguelike. Check out Cardinal Quest on 8-bit funding (only 3 days left)!