Bi-weekly update #2
Two posts in two weeks? Great Oden's raven!
Okay, you got me. Two weeks and one day. Whatever.
As far as progress with Red goes, none has been made. Here's a screenshot to tide the four of my fans over. Don't spend it all at once.
I am here, however, to talk about something other than myself. If for some reason you like the junk that I throw at the internet, you might like RAPTUS. It's a neat little "art game" that gets wonderfully disturbing.
Everyone should also listen to Built To Spill, all the time.
A series of screenshots
Mostly directed at the 4 people who Email me constantly about updates. I will try to be a little more pro-active when it comes to news. Maybe the rest of you could atleast feign interest? Anywho, These screenshots are for the newest incarnation of Red. At the moment it's a point 'n' click/adventure game. That's all really.
The one that looks like shit is because it's too dark to even take a screenshot of apparently. Thus is the plight of caves.
SOPA/PIPA
I made response to the blackouts on the 18th. A Sort of way for me to protest. From my bed.
It was made between 8am and 8pm, during the Newgrounds blackout.
It's riddled with liberal-hippy-hyperbole, but shit. Gimmie a break.
Teeny tiny update.
So I haven't touched "Red" quite some time. Infact it was looking like I probably never would again for a moment there. But I actually made a little progress today. Progress in the form of my first inventory system. This video really doesn't show much of it, but it's actually a little more advanced than it appears.
The map in the video is (clearly) not finished yet, but it will be part of the first "level"... probably.
The Body
Black and white. Check.
Obscure plot. Check.
Depressing tone. Check.
Little to no game play. Check.
Pretentious "art" game it is then.
The body is the first game I've been able to complete in 7 months. It's short, confusing and isn't technically fun. It's not a game I'm not particularly proud of. Infact, The body is barely a game at all. The body is, however, something. It's something I've actually managed to finish since One Chance.
There's roughly 8 uncompleted games on my cutting room floor. Each of them more interesting and more fun than The body. But for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to finish them. And yet this 4 minute, hold left to win, "game" slipped through the cracks. The one plus of actually completing a bit of work, is that I'm slightly more hungry to actually finish more games... or game.
The next one will be a real game. Promise.
Pulse…
...is a game about a man. Originally going to be loosely based on the J-Horror of the same name (e.g. Ghosts, internet, red tape), the game is now almost about something completely different. However, luckily, the name "Pulse" still applies.
Huzzah!
Game I’ll probably never finish #48
STAR WARS: WRATH OF THE NERF HERDER... or... something.
Is about a lowly Nerf herder spending his last remaining hours on Alderaan. The game takes place hours before the Death Star explodeinates it.
See.
Does anyone know if George Lucas is particularly litigious?
*Splutter*
Right, yeah.
So, after barely surviving the pain and suffering that apparently constitutes as fun (i.e. Christmas and New Year), I've come back to my computer find a few things out.
One. In a state closer to "pass out wasted" than "stone cold sobre", I accpeted a web design job from my friends dad at a NYE party.
Two. I have atleast 3 different peices of work to hand in before the end of January. One of them includes filming a 3 minute music video that I have zero prep work for.
And Three. BAWWW.
During all this I'll be working on a few games. One biggun' and a couple of little ones. The big one will take a few months to finish, because I'll be falling in and out of love with it the entire time (if I even ever finish it at all). But I'll have the shorter games done in next to no time.
I'm also being told I need a haircut.
This is me attempting to keep my "fans" up to date.
Hi Mum.