February 2012
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Game Scores - Add some zeros.
I’ve been developing the scoring framework for my game the last couple of days. One thing I noticed shifting from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to the next release was the increase in points gained for the same action. MW1 awarded 5 points for the same action while MW2 stuck a zero on the end upping it to 50. The second instalment also added a butt load of additional depending on the type...
Feb 29th
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Funstrating
Being both fun and frustrating. This is what I want to achieve with my game and here’s why. Nine to five I’m a programmer, building crazy complex website for big-time clients. My day goes a lot like playing a difficult level in Angry Birds.  Fuck!. Shit!. Baws! Crap! Baaaasstaaard! but then finally Yaaaaaaaaaaaassssssss!!!!!!! 90% of my day may have been spent rubbing the side...
Feb 6th
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Uploading Corona SDK Builds To TestFlight
TestFlight is a truly awesome free service that allows you to distribute your beta iOS builds to all your testers remotely in a couple of clicks. You simply upload a build of your app to the site and it becomes instantly downloadable from a shortcut on your testers iPhone, iPod or iPad’s homescreen. No more iTunes. TestFlight requires you to upload a .ipa file. Since Corona SDK builds a...
Feb 5th
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Coin Graphics I Whipped Up Free Download
I created a few coloured coins tonight while on a break from coding. Feel free to download them and use them in your games if you like. There’s red, blue, green and yellow pngs in the zip at 300x300px and 64x64px along with the original vector .ai.  Download License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Modify them into oblivion. I’m not after in game credit. Just drop me a...
Feb 3rd
January Progress Update
A couple of weeks have passed with the odd night here or there spent on the game. Time for a quick update on my in development iPhone game. Ready. I’m coding the game for the Corona SDK. I’ve had to learn lua but it’s not been as painful as I imagined. What’s nice about using this platform is it will allow me to release the game on Android relatively easily if and when the...
Feb 2nd