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    Thursday, November 19th, 2009
    2:59 pm
    Just how gay did old 80s smoking ads look?
    Very gay indeed. )

    And now back to my scheduled UITableViewCell data source thingy wibbling.
    Friday, November 13th, 2009
    8:45 pm
    iphone update

    More iPhone stuff from Jeff Minter on Vimeo.



    Bit more of my iPhone game engine working. The Time Pilot bit you've already seen (now with added Roby explosions). Rough sketch of a Sheep in Space style scrolly shooter. Game where you are a flock of goats eating grass on platforms, and a basis for a puzzle/dexterity game based on my old game Deflex.

    Now most of the game-y stuff works in the engine (sprites, tile layers, explosions etc) I need to work on the more mundane stuff like a framework for title pages, instructions, settings, score tables and such. Then I can come back and develop these rough ideas into real games with proper graphics.
    Saturday, November 7th, 2009
    2:46 pm
    more iphone twiddling

    iPhone fun from Jeff Minter on Vimeo.



    More of my little engine taking shape. Here I show it doing a little scrolling Time Pilot style shooting, then a bit of a Defendery thing (still using the Starforce tile set which looks a bit rubbish in this context but serves to show the various parallax layers).
    Friday, October 30th, 2009
    4:05 pm
    river of goats

    River of Goats from Jeff Minter on Vimeo.



    Showing some progress on my little iPhone game engine. A river of goats flows over some blocks, and you can alter the goatflow by tilting the iPhone.
    Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
    5:16 pm
    look, a sheepie!
    Action grazing





    Orelhinhas with today's girlfriend





    And a bonus llama.

    Sunday, October 25th, 2009
    8:31 pm
    a few more holiday pics
    Took the Sunday afternoon chill as an opportunity to retrieve some more pics that were on the small lappy after I copied them there to free up space on an SD card after I broke one. So here are a few more.



    This is Vacky the little ice cream cow. I kept meaning to get one but never got round to it. Next time.

    click this link to see some more )
    Friday, October 23rd, 2009
    8:38 pm
    learning iphone

    first couple of days hacking iPhone from Jeff Minter on Vimeo.



    Hols over, time to get to grips with iPhone now I have my Llamasoft dev license sorted from Apple.
    Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
    10:32 am
    Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
    11:59 am
    Baack }:-)


    Now to do all the day after stuff like fetching the dog, unloading all the pictures and logging all the geocaches }:-).
    Thursday, October 8th, 2009
    7:21 pm
    Heading off the grid for a week
    I'll be off the grid for a week. Time for a little R&R before coming back and getting fully into the iPhone stuff (so far I've made an app that downloads text from the LS web site and which has both Grunt and Moo buttons). Fun with OGLES awaits when I get back }:-).

    Gridrunner Revolution continues to garner good reviews, including this rather unusual one:

    http://www.deadpixellive.com/reviews/126-gridrunner-revolution-review-pc

    and there's one from Gamespot UK about to drop }:-).

    Not a bad state of affairs to be leaving with, and looking forward to getting stuck in to the new work when I get back }:-).
    Friday, October 2nd, 2009
    8:55 pm
    Sunday, September 27th, 2009
    4:43 pm
    1:40 pm
    12:07 pm
    Saturday, September 26th, 2009
    7:05 pm
    12:24 am
    More reactions from Gridrunner Revolution launch day
    I think we've hit the sweet spot much more squarely with this than we did with SG. From reactions it seems people are finding it a lot easier to initially approach than SG was; scaring fewer people off is always a good start. I'm just chuffed to see people having fun. That always was to me the most important part of a game release anyway }:-).

    More quotes:

    "Really enjoying this, it's kind of hypnotic, relaxing and challenging all at the same time. Now I easily get frustrated with games these days, but have yet to feel any irritation with the game. Time just flies by when you're playing as it's so absorbing."

    "Brilliant stuff guys! Hope it picks up and earns you some beer money.

    ...Why do I fancy a curry right now?"

    "Not only are his games always spectacular fun, and works of art in their own right, but his very existence enriches the world. He makes the world a stranger, and slightly muskier, place."

    (I think that is the best thing anyone has ever said about me, EVER }:-D)

    "Playing Gridrunner Revolution I feel fully-hatted as a being". - Elron Cupboard

    "You guys have created a killer. It has a strangely biological look, as if I'm viewing flourescent creatures through a microscope. Thanks, Llamasoft, for making somehting I didn't even realise I wanted to play yet desperately did."

    "Oh man, it's utterly lovely. Really great work guys! I love how it feels so futuristic and yet totally "gridrunner" at the same time. "

    "Finished Korma mode at about 3.570.000 and I think my brain has imploded. Beautiful on all accounts and a real digital drug too."

    "Just done level 30 on Madras. I'm looking at this browser now, and all I can see are spots. Also I keep trying to shoot things with my mouse. Is that normal?"

    "Love the way you have balanced it so it's an easy "pick up and play" yet there is so much depth there to try and master it. Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but seriously, this is an epic Yak. Thanks SO much mate!! All the time and effort was WELL worth the time."

    "You guys deserve the praise, the game really did turn out incredible. I'm a huge fan of visualizer style crazy trippy stuff, and llamasoft games can do that like no other likely ever will. Plus....the gameplay, the gameplay is always great."

    Should be some more press out soon, and we're still working through the press pack requests. The tone of the release feels good so far, lots of happy people, not too many problems. Hopefully we can keep things rolling along for a while.

    Any co-pimpage would of course be much appreciated, we'll happily take all the help we can get! }:-)

    Current Mood: Strange and slightly musky
    Friday, September 25th, 2009
    8:47 pm
    3:02 pm
    12:53 pm
    Gridrunner Revolution: First Reactions
    The early birds downloaded the game at midnight and already people are playing. Initial feedback seems very good - many people are saying that they find the game to be much more approachable than SG was, which is good to hear; although SG is a good game I think many people found it a bit hard to get into at first and I wanted to make GRR easier for more people to get into.

    Some quotes from feedback we've been getting:

    "I think this may be my new favorite Llamasoft game... As someone who never really "got" Space Giraffe (I enjoyed it enough but I was terrible at it and it just never clicked with me), I'm glad that this one seems so damn natural to me. Anyhow, awesome, awesome game."

    "Just installed onto my gaming rig and had a first play.

    Fucking. Awesome.


    It's a big tasty sandwich with a filling consisting of:

    Centipede
    Galaga '88
    Mad Planets

    It's has a generous drizzling of lovely rainbow sauce

    All wrapped up in a fluffy sheepie bread cuddle.

    Smooth as glass motion."

    "The visuals and the gameplay are ... sublime, it really is a thing of utter beauty and joy, absolutely joy. I've just had a couple of quick plays with it and ... I sat there playing it with a smile on my face, and you don't get that with other games, or at least I certainly don't. It almost feels like you're playing with fireworks, the visuals are mesmorising, utterly beautiful and it is a joy to watch your bullets arc around the sun. It is honestly the most beautiful game I have ever seen or played. It finally feels like I get what you guys have been about, with your visualisers, VLM, etc. I didn't get it before, didn't understand your obsession, but now I do."

    "For what it's worth, i reckon this is easily your most moreish title yet, it all jusk clicks together nicely :)"

    "EVERYONE BUY THIS GAME NOW! What perfect timing for a day off."

    Really nice to see people finally seeing and enjoying the game :). We should have a bunch of press coming out soon too, and you can be sure I'll be pimping it hard over the next couple of weeks }:-D.

    Current Mood: ox-y
    12:06 am
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