stinkin' thinkin'

Work has begun.

2013-04-12T10:05:27Z

Sheep noses!

2013-01-20T19:31:59Z

Herdy looking fatter than she really is

Big Nose with his big nose and thick little ears :D

Grunting Ox - Fun For the Whole Family!

2012-12-30T10:33:16Z

Go on, read this, you might crack a grin.

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=342

Never thought I'd see this again!

2012-11-18T20:44:47Z

A blog entry about old computer ads.

2012-10-21T18:59:24Z

At this link.

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=312

Jack Schofield out of The Guardian thought it was proper funny, so.

Dearworm

2012-09-16T18:04:15Z

More Llamasoft history: early Vic 20 games.

2012-09-10T00:57:57Z

A collection of little videos of me playing early Vic games, while talking a bit about the circumstances of their creation.

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=302

Animal Transformation Themed Pinball seeks animators

2012-08-28T19:08:37Z

Thought I'd chuck this up here in case anyone knows anyone who might be interested.

Last weekend we had a load of fun going to the UK Pinball Party, a weekend meet in a hotel where there were over 100 pinball tables all set up on free play. Everyone had a flipping good time as you might imagine.

One interesting thing was that a new UK company were there demonstrating a prototype of their first new pinball machine, "Circe's Animal House". Now this was particularly interesting to me since these days pinball manufacturers aren't exactly commonplace, these guys are actually based in Wales, and the theme is rather interesting too!

Development of the table is quite well along and there was a playable whitewood there for everyone to have a go on. here's Giles having a flip.

It's really cool to play and I love the theme }:-).

Anyway as you can see there's a monitor there in the playfield, and what they are after is animators who might be willing to work on the various transformation animations that get triggered by gameplay.

There's more about the table and the guys behind it here:

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/circe/index4.html

where you can see some of the other characters in the game.

If you are interested in working on this cool pinball, or know anyone who might be interested in doing so (and who has the skillz of course) let me know and I can put you in touch with the guys working on it. Nice bunch of chaps they are too.

RIP Neil Armstrong

2012-08-25T22:26:13Z

And thanks for the awesome thing that you did, from the 7 year old kid who watched it happen, in awe along with his dad.

As long as there is a moon in the sky, you will be remembered.

RIP Mr Armstrong sir.

Couple of blog entries.

2012-08-25T19:46:11Z

Various Items of Gridrunner-Realted Gnus:

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=283

I've Turned Into a Green Thing: Terrible Vic-20 Games

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=287

for once it's not raining

2012-08-09T17:09:38Z

Happy 30th birthday c64!

2012-08-01T22:35:11Z

They say today is the 30th anniversary of the good old Commodore 64!

Here are my own recollections of my own acquisition of that momentous beast.

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=266

Super Ox Wars has been released.

2012-07-09T12:59:21Z

SUPER OX WARS is undoubtedly the finest ox-related vertical scrolling shooter ever made! Take off and strike the Marcabian Empire! Power up your ship with the power of two sacred oxen, CAPRICHOSO and GARANTIDO! Super classic vert-scrolling shooter action combines with Amazonian tribal lore to deliver a wonderfully bovine and fun arcade experience.

Which ox will YOU support?

App Store link here

More info about this lovely game here

This brings to eight the number of iOS games we've done.

We're going to just quickly put out the OSX versions before moving on.

For a small period of time it didn't actually rain

2012-07-08T19:06:25Z

I think the Church of Scientology finally found a way to tempt me.

2012-07-05T02:08:04Z

Vert scrolling, bullet hell and Amazonian tribal lore

2012-06-25T10:40:56Z

My Starforce-style vert scroller is finished. There's the usual long blog entry explaining the design and theme here.

http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=238

A unicorn looking at a tree

2012-06-09T19:07:58Z

DERP

2012-06-02T14:42:24Z

convenient kindle rest

2012-05-26T14:57:45Z

View from a sheep

2012-05-24T18:17:33Z

Sheep enjoy a sunny day.

2012-05-22T19:44:31Z

after a cold and somewhat smeggy start to May the humans enjoyed a bit of sun too.

Jerry chilling in the office.

2012-05-18T15:57:55Z

Well yes.

2012-05-05T02:14:21Z

More reviews, and another rant on IAP abuse.

2012-04-16T22:41:48Z

“Minter’s vision remains 100 per cent crystal clear, even after programming his way through three tumultuous decades of technological advancement. The fact that Gridrunner is just as addictive and challenging as any shooter you’ll find on the App Store – if not more so – is testament to the man’s talent.”

Some 5AD and Gridrunner reviews, and another tirade about IAP abuse, at my Llamasoft blog: http://s349909351.websitehome.co.uk/blog/?p=232

5AD now out in the app store.

2012-04-09T19:23:33Z

Get it at the following link.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/fiveaday/id513911574?mt=8