stinkin' thinkin'

Work has begun.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:05:27 GMT

Sheep noses!

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:31:59 GMT

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!

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:33:16 GMT

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

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

Never thought I'd see this again!

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:44:47 GMT

A blog entry about old computer ads.

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:59:24 GMT

At this link.

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

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

Dearworm

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:04:15 GMT

More Llamasoft history: early Vic 20 games.

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:57:57 GMT

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

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:08:37 GMT

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

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:26:13 GMT

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.

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:46:11 GMT

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

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:09:38 GMT

Happy 30th birthday c64!

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:35:11 GMT

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.

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:59:21 GMT

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

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:06:25 GMT

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

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:08:04 GMT

Vert scrolling, bullet hell and Amazonian tribal lore

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:40:56 GMT

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

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:07:58 GMT

DERP

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:42:24 GMT

convenient kindle rest

Sat, 26 May 2012 14:57:45 GMT

View from a sheep

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:33 GMT

Sheep enjoy a sunny day.

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:44:31 GMT

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

Jerry chilling in the office.

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:57:55 GMT

Well yes.

Sat, 05 May 2012 02:14:21 GMT

More reviews, and another rant on IAP abuse.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:41:48 GMT

“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.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:23:33 GMT

Get it at the following link.

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