tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48939614446617860462024-03-05T22:07:43.107+00:00HoneyslugWe're a small North London games developer with multiplatform skills and this is our development blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-86112172154133164292009-09-13T15:07:00.003+01:002009-09-30T16:38:00.366+01:00*takes off and nukes the site from orbit*<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If you're after an update, you'll need to go here:</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.honeyslug.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">www.honeyslug.com</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cos this site is *so* first half of '09.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-59056231508340422842009-09-09T10:13:00.003+01:002009-09-09T10:33:02.033+01:00Moving, just keep moving...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Right, so over the course of the next few days, you're going to see interruptions to the normal service of infrequent updates and poor sentence structure. In fact you're more likely to see this...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://i41.tinypic.com/25hpco4.png"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">http://i41.tinypic.com/25hpco4.png</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">...as, after countless delays for other more worthwhile pursuits, I finally get round to moving us lock, stock over to the new wordpress site (until it's dead or I find something better). If I can work out a way to stop half finished pages of the new site popping up, well, I will but I'm still fairly new to this "doing something vaguely technical" lark, so the chances of you seeing something very broken (and probably containing hilarious swear words), is highly likely in the coming days.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hopefully Friday will see it all up and running.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-40300010167879570442009-08-26T19:12:00.002+01:002009-08-26T19:18:48.850+01:00Talk of the town<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hello you. Continuing on from the positive vibes of last week, we're now getting some big sites commenting about us and Kahoots. If you gaze to your left, after you finish reading this otherwise you won't have a clue why you are doing it, you will find a few new links in the "Things said about us" section. Games review stalwarts such as Pocket Gamer, Kotaku and Eurogamer have features on Kahoots and PSP minis in which we feature heavily (or exclusively).</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You can go and look now, I'm done with you, here.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-60284495989689110532009-08-22T17:00:00.022+01:002009-08-23T13:49:55.874+01:00Cologne Day 3 - Pork, Press, Passes and Planes<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So, the final day and the final countdown to my 9.30 minis press conference, After a late session of tweaking and listening to Everton turn over Sigma Olomouc, my pre- press conference agenda was a quick shower, final bit of packing, maybe grab a quick bit of brekkie, then head to the show with ease. Well, that was the plan...Everything went well until the final bit of packing, then panic, no show pass.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Unpack everything, can't find it, unpack small bag, nothing. Check all the side pockets, nothing. Noooooo! A further 10 minutes of frantic and fruitless packing, unpacking, throwing the bedding all over the gaff, still no pass. Absolute nightmare. I threw caution to the wind and went over on the off chance I could get in off the back of it being important enough either I or Sony could blag it. John Booth (Sony), who'd been an absolute legend throughout the entire show, sorted me out at the entrance, but it was a scary half hour, there.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">With hindsight, it was probably the best thing that could've happened, I'd stopped fretting about the press conference and was now more worried about looking like I'd done a 10k run on the way to the centre. Prior to the press conference, I had quick chats with fellow devs at the presentation, Jeff Tremblay (Frima), Chris Gibbs (EA Mobile) and Ash Manif (Subatomic)before it was time to do this thing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The presentation was a surreal experience, very informal and far better (in terms of my performance) than I expected it to be. There are things I wish I'd said differently, but really I'm pretty pleased at how I came across in the conference. I hope my work will be of benefit to the company as a whole, the guys at Sony were pretty pleased, and Jeff congratulated me as I sat down (I think he'd sussed my "rabbit in the headlights" look at the runthrough on Thursday).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Press conference done, I finally went for a wander round some of the show, took some snaps, then headed for the hotel to catch up with some work and catch up with Nat and Ricky. The minis announcement is certainly starting to have an affect, I've got two email interviews from high profile internet review sites, so the impression it has left on our company profile has been almost immediate and very significant. We'd have to spend large sums of money to get this sort of profile without the support of a publisher/platform holder and what they bring to the party. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">All the gushing and name dropping in this post is shocking, it's starting to sound like a Piers Morgan article.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So finally, I got to see some show, and now so can you (though I dare say you've already seen a shed load of better taken pics on any number of gaming sites).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSb9dRIxYbg6DgfcXzZp8j8fYMbtUMNdE0CMKSnfz-FHuz44apKpe31r5-mW_8xBnkBgvp6pNl1-PlnQ3hFd1POK1RBfk3ftzuGwtESuJBKJM_XQc_FTZx7-sSPv7qWNI4ZrElNYRPDk/s320/composite1.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373128518410492402" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOpVrvDGkAqFfpnGJ-QM3kDHmV6kXkQ8v0yWhbVD3k8-epZm4ifWVCQFs7msQ3ftRtvYyXo1CqsDp2X4u5fF6aS2oe_00ZugWfp7tVk2feH7BOiDnwVYwh460uoK2QTYEePiTUUAn2AU/s320/composite2.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373134502118919154" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wouldn't you know it, I get home, start to unpack and what do I find...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNK-w8ovdH9DLhN3Fg1VUQWeDbLBf1nyr1gtMMaHbywqeoToISjhBEIsOKaDS2f-KZdKEnkBEfz1ifsJ-Rxwwsaam76k8PQff2j6r-aqWZOsarPi2lQVakM49hEcrnKgpeJa7YdyNO6VE/s400/DSCF0017_small.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373138855965774642" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-85369101600309978652009-08-21T21:55:00.025+01:002009-08-22T20:25:57.638+01:00Cologne Day 2 - Is this place twinned with Neasden?<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Day 2 started with the ubiquitous bout of beer sweats and an early morning meeting, but any plans to go out and about in Cologne were rendered pointless by the looming Press conference on Friday morning, which meant I had to blast out some sharp looking powerpoint slides about us and Kahoots. Thankfully both Ricky and Nat were absolute bricks when it came to dropping everything to help me out, it was a much slicker piece of work thanks to them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After a quick runthrough with the Sony guys and the other dev's it was back to the hotel, I'd still seen nothing of the show apart from the Sony stand, on the way back I noticed that the LaXwall Arena is actually a portal to my home, looking like an almost exact replica of a certain stadium just up the road from Brent Park Tesco. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">An evening spent in the hotel bar practicing, surfing and watching German's swearing at the women's high jump produces the first signs of "Honeyslug" cropping up more and more in the games press.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You want the pictures? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE PICTURES!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfkmDFO0hI3hENW_1phg-huE3Cf1Bvt5SgbSp0hyphenhyphenSx7xmtdUBGZDL5kx3-bRTIJSvdFHI7okL3jy0XqnmornOda0Kn2213F0zoNbZ2ihm9byPE1_-vqJRp7ogYEd2Lpos8Fj3w8lbQdY/s320/DSCF0004_small.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372812220411075250" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MUON9iRTkSnAc31VFwph4fBRrZfuEymptNJT8U0kpvpQzPIcVyM658zuGhBEObNe4xND-QzrNVWPurDWvHWcHW2BK2qZXyoGmIhcthpoc650WCAIWbzbaZ-IXzo9S-wWhgXQDRYIWBQ/s320/DSCF0005_small.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372812533245017906" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFy4sAGZO2WYQ3XhBDH52AqgBRp9cUBV7WZ1_SS5r2TuwtfHwv5u_VozUDJexsj1mDr_GHJ0ufdk3vlp3MotKynX1yC55bIey1-OgLeOVgn3AuudwyLhNNwZ-ihU7EIGzn_JI8FMcZw0/s320/Playstation_small.jpg" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372811982011216114" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If you couldn't handle pics, you're certainly not going to be able to handle a video...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxjGO5v9cLzuWVOG2-1_G6bv7c92O1QIPlD14HJ9cqxzPVB4SGMWLuNqJiuNLssoD6GmoUprsheRrp71_8tw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-34287468002098386862009-08-19T17:42:00.014+01:002009-08-20T23:24:54.268+01:00Cologne Day 1 - Bitte Warten, Bitter Water<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">First day has certainly been an interesting one. My media training stood me in good stead for the interviews and grillings from the mixed collection of press types. Obviously the announcement of the PSP minis has gained us some interest, and the question "So where are you guys based?" is now "So you guys are in Camden, yeah?", so our place in the games food chain has just moved up slightly.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'd forgotten how tiring stand work is, and when the large booth opposite you is belting out the much overrated Calvin Harris every 10 minutes, you want to cry at first, though it gets easier as the day continues and seeing the reaction to Kahoots has really made it worthwhile. One of the real thrills I got today was watching people realise how the mechanic worked and then yes go "ah, yes. That's really good"</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After a day doing stand work, I went on a Sony night out, I haven't had a Sony night out since Sony was called Psygnosis. It was very different to what I'm used to, nobody was sick down a marketing ladies top and there wasn't a narky coach driver threatening to dump us all at Cronton. Though I still managed to find someone who still calls me "Minwind" and my hotel is on a junction that looks a bit like Switch Island, so the old school wasn't too far away.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">More pictures!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbgMMWMFVitZ_vR4e4ew22keQaOMIZUolwGH_tBQEk19ojq3XxeWMYeGTt2K6WpczyXGoO8Tn3H5pWDnitkvY7POSA_vKpnkSzYdR_IMejbGCnevwqWosfBxWxkzUaeGV7XlRRNMxK-I/s320/DSCF0011_small.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372168700412976418" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dKfvchCM59eCwqajkbmsNOHFr1bMwMHmBdaHNoVSF7ezQqxrQCGX_iitUCbQBud66DZfKKYxJM-fJTDFoLoEX_Qdf6CfL8uvuHvIiJtctDAHX37AgIeLBEvY9Y9s_BwzXruxMKeC9RY/s320/DSCF0013_small.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372169054848599202" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MVxbl5OyfaK0tt6fmmMZEkYBH2Cg43XeLTJgWzZzKDeZlDnDBSTj1IzcGrf1T6fItoepW7PuTK7Ka6Woj93QHImzOLiGgsZZ2bXKevG0NX_KLOWFhVYDVFkS3VzZ1-KZYVkxqAfDDJA/s320/DSCF0016_small.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372169373770809746" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3btPQDlGTJ89N4N42TR5CnuREEGbZPXtGtnU4mQdFtRVuWZVg3ojptbYLzfOBlH8Jb0pUSMlJ9jAugW6u9ha_E9WfP7pSml5DVhknPx0P8hqu0IC6ROBirgP_O_3sPTjfiKsGfdOcp4/s320/small_lights.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372169842292810002" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-81271123681278965232009-08-18T18:34:00.013+01:002009-08-22T15:44:05.351+01:00'scuse me love? This train go, to Koelnmesse?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I can't do the umlaut, otherwise it'd be AUTHENITIC! Anyway, been in Cologne for a good chunk of the day now, although my mind is still busy with the trauma of trying to buy train tickets with something larger than a €10 note, trams are worse, but let's not start on that. Two meetings so far, though they were more catch-up/hellos than serious businichatter, plus my mind was still spinning with the dual headaches of my long term inability to enjoy flying and THE NIGHTMARE OF GETTING A TRAIN WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOOSE CHANGE!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">On a different note, Bratwurst, Fried Potato and Red Cabbage is teh win!!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Some actual news rather than my neuroses tomorrow in the next terrifying episode of "When Scousers Visit Cologne!!!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWNUm1SrUKPBiIvmC98_vf0kG8OoB6v4vGDwdENzhQ-vI90A1-HtBwFkdgvSjeSf8wu6ZLnQcp_7A6uJwceRuR9bhPD-g5hEFKcLAZOB-JZzpWzj6lubCCSiQrcQqPryr45RTRekAkVc/s320/DSCF0003_small.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371428547214569762" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMUNq1aN8m7yjilPQo3gX083UR1Nnp_Ls34y7Y67kztNUoPluQhA2HGJ4_xmYwlAc4z6jD429jNEXGUx_JtWb5GFz5bScJ8yEJQ9BfJlvTguUcMvpDOQsrdPKhyphenhyphen4BkNN6mkjExaBq6KQ/s320/DSCF0004_small.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371428739898918050" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE5j2OF1jr3lzf-K-BtNVJYQ5FqThvvqRu14P_8KPzG-_zQ_58Iy7hsyDNrLSZXN0V9xgGn38v8Jeoww5GB_iaXSD9z-9CTqyejhWhn98Fvn-iXeDbF6INOsAIAi7MXS_mXeLtO8GR98/s320/DSCF0006_small.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371428926979140898" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaapA6A0BLDz6wI4uVf06aqr48VIO0Yu09oRx6j7gYlrYDzeuv2pNwJ2w-W1cuy05p16bNmxBiECP0MpJZeMYsAOqsdnDUhmWBw5Kuf5_zkVeXbeJUM8csAtB_L3omLIGZMP1q9SMGMQ/s320/DSCF0010_small.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371429134102441490" /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-90417845122201181922009-08-14T22:39:00.003+01:002009-08-14T23:29:30.838+01:00A hint of Cologne<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We are in a fortunate position to be able to have a presence at the Gamescom convention in Cologne in the coming week. We're going to be promoting Kahoots while we are out there, so we decided this week to have a few additions to the family to take on a European tour. You can see our attempts (with the original on the left), and our gradual work in progress from slabs of plasticine to living, breathing Kahoots below.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TDM7FSCqtUQ8VFWR_oECm-Go1rpSDjYZAPdR1lqpFZjVTpXS1k4Q_457yjNDUpye_RXNAdJW0n_74Rb59vlGnkiwii3IhMfbPdqrTgQA8PM7CDa3G7pYKhI3hvg4tn3xQJJG6GY9SRg/s400/kahoots.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369941046284371250" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Nat's an excellent (and patient) teacher, though she never prepared us for how painful rolling and shaping plasticine is. It's taken me 4 hours to type this blog post with my nose!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-85891483967852444822009-08-05T19:26:00.004+01:002009-08-12T18:42:53.792+01:00Spare some change???<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">No, I'm not on the blag for cash, just a quick note to all that the promised switch from the general insolence and quirkiness of Blogger to the warmer climes is still on the cards. I'd like to migrate all the stuff here onto the new site if I can, so we can effectively abandon this place like we've done a runner after not paying the rent, or something.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Anyway, whilst you're waiting with baited breath for that particular brave new dawn, I've made some slight adjustments to the present home of all things Honeyslug.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There is now a new and exciting little info-burp in the top left which tells you about us, and for those who want to get in touch to tell us how awesome it would be for them to work with us, there's the long lost bizdev contact mail address.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">With the launch of the iPhone version of Art Thief, we're now getting proper reviews for our games, so there is a new link section to game reviews. Only one there right now, but more will follow, then I'll have to have a rethink on the layout, but hopefully we might have the new site up by then.</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I'd love to show you a tiny bit of our new site, but then I'd have to kill you, so here's a picture of a Kahoot on a train station instead.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7iyojfluiFZbw3d67U5Ett58FfzUw0AStts_Fh5feNU-PA-RtBkzRYcx_0hztspLfEYg_WxEHWx3hE8Pp6dXQx1OCdbCu4LvDTRvLH-2zAI7aS_2LBPfR5dnDAkaK1Dl-l1njHsGScQ/s320/canary_wharf.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366555866565260706" /></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-42312621365321019632009-07-30T13:50:00.006+01:002009-07-30T14:55:44.664+01:00Ric hits the iPhone<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You can now pick up Ric Rococo: International Art Thief for the iPhone and iPod for the</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">princely sum of £1.79 (€2.39/$2.99). It's got all the bells and whistles of the Flash version, but this one fits nicely in your pocket.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For the iPhone version, we had the help of our developer friends Bitween, who are an Italian mobile developer with a long standing background in mobile platforms. We think they've done a great job!<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You can get Ric Rococo: International Art Thief from the iTunes store here.</span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=323105611&mt=8">http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=323105611&mt=8</a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">You can watch the gameplay video below:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VkTt3tJB2dg&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VkTt3tJB2dg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-5511338357483569862009-07-24T13:41:00.008+01:002009-07-24T13:56:17.552+01:00It's coming soon, to an iPhone near you!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Accept no imitators, he's the original and best and he's gonna steal your time on iPhone very soon.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRusRijuz2Yt_PjmNT4tISi95j3e7tHEHBvJo2b3QR3FSiRGa7F1IpvDTiC7XPHiIVeEHdOzvxJjJgSPs_ZibIJ5rVM8QoqBeu-VXE_S9NLJ3-IreF3PKPK5z4dfP6ONb-HYH74-kRLfA/s1600-h/Art_Thief_iPhone.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRusRijuz2Yt_PjmNT4tISi95j3e7tHEHBvJo2b3QR3FSiRGa7F1IpvDTiC7XPHiIVeEHdOzvxJjJgSPs_ZibIJ5rVM8QoqBeu-VXE_S9NLJ3-IreF3PKPK5z4dfP6ONb-HYH74-kRLfA/s400/Art_Thief_iPhone.png" border="0" alt="Ric Rococo is the Louvre, anything else is Athena posters in comparison" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362008398854952754" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-69161879742150871252009-07-14T16:30:00.002+01:002009-07-14T16:35:30.849+01:00Develop checklist...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Laptop - check.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Business Cards - check.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lots of ace games to show - check.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Oh, and pass for the show - check.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We'll be in the bar Weds and Thurs, see you there!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-79289094928003274912009-07-07T17:31:00.003+01:002009-07-07T20:59:33.945+01:00Kahoots is here!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The time has come for you to play:</span></span></div> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Honeyslug’s “Kahoots”!</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check it out online today -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They’re marching in their boots!</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Made from lots of things we found -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Like buttons, beads and treats.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Or things we purchased for a pound -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Like clay and card and sweets.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kahoots are friendly sofa dwellers,</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Who walk twixt To and Fro.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Help them thwart the Cardborg fellas -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Swap blocks to make them go.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Exit doors, they’re just the thing -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To send them on their way!</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Just listen to the Pegbeast sing -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">He’ll teach you how to play.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A brand new game for everyone!</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Solve puzzles, make safe routes.</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">50 levels of mind bending fun -</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:black;"><a href="http://www.savethekahoots.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click here - Save the Kahoots!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri;"><br /></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGahSItv-gJUEML6a_f9mqh_pvE0_RU63xePG-Zsd10hLuEI8xpy-3zxBJ4SD3WYD9GiS1AafRkcFwF-uD1siphScReVE82R3jwOAt8ZWEOwN2d4-otx0nYrcc10iU2Qzs5pEwYA9tyEI/s320/kahoots_on_tour.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" border="0" alt="Avoid the yellow snow, little fella!" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355757045690388578" /><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Calibri;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-12376284476306280292009-06-16T14:07:00.006+01:002009-06-16T16:37:22.516+01:00'ving Reigns<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Irving Nurdler is a great big nerd, he likes nerdy things such as D20's, FPS's, LAN parties, posters of Gillian Anderson circa 1998 and most of all, he likes collecting autographs from the stars of the cinema world. With it being awards time in Hollywood, Irving has travelled to Tinseltown to pick up as many autographs as he can from the famous celeb-hangout, Hotel Splendide, </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for what he hopes will be night of autograph hunting he'll never forget.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Things quickly take a turn for the unusual, the entrance to the hotel should be thronged by baying pap's and fellow autograph hunters by now, but there's not a soul in sight, and the same story in the foyer, the 'ding' of the reception bell echoing around a seemingly empty hotel.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"No wonder there's been no news about the awards, this place is dead..."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ever the opportunist, Irving decides to investigate the rooms hoping to doorstep some unsuspecting A-listers for their autographs, and quickly gets far more than just autographs to hunt.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Welcome, Irving Nurdler, to Hollywood Ghoulevard...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="600" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.co.uk&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.co.uk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ffnminman%2Falbumid%2F5347938743691783521%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCOjhw9zP_p7JrQE%26hl%3Den_US"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-72645771509712071702009-06-11T12:33:00.008+01:002009-06-11T16:37:33.857+01:00We Am One!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yep, on the 11th June 2008, a small group of developers with a wallet full of redundancy cash and a pocket full of dreams officially incorporated as Honeyslug Limited. Twelve months on, we have our own office, business cards, blog (hiya!), and the small matter of four games out in the wild. The next 12 months will see the new site up and running, along with the release of more flash based fun (not least the final arrival of Kahoots), My Pet Dino on PC and our move into development on other games platforms. All done to the soundtrack of BBC 6Music, unless George Lamb is on.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Setting up a company was the simple part, drumming up business (and resulting cash) to make that company's existence worthwhile has been (and will continue to be) hard work, but given we've made it to the important first birthday with work steadily rolling in, we must be doing something right!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Happy birthday to us!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346093266709825698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="There's a cake next to it with 'N1' on it." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQi2geW2-OGwI-r7sSO_SnZRd86jdJqy6vGC-tY8uuVJgkP5118uqJAlYIusBDM4uV05RvnClFJdfamFK67qeS7L_GgTA0uw46aPqqwwqSBKmQx5IfPQdukrhmPpDDaeYtcFHimuE9bc/s320/cake_site.png" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-12891388410907949252009-06-03T14:52:00.007+01:002009-06-03T15:43:53.894+01:00I Am Dino, Hear Me Roar!<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">We've not mentioned My Pet Dinosaur for some time now, largely because it's been finished for a bit (so we're going through the whole post-dev business of getting a PEGI rating, box artwork, min spec-ing, etc that stuff you'd normally shunt onto a publisher) and we're busy with tons of other stuff. So perhaps it is as good a time as any for a quick burst of update on that front.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">My Pet Dinosaur is a virtual pet game where, you raise a Dinosaur from hatchling to something akin to the size of the Cloverfield monster, except without the statue vandalism, people killing and the entire force of the US military firing shots at you. No, our dinosaurs are nice dinosaurs, all they require is feeding, cleaning, a toy to chase, maybe having a massive dump from time to time and a natty Afro wig and shades combo (natch).</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">As your dino ages, it discovers new locations to play in and learns new skills which it can improve them over time, he can also have competitions and races against his 4 new dino friends. As I hinted before, you can kit out your dinosaur with different types of headgear and glasses, some of them improve your dinos skills, others just make them look good.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">My Pet Dinosaur will, in all likelihood, hit the stores in the summer, so keep 'em peeled. Here's some new screen shots below.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.co.uk&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.co.uk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ffnminman%2Falbumid%2F5343111038463409425%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCPrM8aq80-aayAE%26hl%3Den_US"></embed>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-12757383227128833832009-05-12T20:55:00.007+01:002009-05-12T22:45:44.955+01:00Pixel Hail#1 - We're On Display in Brighton!<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You know how I love to over elaborate pre-amble for these blog postings, well I'm prepared to make an exception here...<br /><br />Brighton Fishing Museum:<br /><br /><strong>22nd - 24th May</strong><br />Pixel Hail #1: The Art of Videogames<br />An exhibition of art from, and inspired by, videogames </span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><p><br />For three days, the annex of Brighton's Fishing Museum will <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2BaMTvkjEOhsi3IL8oIi2JaxF7mg9bUN0EfQLmfW2yfpwvLEkDk8KBWLBlPEe12aex7Ebfj_3wvHfW0G7eaRSDMNhSpT1Hf94yJLy7dYW71C2OFPfRJCT3Md2JBLJ7_q6RI5MUZy_Wo/s1600-h/pixel+hail1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335056606626722098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2BaMTvkjEOhsi3IL8oIi2JaxF7mg9bUN0EfQLmfW2yfpwvLEkDk8KBWLBlPEe12aex7Ebfj_3wvHfW0G7eaRSDMNhSpT1Hf94yJLy7dYW71C2OFPfRJCT3Md2JBLJ7_q6RI5MUZy_Wo/s320/pixel+hail1.jpg" border="0" /></a>be taken over by a multimedia exhibition of art from, and inspired by, videogames. Award winning videogames artists will exhibit, alongside artists who's lives are meshed in someway with the world's largest entertainment industry: videogames.</p><p><br />Private view: the Friday night opening event will play host to the UK and Brighton's games luminaries as well as artists and members of the press. A mobile phone auction on the evening will give away an exclusive one-off piece of game art, with all proceeds going to charity. The following two days will be a public exhibition with a special kids' cosplay event on the Saturday afternoon outside the Fishing Museum.<br />Attendees from AtomFire, Double Six, HoneySlug, Creative Assembly, BBC, Habbo/Sulake, Scary Beasties, SEGA, SCEE... and more. </p><p><br />Come down and you can see some stuff from our games and possibly chat to Richard, Natalie or myself.<br /></span></p><a href="http://www.brightonfishingmuseum.org.uk/whatson.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.brightonfishingmuseum.org.uk/whatson.html</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-2992001636588719712009-05-11T18:04:00.004+01:002009-05-11T18:59:55.256+01:00Ric Rococo: International Art Thief - Out Today!<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Ric Rococo is finally ready to take on the world of international art theivery! Control Ric through 10 different galleries, stealing everything from old masters to modern impressionists whilst using your stealth and skill to avoid the gaze of surveillance cameras, or being captured by security guards. Ric is aided by his long suffering girlfriend and accomplice, Nancy, who will hover from the Rocococopter to salvage your ill-gotten gains. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">You can find Ric Rococo: International Art Thief across the Spil network of websites right now which are worldwide. Cos we're Brits, like, we're going to point you in the direction of <a href="http://www.mygames.co.uk/game/Art-Thief.html">http://www.mygames.co.uk/game/Art-Thief.html</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">We hope you enjoy it!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334626629465706530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtA3jyUoeKY_yC_PBtfqHnKfb2cNGEupcMOwA7-epD6HGmdpytnzI3Od7h9MZ07WA8wVVPz77y4B6oMWqHcdGjYE9hgB7iKGfgithcH-yKdaFKbQaktfGVbdKXEu0DbRHYOiZp174Gc8k/s320/rocococopter.png" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-12285985851645802822009-05-07T20:01:00.003+01:002009-05-07T20:46:52.252+01:00Migrant Workforce<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Well, we're in the process of migrating our site and this blog over to a more integrated solution, which has proved a baptism of fire for me. Ricky's been on at me for a while to try and sort it, and it has only been in the last week that I've had a chance to do owt. Up until a week ago, my exploits into the wonderful world of html/xml were limited to cut and paste jobs on here and taking ages to get my head round LUA scripting. So it's been a fairly encouraging experience that I've managed to get the site up and running and looking something akin to a proper site in less than a week. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Some advice I was given early doors on html editing was to hit the forums, and true enough 90% of the questions I've had I can get answers to pretty quickly on them. Other stuff I've battled without answers and there is very little that has defeated me so far. To be honest, it's been a pretty enjoyable experience (albeit punctuated with a number of expletives) and a nice little break from creative accounting and spoiling people's fun saying "Yes, that'd be really cool but we have no time/money/programmer/etc..."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">With a fair wind, our new site should be up within the next week or so, then you'll be able to contact me on it to ask me what all the fuss was about.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">P.S. Look out for a substantially less mundane update early next week, small developer fanboys!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-37033228608536575302009-04-27T18:20:00.011+01:002009-04-27T19:43:22.331+01:00Kahoots - The final push<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We're heading into the final stretch of work on Kahoots, with some tweaks and changes to the look, new backgrounds and a shiny new title screen.<br /></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxx6qCeOHPN5JpMoE1BixlQmJ14_3Pwq2ScErLSSvybmJSiWrHB5Dc5uzQQyksT7ZBeD2_a7bG65CcfhKk7JsoMvFkvLgyiF-R4Znd3XjGdrdgfB9L1Wpg9mMG5M2-FCwF9cMb9qmmoo/s1600-h/title2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329443031582456946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="New Cardborg. New Danger." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxx6qCeOHPN5JpMoE1BixlQmJ14_3Pwq2ScErLSSvybmJSiWrHB5Dc5uzQQyksT7ZBeD2_a7bG65CcfhKk7JsoMvFkvLgyiF-R4Znd3XjGdrdgfB9L1Wpg9mMG5M2-FCwF9cMb9qmmoo/s320/title2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So out goes the Peg Beast, though he'll be loitering around the tutorial screens, and in comes the nemesis of the Kahoot, the Cardborg.<br /><br /><br />We're chucking in some achievements for the player with Nat getting herself in best punning mode for the titles of the achievements.<br /><br /><br />Ricky and Nat have been working to finalise GUI elements, which has involved more plasticine and also Nat holding small objects up against the screen to check they won't be too obtrusive to the game itself.<br /><br /><br />Perhaps you'd like to see some game screen shots, hmm?<br /></span><br /><embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.co.uk&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.co.uk%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ffnminman%2Falbumid%2F5329439368594393585%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCLni75z48br-mAE"></embed> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-18851640927431598952009-04-10T11:00:00.000+01:002009-04-10T12:05:38.849+01:00Old Big 'ead is Back<div><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">No, we haven't made a football game based on Brian Clough's 44 days in charge at Leeds United, apart from anything else, there's very little unpredicability in how the game would conclude, instead we celebrate the arrival of Balloon Headed Boy on the iPhone and iPod Touch. </span></span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiK1yWneNYu26tGP_8vvhWu9z3MWxT3ZzZ2_YEjfJBtb0NzcIo9bhyzBdnnIV5M2rR3OlpAfEeCfGLO4PZ9q2zDIo3vKmVc8sJtBPKsTEw1urx8NC6IRWZ4lQX_J12ZLzD4VBfvNLU88/s1600-h/BHB_iPhone_SS3.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321518699938378690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiK1yWneNYu26tGP_8vvhWu9z3MWxT3ZzZ2_YEjfJBtb0NzcIo9bhyzBdnnIV5M2rR3OlpAfEeCfGLO4PZ9q2zDIo3vKmVc8sJtBPKsTEw1urx8NC6IRWZ4lQX_J12ZLzD4VBfvNLU88/s320/BHB_iPhone_SS3.png" border="0" /></a>Balloon Headed Boy is supposed to be celebrating his birthday, with all his friends in Balloon Town, when a terrible storm scatters his balloon friends to all corners of the kingdom and dumps a load of no-good, hat-wearing frogs in their place. Faced with the prospect of the most rubbish birthday ever, he begins an adventure across 34 levels to rescue his friends.</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">Balloon Headed Boy (or BHB as he's known to his friends and those who can't be arsed typing his full name again) is a 2D platform game in which you navigate the titular boy rescuing balloon friends and avoiding hazards such as spikes, rising water and frogs wearing sombreros (!), however, BHB can't jump, so how does he get up to those hard to reach, nay, seemingly inaccessible platforms? Well, he can pick up Farty Flowers which help him inflate his head so he can glide gently upwards, but inflating his head also allows him to break through certain things. Some blocks are unstable and if dropped on by deflating BHB's head while hovering over them, he lands with a bump and dislodges the block to access other areas. Also, his friend the Helicat can be freed from its icy prison to push BHB up into seemingly closed off locations.</span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">Here comes the science bit...Balloon Headed Boy has a long and rich heritage, originally a mobile Java game, he's made the transition to PC downloadable format, Flash and now iPhone. Many of the challenges faced making a game<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Gqeb6KL8QxXycvxwNuyUTlfYIawPOMUBtkSz-0h6WcBDVBIxNlETxVPPE0cCSiWl8vLc1Qb_5jvz4-J6qdVTuJ1HY5u_fBeDhOqj63eDOgQk_hy5ZtKTQ96_Nwmc_ID2K57EUMyGLSs/s1600-h/BHB_iPhone_SS5.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321519796767584018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Gqeb6KL8QxXycvxwNuyUTlfYIawPOMUBtkSz-0h6WcBDVBIxNlETxVPPE0cCSiWl8vLc1Qb_5jvz4-J6qdVTuJ1HY5u_fBeDhOqj63eDOgQk_hy5ZtKTQ96_Nwmc_ID2K57EUMyGLSs/s320/BHB_iPhone_SS5.png" border="0" /></a> for iPhone are down to user interface, the biggest USP of the iPhone, it's lovely touchscreen and accelerometer (the tilt thing, non-tech types!), can also present their own unique challenges when transferring from more traditional button based control systems. Even when settling on a control system that works, you still have to bear in mind that the larger that control area is, the more it will obscure on-screen goings on. We worked closely with our colleagues at publisher Gimme5games.com to develop the control system which makes most sense, exploits the unique interface opportunities of the iPhone and impacts on screen real-estate as little as possible. </span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:85%;">We're happy with the solution and we're sure you're itching to part with a meagre £2.39 to find out. If you want to have a try out before you commit to parting with £2.39 (or 4 Greenbacks for our North American fans), there's a fully playable Flash version on <a href="http://www.balloonheadedboy.com/index.jsp?id=slugLanding">BalloonHeadedBoy.com</a> as well as links to the appstore where there is also a Balloon Headed Boy Lite containing a selection of levels you can download and play for FREE on the iPhone. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:85%;">Come on! 34 levels for £2.39! That's *grabs calculator* 7p (or 11cents) per level. Get yourselves over to the </span><a href="http://www.balloonheadedboy.com/index.jsp?id=slugLanding"><span style="font-size:85%;">Balloon Headed Boy Page</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> where not only can you buy the iPhone game, you can buy BHB themed t-shirts, mugs and such like or download free stuff to adorn your myspace page. Bargains all over the shop!</span></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-29141809591981176722009-03-22T11:01:00.003+00:002009-03-22T11:19:38.865+00:00A Useful Flash Extension<p>I'm not intending to make a habit of technical posts which are only tangentially on the subject of video games. However, when I come across something which is likely to be of use to other developers, it seems worth linking it up.</p><p>I've been pulling in a large number of bitmaps into flash recently (in fact importing them from Photoshop psds). I'm scaling the objects in my game, so I need to set the properties of each bitmap to 'allow smoothing', so they anti-alias as they scale (i.e. they scale smoothly rather than going all pixellated).</p><p>Quite unhelpfully, the Flash GUI doesn't allow the Properties of multiple library objects to be set at once. And even more unhelpfully, it defaults all Bitmap Properties to 'don't allow smoothing'. This means I would have spent the whole of friday afternoon going left click.. right click.. left click.. left click.. left click.. grind teeth.. repeat..</p><p>.. if it wasn't for <a href="http://blog.onebyonedesign.com/?p=110">this lovely Extension</a> which allows you to select a folder, and recursively set the properties of all bitmaps below it with just a couple of clicks.</p><p>So thanks <a href="http://blog.onebyonedesign.com/">Devon O. Wolfgang</a>! You just saved me HOURS of toil!</p><p>Okay, your normal exciting game development news service may resume... </p><p>/shuffles off..</p>Ricky Haggetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12897391180126329383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-79130160061677060692009-03-12T17:55:00.007+00:002009-03-12T18:57:35.046+00:00Keep Ahead - Share and Enjoy<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">We're delighted to announce that Keep Ahead is now available to play at Gimme5games.com. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">To briefly recap what the game is about, you control two explorers called Ivor and Yora through 50 different levels, but because of a voodoo curse, you share a single head between the two bodies. Along the way you will meet a number of hazards which you will need to avoid including head stealing Monkeys, Zombees and Man-eating plants. You must use the ability to swap the head between the two bodies so that Ivor and Yora can collect all the hidden totems on the 50 levels. Only once you have done that will you be able to recover your other head.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl41V7kUz89BQv7-5WbAHxljVETTmxWGMtRDWkPdH4wxyXYaZdYB5YR1qVI3pB3gH8WrVlqhTFuZtsPmv-wTizurjLBqfMBd2N3gSVinBA7GWMZBpfg2zmmsm105tq3Tln7iZa4XsV98/s1600-h/Gwizz.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312374029456973906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="Gwizz Editor Screen. You can tell I'm not a designer." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl41V7kUz89BQv7-5WbAHxljVETTmxWGMtRDWkPdH4wxyXYaZdYB5YR1qVI3pB3gH8WrVlqhTFuZtsPmv-wTizurjLBqfMBd2N3gSVinBA7GWMZBpfg2zmmsm105tq3Tln7iZa4XsV98/s320/Gwizz.png" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Keep Ahead is also the first game to provide you, dear gamer, with the ability to create your own levels through Gimme5's ace new Gwizz editor. Once you register with Gimme5games you can access Gwizz from the main menu of Keep Ahead and from there it is a simple process of placing items on your blank level canvas, then testing it works how you want it to.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">That's not all though, once you have made levels and are happy with them, they are unleashed into the wilds of the Gimme5games community so they can marvel at your level design genius. Perhaps you'll be the next Will Wright, Matthew Smith or Nat Marco!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Head on over to <a href="http://www.gimme5games.com/index.jsp?id=keepahead">http://www.gimme5games.com/index.jsp?id=keepahead</a> to see what all the fuss is about.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-90909173199985554712009-03-06T12:17:00.008+00:002009-03-06T13:57:50.070+00:00Someone Made A Game About Us!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Nat's folks just returned from a big mad holiday in the States and brought this back.</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-39fmvaU178AQjIArlP156KSHT1KsSi0X92mQov4vMr296kXNR6M9ybLiCo5hle7IqZ2n_3Ns-OtNTsoUAjDBP_jnkZIZ_B3WB3DzLtPFWxTK3-Il1gInFQ1ZG-rubaUyeAKwV6pQFEE/s1600-h/gameTycoon1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310048621880509170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="In 1982, unless she's lost, or works on reception, she should not be there!" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-39fmvaU178AQjIArlP156KSHT1KsSi0X92mQov4vMr296kXNR6M9ybLiCo5hle7IqZ2n_3Ns-OtNTsoUAjDBP_jnkZIZ_B3WB3DzLtPFWxTK3-Il1gInFQ1ZG-rubaUyeAKwV6pQFEE/s320/gameTycoon1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310049064218424066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="This game runs on a TISSUE OF LIES" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuG5M2YxvmYK5VxS-8B_0R0bGNf6iAlq3HHlPd68CyZhsrVOiSfvcwjX5YNcueiOWQnpgENotQWYs_k274JgbCPnLHORC1I7kM_Nz2Oo965AjnTL7P8pev1UvzRa_W_JGDzoHKFeJSIHI/s320/gameTycoon2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">It's a Tycoon game about two blokes and a girl setting up a games development studio, so it's like someone has created our lives in electronic form! Then sadly, you check out the box and it all goes very wrong, here's a few inaccuracies.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">The year is 1982? Okay then, apart from that humungous monitor, that image is all wrong. CD's, suits that didn't have enormous shoulder pads, blokes who didn't look like Roy Wood from Wizard and the concept of women in the games industry are all the stuff of fiction! Plus, that monitor is only accurate if the screen is about 7 inches and green.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Unless that bar chart is an ACTUAL representation of the typical game difficulty curve of your average C64/Spectrum/Dragon 32 game, it has no place in an early 80's dev studio. </span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">The desks should be covered in boxes from Wimpy, Starburger and Chippy wrappers. Having spent my formative gaming years wandering down to Bug Byte's offices in the centre of Liverpool to buy our games direct from them, I know what an early 80's dev studio looks/smells like.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Game developers studios were not in offices like that in the 80's. They were abandoned warehouses and bedrooms. Normally tramps and muggers were outside.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Ricky and I were still in little school in 1982, Nat wasn't even born.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">None of us dress like that, though the glasses on the coder looking guy are quite similar to Ricky's. Even then, contemporary frames like that were not about in 1982.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Even TRON was closer to reality than this...</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893961444661786046.post-74036904051711350152009-02-28T22:02:00.012+00:002009-02-28T22:54:15.964+00:00Head-Swapping Pet Dinosaurs From The Jungle!<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">That’s the name of our new iPhone MMORPG which will be coming out very soon! Obviously not, like, we’re just doing a bit of a roundup of couple of titles we’ve recently concluded (hopefully) or have in current development...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Keep Ahead</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ivor and Yora are two explorers, they have got lost in the jungle (they’re not very good explorers) and have fallen foul of a curse which means they only have one head between them to share. You have to help navigate them through 50 levels over four different locations, collecting the totems as you go (which help break the curse).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The lack of mutually exclusive heads means that you can only control<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> one explorer at a time, and you have to swap the head between the two bodies to change control between the explorers.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Along the way, there are natural obstacles and terrible enemies to avoid, man-eating plants will eat the explorers (shocker!), lava will spread across the jungle and absorb everything in its way. Shrunken heads will home in on a headless body and take control of it if they reach it, zombee’s will shadow the explorers movements and try to trap and devour either explorer. Worst of all, mischievous monkeys will chase you and try to steal your head, which means you have to follow them around; headless, trying to rescue your head back from them. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">You’d think that would be enough for these unfortunate explorers to contend with, yeah? WRONG! There are a number of cursed areas which, when stepped on, will affect the behaviour/mobility of the explorer, although there are cures to hunt out within the levels, but it all means recovering Ivor and Yora’s other head is not going to be easy!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Keep Ahead sees the visual stylings of our third art conduit, Jerry Carpenter. We’ve worked with Jerry since the early Morpheme days, and like us he’s took the brave step to stride out on his own as Magnetic Boots. You can check some of his stuff out at his link (along with the links of the rest of our conduits) at the bottom of the sidebar, he also has some top stuff which he coded in Flash himself on the Gimme5Games website.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When you’re done with all that, check out the game picture slideshow below, and don’t forget to check back here soon for information on when and where you’ll be able to play Keep Ahead!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="300" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Ffnminman%2Falbumid%2F5307969727763841937%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCKaiv-H1-oPgpwE" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">My Pet Dinosaur</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Dinosaurs are nothing if they’re not versatile. </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When they’re not bothering Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern, they’re coloured purple and singing songs to infants and buddying up with presenters of cashbox-lucky dip based gameshows. Would such versatility translate into being a good pet? Well, My Pet Dinosaur allows you to put that to the test. Look after your prehistoric pet by washing, feeding and stroking it. You can dress them up and go for walkies. Take good care of it and it’ll be an epic friend forever!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>My Pet Dinosaur is in the early stages of development right now, so we’re keeping the best stuff under wraps for later, but we have some concept art below for your eyes to look at.</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo80h3Y1Rg-WVg2L5Z4ZM_CeijRvONlrlFxS0aPMr5XMDTUqll1Cufy35QNQFLZK3yr8orzwRhZ4496qhRfxYUm6D7l6QlWg33U-BxxmvDiUpLgVJ4EUdL4mOzRe_ZL7_py3MQnv4EgE/s320/Rex1.png" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" border="0" alt="Rex Running" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307976529869878290" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnm9YfvZ4vh0jzLUPMxECD33q5CisrOhsszBeyJKIJlwp2kasoq_fbL09-PnRXRpvA7Xic9Lq9mHmly0DJxTYkBm9KAwtQV9SmPKS0GYjV1KwdfQUnMIGFTqHLGj_2eGhqYnaoOrKuBfw/s320/Bronty1.png" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" border="0" alt="Bronty Walking" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307976977619384786" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGxtwr9Th89Z-ppDfMIW4jAeoV-rdYUjNe9e9NpIpg5YPK2NBTCI90xACxtNHPcodqGValKxFKmyE0_UWn3YNHYqIc0Ua7n7F52jkJSrNbpt8g5rEUPEKpWfY6AoUU2kR3JiZOW56xJg/s320/mpd01.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307984178915596258" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0