Archive for the ‘Game Development’ Category

OEcake (2D Octave Engine fluids sandbox demo)

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Ok so you need a seriously monster PC to run this - but, bloody hell - just LOOK at it!

Maybe one day in Flash.. :)

PC and Mac download from here if you feel so inclined:
http://www.octaveengine.com/casual/dltrial.html

Game Creator for Android

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

The company I used to work for have been busy hacking away at Google’s Android platform over the past 3 months, and they’ve just released this cool video onto YouTube showing what they achieved:

Very nice indeed! I wish them all the best in the competition - although secretly I hope they don’t win so they can concentrate on making something for Flash ;)

Is it possible to earn a living making Indie or Casual games?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

There’s another fine post over at Grey Alien Games asking (and answering) the question: is it possible to earn a living making Indie or Casual games? The article itself is interesting reading, and while it focuses on the PC side of game dev the core concepts still ring true. The comments section throws some more ideas into the pot too.

Excuses for not finishing games

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Jake over at Grey Alien Games has blogged an interesting piece about the excuses people come up with for never finishing a game, and his take on how to overcome those.

http://greyaliengames.com/blog/how-can-i-overcome-game-development-obstacles/