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Europe 2009 POSTED: 5/10/2009 9:40:45 PM | PERMALINK Here are some of the best pictures from our 2009 trip to Europe:  Collider POSTED: 4/15/2009 11:01:06 AM | PERMALINK
My latest game, Collider, has just been released! The goal of the game is to annihilate all of the positive and negative particle balls on each level. To do so, you must pick up and place the available balls above the radiation line in such a way that all of the positive and negative balls collide with each other. After finishing Block Drop, I started experimenting with the Box2D physics engine and those experiments turned into the game Collider. The game took about two months to design and code. Much of that time was spent learning Box2D and designing the 25 levels in the game. Creating challenging levels that were fun (but not too easy) was quite a challenge, but I'm pleased with the end product. The music of Collider is dynamically generated using the same music objects that I designed for Block Drop. This time though, there are five different instruments including bass and drums. Instead of making completely random music, I decided to write a number of different drum lines, bass lines and melodies and use those as the basis for the music. To create a unique composition, the algorithm simply selected different drums, bass and melodies at random. The individual musical parts were further randomized by randomly swapping the notes within them. All in all, Collider is the product of a lot of work and headaches, but I think it's all worth it in the end. I hope you enjoy playing Collider and don't be afraid let me know what you think. You can play Collider here: www.ColliderTheGame.com Here are some early responses to Collider: Jay Is Games Review Video Walkthrough! Newgrounds Block Drop Is Released POSTED: 2/16/2009 10:00:58 AM | PERMALINK
I am happy to announce the release of my latest game, Block Drop! I wanted to do something different than Tipping Point, so I chose a more simple puzzle game. In the game, you control a gem that jumps around different 3D block formations. Your goal is to remove all of the blocks by jumping off each one leaving only the checkered block behind. The game starts off easy, but very soon becomes challenging because each successive level has bigger and bigger block formations. Block Drop has a very relaxing atmosphere created by ever-changing sky images and ambient music. All of music in Block Drop is dynamically generated on the fly, so you'll never hear the same music twice. I wrote a little more about the music of Block Drop here: The Music of Block Drop. In addition to the music, all of the block formations are also randomly generated so no two games of Block Drop will ever be the same. Because the levels are dynamically generated, the game can go on "forever" or until the block formations get so big that they crash your computer. Play Block Drop now by clicking the link below: www.BlockDrop.com What people are saying about Block Drop: JayIsGames Newgrounds FreeGamesNews EscapeGames24 CTV New game for Facebook: Do You Know Your Friends? POSTED: 1/1/2009 10:37:12 AM | PERMALINK
The game took about 6 days to complete (after spending a couple days trying to understand the Facebook API). It's basically a quiz game written in Flash that asks you questions about your friends and gives you a ranking based on your score. Your ranking can be anything from Hermit to Super Friend. I'm trying to determine if Facebook can be a profitable channel for distributing games. We'll see... Facebook members can play Do You Know Your Friends? by following this URL: http://apps.facebook.com/doyouknowyourfriends/ Tipping Point 4 Is Released! POSTED: 11/7/2008 7:34:14 PM | PERMALINK
After months of work and a couple more looking for a sponsor, I'm happy to say that Tipping Point 4 is finally completed and available to play online. Featuring 28 photo-realistic screens, 110 individual sound effects and 4 original songs, chapter 4 is by far the longest installment of the series. While you explore the environment and solve the puzzles you encounter, the storyline unfolds further including an unfortunate meeting with Tommy's Father. I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I've enjoyed making it! Play Tipping Point 4 now by clicking on the link below: http://TippingPointGame.com |
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