Design Tours – Great for Devs

If anyone else out there is a self-proclaimed game developer, you should check this out.  Design Tours is a ongoing series created by David Rosen (creator of Lugaru) looking into the various design choices of indie games. It’s really handy for indie game designers and you’ll probably learn a thing or two.

You can check them out on his Vimeo page.

Also, news regarding my own indie projects should be up today or tomorrow.

Brief Tutorial: Directing Output

One incredibly useful thing I learned when reading a nerdbook on Linux commands, is the ability to direct output to text files.

I recently dug a bit to get the Wifi LED on my Thinkpad to work under Ubuntu.

I had previously tried… not hard, and failed to get it working, but using output direction, I was able to sift through and get it going no problem.

An Addendum for Best Buy Express

If I would have known Evan had a remote interest in this I would have mentioned it forever ago, I’ve known about this for about a month or so.

Read the post below this one first.

I have a little explanation behind the prices in the vending machines. Most of the products featured in the machines are price protected products. Items from Apple and gaming manufacturers are normally price protected. This is why the items aren’t stupidly overpriced, as I’m sure BBY wants them to be.

Forget the +/- .50 cents Wal-Mart takes off, comes back in tax anyway.

This should have been a comment probably, but whatever.

Best Buy at the Airport

As I ran frantically through the Atlanta International Airport to try and make my connection to Gulfport, something caught my eye. I was used to seeing things like McDonald’s and Cinnabon in airports, but a Best Buy? That’s just too weird. So I went in for a closer look.

Merry Christmas – Here’s an Awesome Video

I saw this video on Gonintendo.com and it was just too good not to share.

Anyone should be able to appreciate this awesome piece of music, Windwaker fan or not.

And Merry Christmas!

My Car: A Fool’s Story

So Evan admits being an idiot with his computer, I admit to being a supreme idiot with my car.

I won’t go in to how much I love my car, and how I think it’s better than every other car. I’ll just get right in how I almost ruined it…

New Banner – PixelBanner

I am very much in the 8-bit mood, thanks to Mega Man 9. It took me nearly four hours, two and a half in Dr. Wily’s castle alone, to beat the game, but I finally did.

Now to move on to hero difficulty!

Wii Music Doesn’t Suck?

From my limited experience playing the “game”, no, it doesn’t suck. Surprisingly enough, it’s actually a lot of fun. Obviously, it’s not a real game, and if you go into it expecting a Guitar Hero-esque challenge or something, then you’ll be sorely disappointed. Wii Music is about one thing and one thing only: having fun.

I don’t always love Shigeru Miyamoto’s games (though I do love most of them), but he has this way of making everything he touches just pure fun. The games aren’t necessarily flashy or epic in any way (especially this one), but it’s everything it needs to be and nothing more.

If you really give this game a chance and get into (and have friends or family to play with), you are guaranteed to have a lot of fun.

Blog Update – Dec 23, 2008

Well, Music Master isn’t finished yet, but I have made plenty of progress. Really, all I need to do now is add damage, dying, finish the level, and then the smaller things like the title screen and a points system.

So, it sounds like a lot, but it’s really not that much.

The main reason why it’s been slow going is because we had a Christmas party at my house today because my brother and sister-in-law are going to her parents house for Christmas. We exchanged gifts and I got Watchmen.

I know I’m a little late jumping on the boat, but I’m looking forward to reading it and will definitely be writing a piece on it when I’m done.

Anyway, that’s all that’s been going on right now, so I’m going get back to Wii Music!

Music Master – Update 2

Alright, so I didn’t get as much done as I hoped in the time that I hoped. To make up for it, here’s a video of the basic (VERY basic) engine of the game. While it’s still basic, the final product won’t look too different from this besides a few graphical changes (the trails on the notes bug me) and  more varied enemies.