Archive for October 2005
More Wordpress.com invites
I’ve got two Wordpress.com invites to give away – they expire within about 5 days so I will give them to the first two people to comment asking for them. Of course I don’t really see the point in the invites any more since you can get them for free by using Flock, and now that you can get them for free without using Flock they’re worth even less.
Oh well – the offer is there if you ...
Wax on – Wax Hoff
Wax on – Wax Hoff
Wow – pure genius. It’s a promo for TV1’s re-runs of Knight Rider but don’t let all that advertising nonsense get in the way of you, living the dream. His chest rug has had loads of exposure in the past, now you can clean it up for good.
Akismet – comment spam hell
As I mentioned a couple of days ago I managed to find out what was going on with the Wordpress.com api keys.
The big announcement is that Akismet has been released. Akismet is a comment spam blocker for blogs.
Developed by the same team as Wordpress, Akismet is a new approach to spam comment detection – and initial impressions are incredibly promising. Akismet learns (much like a lot of junk mail systems) so as new spammers appear, and new ...
Wordpress.com API key
If you have a wordpress.com blog (like me) you will have a wp.com api key. This is a key that can be used for… something.
I’m going to be using the wp.com api key on this blog sometime today, unfortunately I need more traffic to really make it worthwhile. I guess we’ll see how it goes.
I don’t want to spoil the suprise for those who haven’t worked it out. I’m sure it will all be revealed soon enough.
Experimental Gameplay – part 2
Earlier this year I mentioned the experimental gamplay website. The site is run by a university and the next years students are now creating their own games.
As an added bonus you can now submit your own games, provided you follow their rules of course.
I haven’t had a chance to try any of them yet, but will be sure to play them soon.
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My new favourite search engine – Preview Seek
I found out about a new search engine the other day (can’t remember where… sorry). Like all good products, in fact like pretty much every Google app, it’s currently in beta but it’s showing some early promise bringing some cool new features to the world of search.
The most obvious improvements are the categories and the screenshots. When you make a search it categorises the results so ...
Dev Diary : Feature Set
Now that I have a rough game design worked out I need to start figuring out what features will be included in the game.
The feature should be thought of as a baseline to work towards. New things may be added, and items may be changed, but in general this is the guide to which the game will be made.
General FeaturesFirst things first – the general features. These are the things that will decide the programming language and the recommended ...
Shadow of the Colossus week at 1up.com
1up.com have just had a Shadow of the Collosus week, showing off some various things to do with the game in the run up to it’s release later this year (Q1 2006 in the UK).
Sights & Sounds of Shadow The art and music of Shadow of the Colossus. Exclusive Screenshots
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Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.