Archive for April 2006
Terragen – gorgeous landscapes
I first used Terragen when I was studying digital art at university. Terragen is a landscape generator that creates wonderful images, one of which used to be the header on this site.
After a couple of months of using it the developer stopped work because he got a job at a major movie special effects company (that I can’t remember the name of – it was someone like Digital Domain).
Anyway now that his contract is up he’s hard at ...
Nintendo Wii (console formerly known as Revolution)
All the gaming blogs I read this morning have announced the official name of the Nintendo Revolution (see above).
To me the name is a little suspect. It looks ok on paper, but saying it out loud just encourages toilet humour.
Introducing… Wii. As in “we.†While the code-name “Revolution†expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer. Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else. Wii will put people more in touch with their games… and ...
Wordpress tips and tricks – comments, trackbacks, and query_post
Over the last year and a bit Binary Moon has slowly evolved. Rather than redesign my site every few months I have chosen to update and improve as I go. Doing this I have added a few little features that I think are quite cool, so thought I would share my code in case you find it handy as well.
You have left a comment…This ones easy. When people leave comments you want to show them a small message letting them ...
Stunning pixel animation – Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006
Dressed up to look like a video game, Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006, is a work of genius by the uber talented Paul Robertson.
I love pixel art (been meaning to do a post on it for a while now) and the animation in this is so smooth it’s just amazing. I would love to see a proper video game developed using this style of art and over the top action.
Before watching you should be told there is ...
Regulus – Wordpress Theme version 2.1.2
A small update with a few new features. The reason for this post, rather than updating the last post, is that I now consider Regulus complete. Barring any show stopping bugs there will be no new updates to Regulus, it’s time to more on.
The change log since the last release is (this includes the changes for version 2.1.1 which went out silently) …
fixed widgets unregister bug fixed search box for sites in sub folders (could have sworn I had ...Vote for me at the Webbys… please
Ok – technically I’m not up for a Webby but the company I work for, Miniclip, is up for an award.
We’re clearly the best company in the games category so head on over there and show your support
We won the peoples voice last year but there wasn’t much competition, this year we’re up against Star Wars Galaxies and Disney’s Toon Town, both very big companies with a ...
Another World – re-release
Eric Chahi, best known for his 1991 video game Another World, is back with a new game… Another World!
Tomorrow (the 14th of April) Another World is going to be re-released on his website AnotherWorld.fr. I don’t speak much French so don’t really understand what is going on. Essentially the game has been updated for a windows based computer, with new graphics (the graphics in the old version were truly amazing, especially considering the technical limitations of the ...
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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.