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Monthly Archive: July 2006
July 10, 2006
Development Notes: ‘Roach Attack’
Roach Attack was the first complete computer game that I created. It began as a simple programming exercise to create a representation of a real-world relationship using only the mouse and a plain square. The program I wrote had a...
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July 20, 2006
New Game Ideas
Some ideas for new games that I came up with—Pumpkin’s Dream, Donut Factory, etc.
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July 21, 2006
Coming Soon: ‘The Lake’
I’m working on a new Flash game that should be ready in a few days.
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July 22, 2006
PSM to Kids: Stop Recycling!
The June issue (#111) of PSM featured an article titled “WARNING: Games are Under Attack!”. The article presents the riduculous and irresponsible argument that buying used games will bring the industry to its knees.
July 24, 2006
New Game: The Lake
I posted ‘The Lake’ today.
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July 26, 2006
Small Touches Make a Great Game
I’ve begun noticing the small details in my favorite games that make me want to keep playing them. Here are a couple of my observations:
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July 27, 2006
Development Notes: ‘Back to the Garden’
Back to the Garden started out as an idea to make a series of games based on the music of Jason Webley.
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July 28, 2006
‘Sunken Treasure’ Prototype
I started working on my Sunken Treasure game idea. So far I’ve mostly been trying to figure out the game structure and goals.
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July 29, 2006
Like Rabbits
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. —John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968)...
July 31, 2006
Be My Friend
Just a quick note to let everyone know that The Pencil Farm is now on MySpace. I’ll be posting on there when I add new games and features to the site.
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