http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/ Design, Games, Reviews and such en Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:21:16 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss  I recently had the pleasure of working with the nice people at [Little Lives](http://www.littlelives.com/) on a reskinned version of [Witchcraft](/games/witchcraft/?id=1) to celebrate the Singapore National Day Parade. In addition to all new graphics and sounds, we added... http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/07/singapore_national_day_parade.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/07/singapore_national_day_parade.html Games games Witchcraft Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:21:16 -0500 You may have noticed I've been on hiatus for a bit, but I'm back and I'm starting on a new project. I don't want to give too much away but it should be good. Stay tuned. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/05/somethings_cookin_at_the_farm.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/05/somethings_cookin_at_the_farm.html Game Ideas Mon, 12 May 2008 18:58:27 -0500 I had a bit of trouble getting my new Airport Extreme (802.11n) wireless router to work with my Nintendo DS when I first set it up. Hopefully this post will help others who are having the same problem. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/05/airport_extreme_nintendo_ds.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/05/airport_extreme_nintendo_ds.html Miscellaneous Airport Extreme Nintendo DS Wed, 07 May 2008 14:13:03 -0500 The Olympics stole my game! They downloaded the swf file from my site, decompiled it, swapped out the little guy for the Fuwa characters, took my name off of it and republished it as their own. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/02/snow_day_at_the_beijing_olympi.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2008/02/snow_day_at_the_beijing_olympi.html Miscellaneous copyright infringement games Olympics Snow Day theft Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:17:39 -0500 I've posted a prototype version of a new game called Bug Lab. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/11/bug_lab_prototype.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/11/bug_lab_prototype.html Development Bug Lab development games prototype Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:20:52 -0500 Yin Yang is a new game from Nitrome that appears to be based on one of Sean Howard's 'Three Hundred Game Mechanics', Negative Space. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/yin_yang.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/yin_yang.html Game Reviews Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:02:04 -0500 I noticed something spooky today while checking my web stats for my new Halloween game Witchcraft. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/spooky_stats.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/spooky_stats.html Site News Witchcraft Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:09:37 -0500 I posted a new game for Halloween called Witchcraft. Witchcraft is a Mastermind-style puzzle game. The object of the game is to discover the secret spell that will lift the witch's curse. You cast spells by placing your five cards on the table in a certain order. After you cast your spell the Spirit will give you hints by lighting candles next to your cards. An orange candle means one of your cards is right, but it is in the wrong position. A white candle means one of the cards is in the right position. Unfortunately, the Spirit cannot tell WHICH card is right. You have to deduce the correct pattern of cards by trying different spells. If you can find the right spell within ten guesses, you'll break the witch's curse. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/new_game_witchcraft.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/10/new_game_witchcraft.html Site News games Halloween Witchcraft Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:05:54 -0500 The idea for Freeze Pop Frenzy came to me while riding the subway one day. I wanted to create a summer-themed game, and I thought it would be fun to make a Tapper-style game with you as the ice cream man, having to drop ice cream on the kids as they climb the side of your truck. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/09/development_notes_freeze_pop_f.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/09/development_notes_freeze_pop_f.html Development development Freeze Pop Frenzy games Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:10:03 -0500 I've made a couple of small changes to the site. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/08/some_small_site_changes.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/08/some_small_site_changes.html Site News comments site update Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:44:31 -0500 I've been meaning to write about Samorost 2 since way back before it won Best Web Browser Game at the Independent Games Festival. If you haven't seen this game yet, I recommend you go check it out right now. You should be warned, however, that it may take a good 30 minutes to complete the first chapter, and it's incredible hard to stop playing once you start. There are a number of things that I think make this game really great: http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/07/samorost_2.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/07/samorost_2.html Game Reviews games graphics review Samorost Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:00:17 -0500 I've decided to remove Roach Attack from my list of games on this site. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/07/roach_attack_rip.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/07/roach_attack_rip.html Site News games Roach Attack site update Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:03:05 -0500 I posted 'Freeze Pop Frenzy' yesterday. You play the ice cream man, and you have to toss ice pops to kids as they approach your truck. Be sure to give them the right flavor though, or they might get mad! http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/06/new_game_freeze_pop_frenzy.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/06/new_game_freeze_pop_frenzy.html Games Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:04:09 -0500 Tim Rylands is a teacher who uses video games in the classroom to teach his kids English and creative writing. I found some videos of his class. Pretty amazing: http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/06/games_in_the_classroom.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/06/games_in_the_classroom.html Industry News education games Tim Rylands Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:59:08 -0500 I've got a new game coming out really soon. In Freeze Pop Frenzy you control an ice cream man who has to toss freeze-pops to the approaching kids before they reach your truck. http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/05/coming_soon_freeze_pop_frenzy.html http://www.thepencilfarm.com/blog/2007/05/coming_soon_freeze_pop_frenzy.html Games Freeze Pop Frenzy games ice cream summer Tue, 22 May 2007 16:51:37 -0500