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|  KlikCast Interview | | Jimbob 26 / Apr / 2008 View comments 1 | I was briefly interview for the last KlikCast of the season by Rikus Kras about Hickory and various other things.
Check it out here
What I have rather foolishly neglected to mention in the interview is what else I am up to. I'm currently working on a Twenty Event Competition entry, the blog for which is here, which you also may notice is a sequel of sorts. I'm also working with a friend on a platformer, the title of which you can see below:
I got MMF2 recently and so I'm playing a little around with that, although currently final year degree coursework and exams look large, so progress will have to wait. However, I'm also working on some graphics for a secret MSX/NES remake with Danjo. So don't tell anyone... hush! |
|  Diet and Healthy Eatery! | | Rhodesy 17 / Apr / 2008 View comments 10 |  Hey Guys Just wondering really, As me and Jon spend all day in an office together we are bound to see each other eat from time to time... Jonathan seems to take a more healthy approach to food, whereas I"m more of a "I"m hungry.. I"ll eat a cake" sort of person... So.... do you watch your diet? exercise? care about your body? work out? |
|  Word Up! (ow!) | | SToPGAP 31 / Mar / 2008 View comments 18 | WTFD! is no more... after some considerable deliberation on the matter I have decided to take the project forward as a commercial venture. As a result I will be able to dedicate quite a considerable amount of time to the project.
As part of the project I have decided to take the game in a new more dynamic direction. Renamed to "Word Up!" the game will feature a multi-faceted tile-based word game engine which will be capable of implementing rules, elements and methods of tile placement and selection from many of the classic word games including Scrabble, Boggle, Snake Words, Upwords and Mahjong. In addition to this range the game engine will be able to handle many exciting variants of Scrabble including takeScrabble, Scrabble snooker and many more besides. As well as these variants the engine will be fully configurable to allow creation of your own games and rule sets. As if all of that wasn't enough, I'm working on a few brand new word-tile-based game concepts which the engine will handle, although I will not be releasing details of these just yet as they are very much a work in progress.
Another new feature will be widget-style mini-games which will plug into the main game and allow solo/net play whilst awaiting your next turn as I've often found myself waiting during games for other players. The initial mini-games which I have planned are sudoku, tic-tac-toe, chequers, reversi, battleships and a few more. I plan to expand this library after the initial release.
Word Up! will continue to be developed as WTFD was, as a fully skinnable application, with language adaptation files and (as part of the engine customization features) the ability to design your own game board layouts and other game features. I have not decided exactly what features will be included as standard/premium or indeed whether I will be using that business model, there is much to do on that front.
Finally, and perhaps most exciting of all is the plan to make Word Up! truly cross platform. I will release it initially as Windows and possibly Vitalize; as MMF2 advances I will look to either develop it for Java in that or if it proves not to be up to the task I may program it from scratch in Java. I also plan to do the same for Java mobile edition so that mobile devices can run Word Up! and am considering working on a native Symbian version for Nokia S60 and UIQ devices, although this will come later towards the end of the year if I do.
I think I've said enough here now, I can't believe I typed all of this on my mobile phone! Keep an eye out on the updated project page and forums for more information soon. |
| | Super Stun-N-Run Now Available | | chrisoch 27 / Mar / 2008 View comments 4 | 
Check out the Software section, download it and start stunning those monkeys!
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| | New recruit | | skn3 26 / Mar / 2008 View comments 9 | Hello peeps, acoders admin at your service. We have another member who is crazy enough to enter our stable muhahahahaha  Please welcome Zixiao.
 
He has some impressive game artwork (as you can see above) and his games and projects are very promising!!!
Always feels strange introducing someone on here, perhaps we can start a new tradition of letting the new member do the big introduction... whaddya think.
Now without further ado, let clapping hands commence.
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