As it seems I'll be attending DreamHack winter 2010 for a couple of days (25-26/11). I'll be demoing the XBox360 version of TWTPB and collecting user feedback. Do some live coding etc.

If you are at DreamHack feel free to drop by the Linneaus University booth ( DreamExpo i B-hallen, B06:06).

Super Mario Pearl Beads

My kitchen wall is no longer empty...
3500+ beads.
~4 hours of work for two people.

Having been away from coding especially c++ far to long I've decided to make some changes to T.W.T.P.B. to get into the game again so to speak

I actually had a chat irl with two of the current top players and they wanted more rewards (i.e. energy) for killing enemies. Also I've had been pondering this idea that when you kill an enemy the bullets from that enemy are converted to small energy pellets. So this seemed like a pretty good thing and I have started to implement it.

There are however some decisions to be made:

Converting bullets per enemy seems to make the game a bit easy Possibly this should be on a per formation basis instead. Or this should be the rule when playing on "easy" and maybe do per formation on medium and no conversion on hard.

Any comments or ideas?

I hope to get some time to experiment and get an update out there asap.

Obviously, the title of this post is just a bad joke. I can't stop coding!

I've been hard at work on my new game (unannounced at this time) since some time in April, and it's getting closer and closer to the finish line; my goal is to be done with all the code by the end of August.

This game most likely won't be on Spell of Play, as I'm looking into other publishing options at the moment.

As I tend to blog here far to rarely, and also post news om my own site far to rarely as well, I've introduced a new perspective straight into my development workshop via this Sneak Peek page.

If you are in any way interested in what I'm up to there's no better place to stay updated.

I hope all you other indie-devs are having a productive year so far, and I hope to see more of your games here or any other where soon!

Peace!
/johno

As it seems the as far as I know nameless dog from Nintendo Duck Hunt has been spotted in my home town of Kalmar, Sweden. All according to local newspaper Barometern. I'll make sure to check this out myself asap

I guess nerdiness lives and prospers even in the heat of summer