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The New Year Cleanup Sprint, a post-mortem
What came before At the end of last month, I transplanted THE OCTOBER GAME to a fresh app template. For the next week, I fixed lots of niggling little bugs, did more code cleanup, then another round of tweaking artwork. … Continue reading
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Jeepers Veepers
An #iSketchADay entry revisited. Gel pen on index card. Colorized in Photoshop CS4 Extended.
Toothy little critter
Where this came from, I do not know. Better inside your head than mine. ViaCAD Pro 7 glass render preset with tinting in Photoshop.
The Game Core Transplant, a sprint post-mortem
After regenerating all the art assets, it was time to move THE OCTOBER GAME core to a fresh app template. The game architecture had changed over the months, leaving the project with lots of cruft. Classes had unused methods, or … Continue reading
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Tagged mini post-mortem, sprint, THE OCTOBER GAME
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Rabbit
Since it has short ears and no dark markings, I guess it’s a rabbit, not a hare. from reference
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Hot Coils
Cool! An article using one of my Creative Commons pictures. How to Calculate the Surface Area of a Coil. This is exactly why I allow some of my art to be used. Here’s the image link on flickr. The source … Continue reading
Roosting bird
I indulged myself by getting a new art pad and some pens. It’s certainly easier to pull an autotrace line from a clean original. Even with a handheld iPhone. Still need to work larger than my habitual 2 inches across. … Continue reading
A bird’s nest
has a bowl shape has thick walls is made of many short, straight sticks tangled together To really sell it, throw in some eggs.
Game Art Regeneration Sprint: a mini post-mortem
At the end of October I started on a sprint to regenerate and rework all the game artwork. Partly to upgrade to Retina resolution and partly to match the character art more closely to the user interface style. Less retro … Continue reading
Work blocks: Their causes and remedies
I listen to the Merlin Mann podcast Back To Work. One topic was Getting Unstuck (time 1:18:00 to 1:20:15). I recognized some areas where I’ve made progress. Let me show you them. Too many options I list options on paper … Continue reading
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Tagged back to work, core values, crappy first draft, getting unstuck, mind map, perfectionism, pride
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