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Archive - August 2023

Aranoid: Empowerment

At this point we had the shell of a working game – the bat could keep the ball in the air, bricks get broken etc. I was still putting off dealing with the balls going off the table and the inevitable joy of...

Aranoid: Revenge of Physics

As we left it previously, I’d added a screenshot of a basic setup. The reality was actually a lot more complicated as to what had really happened there. I’d already started setting up an object that was, for...

Introducing Aranoid

I’d mentioned before that I’d been working on a game, and here’s some words about the game. Mechanically, it’s a riff on Arkanoid – breakout with powerups – but it’s also a...

Three decades of compounded mistake interest

Bold title. Accurate? Well, let’s see. I’m nearly 40. I don’t know if I believe that ‘life begins at 40’, I certainly don’t feel as close to a beginning of anything, or as young and...

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