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...
Archive - August 2023
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...