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Global Game Jam 2013 Entry

published:
2013.01.28
topics:
games
javascript
mobile
node

I participated in the 2013 Global Game Jam with many other folks from IGDA-TC. I teamed up with Will Buck and Scott Lembcke to make a game called Operation Party.

Screenshot.Screenshot.

Operation Party is a realtime multiplayer party game, inspired heavily by our collective admiration of the incredibly fun game Space Team. Our game was built in HTML5 with reasonable support across desktop, iOS, and Android making it pretty accessible for a large group to play together in a room. The server is written with Node.js, and the networking is done with Socket.IO (a wrapper for WebSockets.)

Will and I focused on the game engine and networking, and Scott put together some really silly and fun interactive widgets (that play best on a touch screen). Not too shabby for a weekend's work!

The code is available on GitHub.


Hacking My Way to Trouble at Age 14

published:
2013.01.14

I recently shared a personal story with my Facebook friends, and given the response, I thought it would be a good idea to share it on this site as well. I especially hope this story reaches teachers and councilors involved in K-12 (aka primary and secondary) education, but parents and possible future parents will hopefully read this, too.

Sharing this story became important to me after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, particularly after reading Timothy B. Lee's words in the Washington Post: "I worry that … America is gradually losing the sense of humor that has made it the home of the world's innovators and misfits." I realize that Aaron was an adult when he got in legal trouble, but before all that, once upon a time he was a young, bright, bored, troubled young man. That's something I can personally relate to.

And that's where my story begins.


LD 25 Entry: "You Are The Villain"

published:
2012.12.18
topics:
games
javascript

Ludum Dare is the thrice annual competition to make a game by yourself from scratch in 48 hours. The December 2012 theme was: "You are the Villain." I made a game that plays like Pipe Dream, but you lay down train tracks trying to maximize the number of goats tied to train tracks that you can run over. Why goats? Well, for the first time LD had a special silly bonus theme modifier, and it was goats.

Game screenshot.

Anyway, why don't you play my game and let me know what you think!

And here are some more Ludum Dare 25 games to check out, also made by people from Minnesota:

LunchLady screenshot.
Feed The Towers screenshot.
Henchmen screenshot.

More Equip > Pants Coming Soon!

published:
2012.10.31
topics:
games
javascript
Legend of Equip > Pants, Episode 2, title screen.

The next episode of the Legend of Equip > Pants is coming soon! Enter your name and email below to get early access to the game! You can re-play Episode One while you wait.

I will only use your name/email to contact you about Legend of Equip > Pants!

Support this game! Spread the word!  I'm putting buckets of time into making this episode something special. My heart is going into every little pixel I click by hand to make the art for this game. The more people who play it, the better. More importantly, the more people who play it, the more sequels you can expect!

If you'd like to see some preview pixel art, check out what I've posted on Dribbble:

screen of clinic from game.

If you're interested in private beta testing, leave a comment after the jump!


HTML5 Game for Ludum Dare 24

published:
2012.08.27
topics:
games
javascript

I made a game in 48 hours for the 24th Ludum Dare challenge. The theme was "Evolution." I made a game where you play as Darwin's Ghost and you have to rearrange the fossil record.

Game screenshot.

How about you give it a try!