http://eocommunity.net Straight up from those peeps at Eo. Fo sho. en-us Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:10:14 +0100 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:54:40 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/35155 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/35155 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:10:14 +0100 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/30047 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/30047 http://www.glumbuster.com/

if either the site or the game breaks, please let me know.
gracias!]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:02:05 +0200 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/29004 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/29004 edit so, i'm getting ready to finally put glum buster into beta testing.  after nearly 4 years of active development, it feels pretty surreal.  but, what's even more surreal is the fact that i've only played a hand full of video games since i started developing gb.  but!  alas!  the time has very nearly come for me to dive into a sweet binge of gaming glory to consume all of the goodness that i've been missing out on over these past years.
game's done.  time for me to play other folks' games :D

so, help me out!  i'm in need of pointers to what sweet play things i've neglected.  fire me off suggestions for any video games on any platforms that you feel i should include in my upcoming hours and hours of joy.  so far i have:

-- seiklus (complete!)
- the cleaner
- super mario galaxy
-- world of goo (complete!)
-- loco roco (complete!)
- patapon
- castlevania: order of ecclesia
- boom blox
- pixel junk eden
- pixel junk monsters
- braid
- bionic commando rearmed
--portal (complete!)
- ratchet and clank 5
- metal gear solid 4
- fable 2
- rondo of swords
- okami
- resident evil 4
- the legend of zelda: twilight princess
- little big planet
- fire emblem: path of radiance
- fire emblem: radiant dawn
- knytt
- knytt stories
-- left 4 dead (played it at a friend's.  it's an fps with nothing fundamentally new.  didn't really grab me.)
- steambot chronicles
- mother 3

help me get this list bigger-ed!]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:58:04 +0100 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/27391 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/27391
todo:
- sfx generation and implementation (many o' these, so it'll take a bit o' time)
- music implementation
- 'tis all, not much, eh?

beta coming soon(ish).]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:17:38 +0200 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/26153 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/26153 I'll be spending the next couple/few weeks adding in final nuance and making a layer 1 polish pass.
After that?  A healthy hard beta test period.  After that?  Release into the wild.

Enjoy what's left of your Saturday eve, dear reader.
peace!]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:27:07 +0200 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/24425 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/24425
- the game's brief interactive scenario setup and conclusion
- save system
- tying it all together into a smooth structure and flow

then, it's officially on to a super-heavy beta period until it's all pearly and pleasant for players :D

fitting timing, as feb. 15th will be the official 3-year anniversary of the day that i began tinkering with the very first mechanics prototype.]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:09:52 +0100 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/21413 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/21413 a firefly beyond
the gurgle of the brook
the ripple of the pond

My eyes were locked in wonder
I couldn't even blink
My muscles wouldn't move
My brain refused to think

That moment I'll remember
I never will forget
But, I can't recall quite clearly
The figure that I met

I now, however, know the truth
about what lies beyond
the gurgle of the brook
The ripple of the pond]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:44:39 +0100 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/21001 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/21001
http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2255956

and, if you don't live in the states, then what the heck are you waiting for?  c'mon free play-doh, baby!

(btw, dropped this in the blog section so that the whole world could see the joyous news)]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:42:41 +0200 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/8196 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/8196 when we play games, the response doesn't seem to sync up perfectly.  it's wierd, because at the wii channel interface, everything is spot on control wise.  but, the games just seem a bit laggy and as if they miss positional input or something.

i recieved a wii as a gift myself, too.  but, i haven't even opened it because i don't have any games for it.  so, i can't make any comparisons to the one here at the studio.

for anyone else who got a wii up in here - are you having a similar experience with games?
maybe we have sensor bar problems or something (which seems odd since the wii channels work perfectly fine)?
or, maybe i just expected it to work differently or something, and it is in fact doing what it's supposed to do?]]> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:34:12 +0100 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/7022 http://eocommunity.net/blog/3/7022
i'd like to kick start a post mortem reflection on the recent halloween collab, Jack-O!

for those who don't know what a post mortem is, it's basically a free-form reflection on how those involved percieved the entire experience of the project - the process of creating it, along with the final creation itself.

the main goal of a post mortem is to generate a knowledge and learning base for future projects.  a history lesson, of sorts.

there's no real format requirement other than trying to maintain a point form factor (i.e. collected bullet point statements rather than long expositions).

(i'll be dropping my own thoughts on the following matters in the next few days, too)

so, for those who took part:

- what do you feel went right about the creative process?

- what are some of the things that can be done to carry such successes into future projects?

- what do you feel went wrong about the creative process?

- what could be done in the future to improve upon any of the aforementioned shortcomings?

and, for those who both took part, and also those who did not but have played with Jack-O!:

- what do you feel are the strengths of the finished creation?

- how can the concepts behind these strengths be carried over into future creations?

- what do you feel are the weaknesses of the finished creation?

- what could be done to mitigate similar weaknesses in future creations?]]> Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:26:26 +0100