Since it launched back on March 2nd, SteamBirds has been getting attention from just about all the blogs in my feedreader. Because I’ve already lost track of a few, I thought I’d list a few of the quotes I’ve pulled! The first to mention it was of course Dan Cook @ Lost Garden. I hear [...]
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25 Mar 10
6 Mar 10
I guess saying “Steambirds Sells” is a bit of a misnomer, but “has been licensed!” doesn’t sound as cool. Last Wednesday SteamBirds went live on ArmorGames.com! Click here to play it. I’ll make a retrospective post with sale details and game performance in a week or two, but right now the game is doing very [...]
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Posted in Monetization, SteamBirds
15 Feb 10
I’ve been meaning to write this article for about 6 months now, and it’s about time I got it off my chest. I’ll preface this by saying I don’t “know the lingo” of statistics and might get a few phrasings incorrect, but the article should otherwise stand on it’s own. The Problem Protonaut is a [...]
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Posted in Game Design, Protonaut
11 Feb 10
Open Development Open Development is a practice where, in game design, many builds are presented to the end-user throughout the design stage (well before beta or even alpha stages), and typically a forum or blog feedback system is in place for discussion and inclusion of the public. The idea is to get feedback very early [...]
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Posted in Game Design
8 Feb 10
Finally! Got my blog moved over to my own domain. My old blogger account can now die. Farewell, Aught Nine; it was nice while it lasted, but it could only last a year. I’ll be working on making this site themed up nicely and have some links to my games. For now, why don’t you [...]
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Posted in Personal, SteamBirds
30 Dec 09
Well, the year has come to a close. I started this blog knowing it would only last a year — but don’t worry! I’ll be firing up a proper blog on my own website (andymoore.ca) soon. I’ll make another post here to announce it, and I’ll see about exporting these posts there. Protonaut is an [...]
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Posted in GDC, Game Design, Personal
27 Oct 09
Protonaut has gotten universal praise on one thing, and one thing only: Shooting. There isn’t much to shoot in the game, and the feature is one almost stripped several times throughout development – but it’s hard to scrap the one feature that makes people squeal with delight. With some recent upgrades to the sound files, [...]
10 Oct 09
Protonaut seriously needs a tutorial overhaul, and I’ve been thinking about how to best accomplish this. I originally envisioned putting “signposts” in the game, with static text on them – then the tutorial would be one big level with a lot of help along the way. Before I had a chance to put in the [...]
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Posted in Protonaut
6 Oct 09
It’s been nearly a month since launch, and it’s time for a retrospective on Protonaut! First up, I should explain away my absence for the last 30-odd days. I’d like to say I’m busy attending GDC and other business stuffs (which is partially true), but the actual reason has been crushing disappointment. I really shouldn’t [...]
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Posted in Protonaut
11 Sep 09
That’s right, after months of hard work Protonaut is finally LIVE! We’ve decided to launch the game in a sort-of open-beta format so we can continue improving it and adding features as we get more and more feedback. We have a lot of big updates and features planned in the future and we fully expect [...]
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Posted in Protonaut
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