Category Archives: Thoughts

Too Long

Posted on March 8, 2018 by a_a

Earlier this week, indie game developer Jake Birkett of Grey Alien Games published the Youtube video “You are spending too long making your game” (Alternate reddit source): Since watching it, I’m taking a moment to step back and look at … Continue reading →

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Forecast: Stormy

Posted on October 21, 2016 by a_a

My colleague hired me to do a contract art piece for him. It’s a logo to celebrate the release of the 100th episode of his YouTube video channel. This is what it looks like: Yes, his name is Storm. Yep, … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening in the Industry?

Posted on October 4, 2016 by a_a

So, let’s talk about games. As I write this, Pokémon GO is still going strong, No Man’s Sky has lost 90% of its user base in two weeks, and the Rio Olympics have wrapped up. I’ll tackle the Pokémon GO … Continue reading →

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Ramping up to Take on 2016

Posted on January 19, 2016 by a_a

Happy 2016! I’ve been off the grid since before Star Wars released. It wasn’t because of Star Wars though, as I had just seen the movie this past weekend. I was keeping busy with everything Holiday celebrations, but mainly have … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Weeks After Launch

Posted on November 12, 2015 by a_a

It’s been a couple of weeks since Horde Rush has released on the Google Play Store, and I’ve gotten some really good feedback from players. I’m glad to know that most of the feedback is positive, and I’m also glad that whatever … Continue reading →

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The Grind

Posted on August 25, 2015 by a_a

It’s been over a week since I’ve posted, which is pretty uncharacteristic of me, judging by my previous posting history. Well, I’ve been caught up in the “grind”. Basically, that’s what I’m calling the Production stage of my current game that … Continue reading →

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Number Crunchers Now Available on Android!

Posted on June 22, 2015 by a_a

I finally launched Number Crunchers for the public to enjoy this past Saturday. I made some late additions leading up to the launch, namely a difficulty slider in the Settings menu, and descriptions of each math category right before you … Continue reading →

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Leaderboards

Posted on May 26, 2015 by a_a

Implementing leaderboards is turning out to be a lot more involved than I initially expected. Of course, it seems pretty straightforward to have a call from the main system to simply add a score and a name for that score … Continue reading →

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Initial Post

Posted on May 21, 2015 by a_a

This is my first post on my new site. I’ll possibly get rid of this post before launch, since this is just a test, but I want to get an idea of how it is to post something here.

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