My name is John and you found my website! I make Flash games and do other things. I have this website as a sort of homestead for myself and my work. Thanks for visiting :).
In the grand tradition of cat-caused computer sabotage, Muffin has found the router. It’s been there for years but just recently she decided to commandeer the device. Worse, she’s decided to regulate the internet usage within the apartment.
She loves the router because its a warm device. Its constantly warm and producing a little heat device for her to be around. She can’t lay on top of it because she’s twice as big as the router, so she is all over the place when sapping its warmth.
Recently she has managed to kick the power cable while adjusting her position. I was on the internet at the time and promptly became offline and I wasn’t sure what it was. I then figured out it was Muffin since the router was unlit. She has done this before with other devices as well.
There’s a larger conspiracy here. It may be played off as a “whoops” moment but really… this evidence to a longer string of tech-related incidences, including:
Sitting on my computer power cable or unplugging it in-general.
Laying on my keyboard while I type.
Attacking my cursor on the screen, blocking the view of my work.
Knocking over my laptop on multiple occasions.
Kicking out the HDMI cable to my Xbox while playing a game.
Unplugging my phone during the middle of the night as to prevent me from getting through the work day on a fully charged battery.
Absorbing the remote control into her stomach fur as to hide the television control.
Muffin is on the warpath. I’m next to certain my mouse and keyboard will be missing tomorrow.
I’m currently debating with another individualTasselfoot about common knowledge of computers. This influences a game design decision, so I’m curious…
My guess is that maybe 60-70% knows what it is, at best. I could be completely wrong! I’m not sure, but I am definitely curious what cross section of people (who cross this site at least) know what this is. This small research will be useful towards a new project I’m working on.
Hey there friends, new game out today, it’s Balloon in a Wasteland. This game felt like it took forever (in John time).
So our friend Mr. Tophat (yes some of the commentators on this site named him) is back for more strange vehicle mishaps. First it was an elevator, then it was a random plane, and now its a crashed balloon. The point of the game is to survive until you can fix your balloon. While you fix your balloon a caravan of different store fronts show up to provide weapons and fort building materials to better protect yourself. Set traps and build barbwire to slow down and injure your enemies. There’s a lot to do.
The route you take is up to you. There’s several strategies to be had in this game that you can find all different ways to reach the end. Either way, fix your balloon, shoot the bad guys, and overall… just survive. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Synopsis: You crash land your balloon in a monster-infested area. To survive you must kill bad guys and repair your hot air balloon between waves of cohorts and visits from traveling arms dealers. In a way it’s a survival game, in another it’s a shooter, and in another way it’s a micromanagement game. It stars Mr. Top Hat once more in his third performance since Redeye and Next Floor.
So what should I call this thing? Should be done soon, just missing a name. It’s called “Survival” right now but that seems fairly simple. Best name gets a Special Thanks in the credits.
Today I recorded where my mouse went. Thanks to a small program by anatoliy_zenkov, a fine six hours of programming and art mouse work went documented. I have discovered several things… first that I open my Spaces a lot to tab to other programs, and that I open the Adium program a lot to IM. I also tend to tab a whole lot between my different Actionscript windows (a bit tricky to see with these grey paths but its clearly visible since you can’t read the tab names). The dots on the screen are moments when my cursor is idle, so can see a lot of places where I clicked the Actionscript window and just left the cursor there while I typed things out.
I’ll do it again another day to see if similar results occur.
