(Which started from this from Nimblebit:  https://s3.amazonaws.com/nbpromo/dearzynga.jpg and possibly this from XGen: http://imgur.com/T6vOR)

I will respond with this letter: http://imgur.com/eSEt7.jpg (Click to enlarge)

That is all.  Bye!

Today my website went down for about 12 hours to raise awareness of SOPA and PIPA.  While my site is probably not high on the list of places people would expect to see reactions to these two controversial bills, its something that effects what I do greatly and I feel that its incredibly important I show my support to make sure this never happens.

My livelihood relies on the content I produce for the internet.  For the internet to become heavily censored would be catastrophic and limit my ability to create creative content.  No, I do not believe in piracy.  But I believe in being fair and allowing creativity to flow and flourish.  SOPA and PIPA are not compatible with this belief.

I am not going to preach any more than I have, but there are resources if you are interested and want to learn more.

And in other news, this website hasn’t been updated recently because it’s getting redesigned… in case you’re wondering why the new games aren’t here yet.

Like in This is the Only Level 2, buddy and Flash game guru Tasselfoot worked on level design for the project.  It’s a fun challenge; it’s game programming meets challenging level design, and there’s fun give and take from both sides.  It’s satisfying, difficult, and more or less pizza-filled.  Tass made a video of his experience making the game (runtime 32 minutes):

This is the Only Level 3 is a collaboration between Tasselfoot, myself, and Jimp.  Tass has been asking me for months (years?) if we can make a third and after much thought we finally got to work!  Here it is, and I hope you enjoy!

Why aren’t you playing?  Go play This is the Only Level 3!

It was to be a Christmas gift to everyone, but it’s coming a few days later… This is the Only Level 3 is launching soon!

It will be out within the following week!  Yes, one more elephant game out before the New Year!

Everyone have an awesome week.  See you next week for the release!

Hello everyone,

Long time no post.  Good news everyone!  Chuck the Sheep has launched!  It’s a launch game… with Chuck.  Chuck is chucked in the sky to fly to a field where he can escape being sheared!  Anywho, it’s my second launch-y style game after Hedgehog Launch and I hope you enjoy it with all your heart.  It’s been a couple months in the making ever since I got back from Italy (another post to explain).

Enjoy!  Click!

Elephant Quest

A small two week project (more like 9 days if you don’t count a stupid day of a single bug fixing ), Coinbox Hero is a funtime hoedown with polka music.  Unlike some of my other games the polka music actually came before the game theme, so it was fun to work in the atmosphere of polka.  I think it really shined through on this one.

On a more technical note I created an engine (in part thanks to Tony and Joey of Armor Games) that would allow for over 3,000 coins in the engine to display on-screen at once with minimal lag (this is a huge step above Luminara and some of the other particle games).  Originally my other engines were limited to about 200-300 particles, so this 1000% increase is quite drastic.  Without all the dancing and polka it could handle about 5,000 coins, holy smokes!

Anyway, enough babbling.  Enjoy Coinbox Hero.  Any requests for my next project?

Oh, and it’s my birthday today.  I’m 25 and getting older.

Exit Path 2 has released!  One of my largest and longest projects to date, the game continues on past Exit Path with a brand-new Uniplayer campaign as well as 35 new Multiplayer levels (and 10 new challenge courses available via exitPASS).  It’s a lot to take in at once, but I’ve enjoyed getting the project out finally.

A few might encounter a looping rewind bug around the 20′s levels (still investigating).  If you’re logged in you’ll have your progress saved.

Anyway, special thanks to Chris Branscome for an amazing soundtrack (coming soon for download!) and Adam Phillips for an amazing opening animation.  Jimp also assisted on some of the art.

I’m quite stressed about this project.  Not only have I felt sick for a week but my back has become fatigued and recently pulled (I think from my desk chair).  I am ready for a recovery (a few smaller games will do it I think).

-John

http://armor.ag/ep2-beta

Beta closed.  Thank you!  Come again.