Went back to my college town for a few days, took a bunch of photos.
Carlie and I found a part of the arboretum (tree and plant sanctuary) we never found before, finding these little awesome places is so much fun. You live somewhere for 3 years and never realize there’s something awesome sitting there the entire time! See the photos here.
Taking the weekend to shuttle boxes around, taking it easy. Enjoy your weekend!
This post was written by John on Saturday, May 30th, 2009. He has 476 posts on this blog.
What a busy week it’s been! I’ve hardly had enough time to check the Blog comments, let alone write any new content!
Last weekend I visited Davis and Napa to visit family and Carlie. It was a great weekend, I enjoyed the festivities. I did some food tasting for the big event coming up, and it looks like we found a caterer.
On Monday I started my new project, codename “Traffic” for now, which is a whole lot about moving cars through intersections. In my own life I experience a lot of red lights (literally, not metaphorically). I hate them. Not only do I hit every red light on my way to work but sometimes I get stuck behind someone slow and then can’t make it through a green light! So in my frustration I am making a game about traffic lights, and in the game you get to play the role of a traffic light switcher to alleviate congestion on major roads. It’s fun so far, especially when cars are sent through the same intersection at the same time.
On Thursday last week Joey and I launched our “Bunkers” project, which we eventually named Fox Fyre. It is now available here on this website. It’s a strategy game, not a “oh hey set your angle and fire” game which makes the gameplay a bit different. Many of these games are just trial and error but we really wanted to make the experience real-time and strategic. So there you go, enjoy! It’s been a long project (nearly 9,000 lines of code), so we’re glad to see it out and about. It’s done fairly well across the web. Some complaints about difficulty, but it’s been really mixed! I think it’s because some people are just really good at building strategies and getting good combos…. others not so much.
Tonight I am booking my hotels for my trip to Australia. I’m getting excited about the places I’m staying. One of the places I’m (hopefully) staying at is a treehouse, so my childhood fantasies will finally be realized.
As for last post, if your favourite ice cream was Strawberry, congratulations! You get two points. If your favourite ice cream was anything else, you get 1 point.
This post was written by John on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009. He has 476 posts on this blog.
This weekend I am in Northern California visiting significant others, friends, and family. I really need some time to go post Fox Fyre, add more stuff to the website, etc… but until then it’s travelling and visiting. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Oh, and what’s your favourite ice cream?
This post was written by John on Friday, April 3rd, 2009. He has 476 posts on this blog.