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 :).
Okay, last wedding post, I promise. Here’s our megadump of Australia photos from our honeymooon! We stayed in several places, from Cairns, Brisbane, all the way down to Sydney itself! There are several albums, but here are a few highlights.
Sort of. Still adjusting to leaving at 10 A.M. from Sydney and somehow magically, 13 hours later, arriving at 6 A.M. the same day in Los Angeles.
Had a lot of fun, honeymoon definitely deserves its own post as well as some forward looking posts about future games and such, but for now I am going to enjoy my home once again. And Muffin and Bagel, my very happy-to-see cats.
And I almost killed an Echidna with my car, running over it between my wheels as I was driving. Carlie will never forgive me.
It was interesting learning where all of you were from yesterday. What a treat! Glad I could learn a bit about my audience.
Last week I started on Hedgehog Launch 2. It’s a game about launching hedgehogs. I have also considered the starting of I Hate Traffic and a few other sequels. There are a few I want to revisit. Dark Cut and Four Second series do not include those, sorry! Those series are happy where they stand. Also looking to boot Giraffe Rave and others soon. Once again, way too many projects I intend to start but end up getting excited about others.
Around Irvine I have been getting in shape for Summer and trying to eat healthier. Cleaner house, cleaner mind, and everything is on the path to cleansing as I get ready to move on towards my wedding in September. It’s a strange, scary, and amazing time in my life and there is so much going on.
And with that, I appreciate you reading my blog. Thanks for the support, especially to those who supported me through thick and thin times in Flash.
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.
