Archive for December, 2006

Where next?

December 25, 2006

Well lots has been going on recently and I’ll be making a big post about it soon.
I’ve been having lots of thoughts about what to do in 2007.  It’s an exciting time right now because Oz is done and is out there and so is Holiday Bonus, and I’m not working on any projects at [...]

My Christmas Competitors

December 21, 2006

Hiya,
It seems that the fighting is fierce on the frontline of Christmas/Holiday-themed match-3s!
Check these out:
www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/jewelmatchwinterwo/index.html
www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/holidaygift/index.html
and compare to mine:
www.greyaliengames.com/holidaybonus.php
Winter Wonderland uses outdoor snowy scenes that seem to involve houses - there’s only 4 backgrounds though. It has a nice snowing effect going on and lovely classical guitar music.  The game has a hammer with 3 levels of power up, [...]

How I sourced the art and music for my games

December 14, 2006

Someone just emailed me and asked me how I sourced the art and music for my games, and I sent back a rambling reply that I thought might be useful to others - so I’ve posted it here for all to see
For the first game, Xmas Bonus, I bought in some cheap art from [...]