After more than 20 years out of the games industry (mostly doing web based business applications), I'm having fun learning new tools and making indie games.
My first release , a free to play 2D mobile game called Zoo Balloon, is out now on iOs and Android
https://randomreptile.com/games/zoo-balloon
Apple App Store - https://apple.co/3jklhXY
Google Play Store - https://bit.ly/40auFy5
| Website | https://randomreptile.com |
@Miriamm
They remind me of World War 1 dazzle camouflage (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage)
It's not just that they are all the same colours, but they've also managed to disrupt the perception of the shapes
Even worse, they've put the icons on my phone in circles so nobody else's app has a distinctive shape either, and there are plans to 'theme' them to the same colour
It's hard to make a unified set of icons while keeping them distinctive and meaningful, Google's camo paint makes it harder
OMG! Chuckie Egg by A&F software - that really takes me back...
I never actually worked for A&F but my first job was with the company formed when they merged with Lothlorien a few years after Chuckie Egg was released... The office was full of A&F stuff, and I've still got my copy of Programming the Z80 by Zaks with the remains of the A&F branded packing tape I used to stick it back together when it fell apart.
(I'm not a monster, it already had a broken spine when I bought it)
It's #ScreenshotSaturday so I thought I'd share a few more images from my first #IndieGame
Zoo Balloon is free to play (ad supported) on iOs and Android
https://randomreptile.com/games/zoo-balloon
Apple App Store - https://apple.co/3jklhXY
Google Play Store - https://bit.ly/40auFy5
(We had a bit of a hiccup on rolling out to international android stores, so if you couldn't find it before, please have another try)
This is accurate ;)
(via https://marketoonist.com/2023/01/evolution-of-smart-products.html)
One of the most popular cartoons I ever drew was about the Internet of Things, right after Google announced the acquisition of Nest in early 2014. “I think my Nest smoke alarm is going off,” one character tells another. “Google Adwords just pitched me a fire extinguisher and an offer for temporary housing.”
Most of my games experience was writing assembly code and drawing pixel graphics for things like the game boy so returning to #gamedev has been a huge learning curve, but old dogs can learn new tricks and I've had fun learning.
Shameless plug: my first #indiegame is out on iOs and Android
Apple App Store - https://apple.co/3jklhXY
Google Play Store - https://bit.ly/40auFy5
Coming back to #gamedev after more than 20 years' programming business stuff has been a huge learning curve.
My first look at the Unity IDE left me feeling like a caveman looking at the large hadron collider:
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@mdiaztoledo @DaveWindett
Hi, sorry about that, The android version is now rolling out to Spain (and everywhere else) but it might take an hour or 2 before you can see it
The iOs version is already available everywhere
We realised this morning that we hadn't put it in Google stores other than US and UK - this is our first game and I made a mistake which is now (hopefully) fixed
Hope you come back and give it another try (if it's not available in a couple of hours, please let me know)
@ZinVol @DaveWindett
Hi, sorry you couldn't download it - I can think of 2 different reasons:
1. Until about 5 mins ago it was only available in the UK and US - it's our first launch and I made a mistake, now fixed (might take an hour or two to roll out, or it could be instant) so if you're problem was being in another country, you should now be able to get it.
2. It won't work on older phones, but it should be available on most devices released in the last 4 or 5 years.
Hope that helps
Miriam Boosh
Thomas Baekdal