I got a bit caught up in polishing up the game, but I've finally finished my first Flash game.

Head over to trazoi.net for the details and the link to the page for the game. Feedback will be very appreciated!

After a fair delay it looks like the Four Elements contest will be underway very shortly - dates listed and everything. I always like GameDev.net during the first few months of a Four Elements contest; everyone in the journals bounces around ideas and gets cracking on development. Usually things st…

I know this is just after my poll result post, but since I'm using WordPress now it makes better sense to split unrelated topics off into their own posts. I get email notications on every reply, so it's not as if someone's useful comment will get lost along the way.

I spent a chunk of the weekend wo…

Since I'm mirroring entries over at trazoi.net, I'm balancing things by reporting the end of my "cake or pie?" poll. New poll is: What player suit are you?

I'll be putting another standard post up later today.

Today I've unexpectedly received the copy of Gary Rosenzweig's ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University I had on order from Amazon. I wasn't expecting to receive this for another week or two. I've only had a chance to skim over the book this evening, but it looks like a very nice coverage of us…

My fingers on my left hand are now semi-operational. I can curl my middle finger about half way, enough to wrap it around large objects, but not enough to make a clenched fist. I can also write legibly now if I don't put too much pressure on the pencil and I use large letters. It's not healed enoug…

I'm up to nine workable digits again. My finger doesn't seem to be badly injured, but the joints have swollen up as it heals. I no longer need to splint it to my ring finger, but the swelling means I can't flex the finger for a while. With my middle finger stuck in an extended position it makes it …

In which the number of my usable digits is temporarily decreased to eight

The good news: My knee appears to have mostly healed, only getting light twinges now and then.

The bad news: I tripped on something in my home study area while trying to access a bookcase, twisting around and falling back-firs…

I'm just back from a presentation by Jorge Cham, the creator of the graduate school themed webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper, who is currently on his Australian tour. I clean forgot that he was talking today, and was kicking myself for not claiming a seat ticket, but luckily there were a few spares.…

In which I use the Internet and GarageBand as half-hearted excuses on my slow progress in learning Adobe products

I bought a new toy yesterday - an M-Audio KeyStation 49e, a USB MIDI keyboard (the kind you play music on, not the kind you type with). I already have a fairly full featured 76 key Casio…