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  Robot Finally Wants Fishy! 06:33 PM -- Fri August 20, 2010  

Robot Wants Fishy on Armor Games

Go play it! I'll be setting it up here on Hamumu next week, with the usual trophies and score table and all. I don't know if that will be early or late next week... might not be until next weekend. So get your practice in now!
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  Ludum Dare #18 02:58 PM -- Fri August 20, 2010  

This weekend marks the 18th grand historical game development competition, Ludum Dare. In commemoration of this (and because other people were doing it and I got up at 3:45 this morning so I am a bit foggy), I created a collage of my previous LD entries:


Yep, it's been 20 entries since it started! I'm not sure I actually submitted all of those, but they were all worked on for the contest in question, so close enough. The ones I didn't submit were in no shape to win anything anyway. It's crazy how much game making this contest has pushed me into.

So why not get pushed yourself? Head on over to the site and join up for another rollicking round of 48-hour game development! I'm taking the weekend off from real work, and will spend it seeing what I can do. Fingers are crossed for a theme that inspires me.

Both Robot contests will end Monday! Submit your ideas before then, because I gonna pick me some winners and get to work developing them!
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  Robot Wants Robot! 06:07 PM -- Wed August 18, 2010  

First of all, a reminder! Get your boss ideas in for the boss-making contest! If you already entered, enter again! I will consider any and all entries. I think it will end soon... I have a about 3 that I am torn between so far, but I will pick one if I have to. So get your ideas in NOW NOW NOW!! (Don't you miss the [BLINK] tag?)

Secondly, time for a third contest! This is probably the last one for this game. It's like the boss contest but simpler. I think there probably should be one more non-boss enemy in this game. Just one more little thing I can throw in the mix in the final parts of the game to make it trickier business. So what will that enemy be? As before, obey the rules:
  • The enemy must be robotic in nature
  • I reserve the right to change your idea all around and so on
  • If I like your entry best, you get to beta test the game, and some reasonable facsimile of your idea will be in the game
  • Share your entry either here in the comments, or in a forum thread that you or somebody else creates for that purpose (please keep all entries to one thread)
  • Pictures are good! But not required
  • Specifics and details are good!
  • Unlike a boss, this is just a regular enemy you fight lots of all over the place, so keep it very simple. This will not be nearly as exciting as the boss contest, but it's another chance to win!
  • The deadline is when I pick a winner!
Good luck, and may the best robot win!
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  Robot Got Name! 12:26 PM -- Mon August 16, 2010  

And the winner of the naming contest is the only entry that makes one person the winner while simultaneously causing another person to be a winner in another form! Blackduck wins with his name Space Maniac! Because why not?

Don't forget the Make-Up-A-Boss contest is still going on, and a tip to entrants: making a vague entry like "Oh, how about something kind of like... or whatever" is a lot less likely to win than a clear-cut confident description of exactly what you want! I know I said I reserve the right to make changes, but that doesn't mean I want you to abdicate any responsibility for your idea. Stand up proud and dish out a robot! Make something so amazing I can't resist. Other tips: has to be an actual robot, not a vehicle driven by something alive (that's a dealbreaker); and I see a lot of entries that reference other Hamumu games, which I really don't want to do. I don't like to randomly glue things together, this is a new game world unrelated to existing ones. It has its own amazing and deep mythology involving puppies, kitties, and fishies.

Congrats to Blackduck and Spacemaniac! And surprise, how about they get a prize of sorts! They will get to beta test the game. The winner of the boss contest will too.
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  Robot Wants Bosses 06:29 PM -- Fri August 13, 2010  

Hallo! Now that you've entered one contest, for which I haven't declared a winner, so see the previous journal entry and put your names in, it's time for another one!

This is a fancier version of the same contest. This time, make up a boss for Robot Wants Ice Cream! The only things you need to keep in mind are:
  • It has to be robotic/mechanical/non-organic
  • Remember how Robot games play. It's a side scrolling platformer where you shoot things. Don't make a boss where you have to solve a switch puzzle or jump on its head or level up or spin around in 3D, that's not what this game is.
  • I reserve the right to rename your design
  • I reserve the right to massively change your design a ton, but still, it's exciting that you inspired it, right?
  • Feel free to include pictures if you want, or just describe things
  • Post your entries as comments on this Journal, or go ahead and post in a thread on the forum (everybody to one thread, please!).
  • Enter this and the previous contest as much as you like, I'm just looking for good ideas.
  • The more specifics the better. "A big green robot" is not interesting or appealing (and it's already in the game!).
The winning entry will become a boss (possibly renamed and massively changed) in Robot Wants Ice Cream! The deadline is once again whenever I pick a winner! The boss naming contest will probably end by Monday or so. I have a favorite choice in that one already, so feel free to come up with something that beats it, or it will win!
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  Robot Wants Nomenclature 05:53 PM -- Wed August 11, 2010  


This is the next boss in Robot Wants Ice Cream, the second of two more I added today! There are 5 so far, and only about 1/3 of the map is done! There won't be that many more bosses, though. Let's not get ridiculous.

But this boss is here for a reason! It's time for a "contest" which gets to go in quotes due to a complete lack of prizes. This boss is sort of a UFO that hovers around above you dropping bombs. What would you name it? The winning name is the one I will use in the game, and that's about all there is to it, but that's like being immortalized in an incredible piece of art history that will stand for all time, so it's totally worth it. My criteria for choosing a winner will just be "meh, whatever." You know, whatever happens to click with my brain. The deadline is whenever I pick a winner, so get your ideas in now!

* Note: you won't get credited in-game for your brilliance. Sorry, but the entire "credits screen" in a Robot game is a single line of text!
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  Robot Wants Mouse Aim 06:59 PM -- Tue August 10, 2010  


But since Robot doesn't have mouse aim, how is he ever going to shoot the big spider?! Maybe there is some way... There are 3 bosses in the game already, you run into them about every 2 seconds going through, which I like, because a boss is always an exciting event.

In this game, Robot gets Atomic Batteries to power his more super abilities. The yellow squares you see are Atomic Bits (!?) that come from destroyed enemies. You can collect those to recharge your Atomic Batteries. Or at least, you can once you get the power up that lets you. There's also a Solar Collector powerup to let them recharge over time too.
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  Robot Got Puppy 07:40 PM -- Mon August 9, 2010  


Yay! Originally I had planned for this game to involve you riding on Puppy (long ago), and I was so scared to make the animation for Puppy. I don't know why, it just seemed much harder than other things I've done. Robot doesn't ride on Puppy, but now Puppy sure does animate and follow you around! It's good stuff. And of course, he will help you reach your goal via a certain power-up you'll discover. Don't worry, this is not an escort mission - Puppy is invincible, and will teleport to you if he gets lost.
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  Robot Wants Something 04:48 PM -- Wed July 28, 2010  


Robot is using a super attack here against a hapless crab (left over from the last game, not actually going to be in this one), on the lovely grassy fields of Happy Ice Cream Planet. The sky is just temporary, not sure how it's going to look, but it should also be fairly happy, on this particular planet. Just getting started on the new tiles now. Not everything about Happy Ice Cream Planet is as happy as you might think.

In other news, stop by UStream today to watch Blackduck play Loonyland 2 over and over again! Do it quick, because he probably can't keep playing for more than a few days.
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  I (was) on a BOAT! 01:21 PM -- Mon July 19, 2010  


We houseboated Lake Powell last week! Look at that there arch! I actually worked on Robot Wants Ice Cream while on the boat, to the apparent dismay of family members (not that I did much work). It's a different direction for Robot, same concept and gameplay, but no more puzzles, just massive amounts of brutal slaying. I think Robot is getting really tired of Kitty's shenanigans.

I have Still Pond, Two Roads, and Robot Wants Fishy all seeking sponsors now. Hopefully there will be delicious results very soon. I also have some interesting port projects just barely underway, or at least being discussed (not me: other people beginning to port my stuff to other platforms). I'm keeping Fishy off of this site to make it worth more to sponsors (they are more interested in something that hasn't been public). Once it gets picked up, hopefully within a month tops, I will unleash it upon this site as well. And I am indeed sorry for the delay, but more stuff is coming all the time now!
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