It's been about 2 months now since my first Android game, Jumpers for Goalposts, was released on Android, and I thought I'd write a little piece about visibility (or the lack thereof) in the Android App Store. Great Expectations When I was building JFG, my expectations
Dev Diary
Tale as old as time. True as it can be. Barely even friends. Then somebody implements the wrong bloody server architecture. Battles have waged for years over what is the best design pattern to use for backend architecture. Hundreds of articles have been written comparing which is better, with most
Dev Diary
One of the big challenges I've had with this project was building it for free. The game runs a lot of APIs and databases to support a massively multiplayer gameworld and clouds aren't (completely) free. I have nightmares about waking up one morning to find this.
Game Dev
First dev diary around building Jumpers for Goalposts. Talking about how AI made it possible and will probably kill us all.
Game Dev
Jumpers for Goalposts is now in early access on the Google Play store. I've worked on the game over the last two weeks to improve the experience, fixing bugs and tweaking the UI. One of the big new features is the addition of Guest Login. It was obvious
Game Dev
It's nearly here. My massively multiplayer football management game on Android is nearing its first release. To get there, I need 12 testers for two weeks to install the game and run it once or twice then Google will let me release it. If you're interested
Game Dev
I started work at the beginning of this year on a mobile game that has been in my head for about 15 years. I've finally got to a point where, with the help of AI and everything I've learnt working in AWS for the last few
Indie Dev
I've been working on a personal project for a while now off and on. It's a computer game version of Ravensburger's "Labyrinth" board game.
C#
First new update to SIncLib for a while. I've added a new QOL feature that takes the micro management out of stock control.
C#
My Software Inc. code mod has been updated to be compatible with the Beta 1.3 version of the game. It can be downloaded from Steam Workshop.