Author Archives: Darius

Testing The Tutorial

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Darius

I believe I’ve mentioned it before, that when people sit down to play Flame Warrior the thing they seem to struggle most with is figuring out how to get their ship to move where they want it to go. Which … Continue reading →

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Chaotic Neutral

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Darius

I’ve recently been playing Divinity II: Ego Draconis. With the release of Divinity: Original Sin, and the great reviews it’s been getting I thought I’d give another game in the series a try, especially since I already had a copy … Continue reading →

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Hidden Depth

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Darius

This past weekend was the EVO Tournament, a large annual fighting game tournament. Coincidentally, as I’ve been working through the Extra Credits backlog I watched this video about how fighting games play out at higher levels of play.  I only … Continue reading →

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Way Overdue Flame Warrior Update

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Darius

A simple glance at the last post will confirm a terrible truth, that it’s been three months since my last update. It’s primarily been because I was working on some problems that were giving me a lot of trouble, and … Continue reading →

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Flame Warrior Update

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Darius

My aggressive blog update schedule demands that I make an update. And there are some real changes going on with Flame Warrior, so let’s get started. I’ve taken Flame Warrior in a new direction, and chopped a significant portion off … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Sweeper

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Darius

For the month of February my one-game-a-month project was Dungeon Sweeper, it’s a dungeon crawler with randomly generated dungeons and minesweeper inspired actions. Basically you start with the dungeon and there are lots of hidden areas. To explore you click … Continue reading →

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Flamewarrior update

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Darius

There isn’t really a lot to show unfortunately. Some streamlining of the power management screen, some new components, greater clarity in the ship management screen, not a lot of new stuff that you could see. There was however a pretty … Continue reading →

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The Candy Commando

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Darius

I took a day this week and made a quick game, you can play it here, although it does require the Unity web plugin. I decided to try doing this each month this year, we’ll see how well that goes. … Continue reading →

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To The Moon

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Darius

I’ve been wanting to talk about this game for a while, and now seemed like an opportune time since you can get it for as low as $1.00 right now as part of the Humble Bundle. Perhaps more difficult than … Continue reading →

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Expected Value of a Snow Globe

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Darius

Steam is wrapping up their winter holiday sale, with it ends one of my favorite parts of the sale: the trading cards. I love the trading cards because you can sell them and earn enough for a game or two. … Continue reading →

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