Blogs for Stu
Good News for iMac Users
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 20th July 2010 | 1 Comment
Good news peeps
Ive compiled Bruce Lee and Quantasm for the iMac. I just have to protect the media (as this is automatically done for me in windows) bit more work to be done for the Mac.
Oh also seems that I have a problem switching between a window and fullscreen mode. When I get a bit of time I’ll...
Whos the Daddy ?
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 7th July 2010 | 3 Comments
Im pleased to announce that my lovely wife has just had her 12 week scan, im going to be a dad for the second time !
No problems, in fact he/she is actually 13 weeks, which gives us a due date of the 5th January 2011. Lets hope its later than that- I would have hated a birthday around Xmas and New...
Dr Who type fing…….
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 30th June 2010 | 4 Comments
“Dr Who type thing” demo has just been released.
It’s a quick “intro” teaser for the upcoming game. Download it here
Unzip and run the EXE, oh check out the readme.txt for the key controls. Feedback welcome.
Its a platform puzzler based on the BBC Classic Icon Dr Who,...
Retro Arcade
Posted by StuC on Monday 28th June 2010 | No Comments
Pop over to the Retro Arcade WIP. Smila has created a little mini site to keep you upto date.
Hes not passed anything onto me yet (as Im far too busy to be distracted ).
Needless to say its looking good so far.
Im back
Posted by StuC on Monday 28th June 2010 | No Comments
Well I’ve been back a week in time to see England dumped out of the world cup !!!
Finally finished bioshock2 and have become bored of MW2 – which means more coding time – YEY !
last week
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 15th June 2010 | 3 Comments
just started our last week in the states. this morning found a 5c retro gaming heaven
pure class
more dr who when i get back and more news on another iphone game ! we should have 2 for release real soon…..
so back to watching my son in a playworld playground (found it had free wifi)
was rapture modelled on the rockafella building
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 8th June 2010 | No Comments
just arrived in rockford illinois after 3 days in new york.
we went to the top of the “rock” and i really thought i wason the set of bio shock, it just needed a little sister to run around to make it complete
new york was a really nice place to visit but its very expensive but then expected...
Holidays !!!
Posted by StuC on Thursday 3rd June 2010 | No Comments
Im off to the States (New York then Chicago) – wooohooooo
Back in 2 weeks !
Gratuitous plea to help a friend get onto a charity calendar
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 18th May 2010 | 1 Comment
Have I got your attention ?
Ok so this a gratuitous plea to help a friend get onto a charity calendar….
This year they recreated a stylish pinup calendar of girls of the 1940’s and 50’s using a mixture of professional and amateur models, with all services being given for free and all proceeds...
Armalyte Now Available via Digial Download
Posted by StuC on Monday 3rd May 2010 | 4 Comments
Armalyte is now available vis Digital download (£4.99) . The digital download only contains the game, none of the extras that are on the PC-CD BOX version are available.
Grab a piece of history with the FULL PC-CD BOX (£16.99) version from http://www.binaryzone.org/retrostore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=87_96&products_id=503
or...
Intro Almost Done
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 27th April 2010 | 2 Comments
More scarabeous goodness- few more screenies for you
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armalyte released
Posted by StuC on Friday 23rd April 2010 | 2 Comments
armalyte released my copy is in the post. im really excited – in fact a life long ambition
GO grab your copy now !
From Here!
holidays
Posted by StuC on Sunday 4th April 2010 | No Comments
off on my holidays for a week will be nice to recharge my batteries
also finally started bio shock 2. nice game but the xbox wont be coming away with us
Another Screenie
Posted by StuC on Thursday 1st April 2010 | No Comments
Im leaving the Irrlicht ship as I couldnt stop the ship from sinking…. too many things I couldnt do with it.
So heres a screenie from the new engine …. more details after me holidays ! Off to Wales for a week – hope it doesnt snow !
Update
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 30th March 2010 | 1 Comment
A little test picture of the latest remake – Scarabaeus
Not the proper lighting yet and no nice effects, but I have the wee ghostie walking about ( no im not Scottish dont know why I said it like that)
Scarabaeus in the works
Posted by StuC on Monday 22nd March 2010 | No Comments
Waiting for graphics can be very boring So in the meantime Smila has suggested we do Scarabaeus.
Does mean I can dip my toe into 3D again. Although this was going to be a quick remake it has meant I have had to learn to use a 3rd party graphics solution. I’ve wanted to use Irrlicht since CHOLO...
fish number 2 is dead
Posted by StuC on Sunday 21st March 2010 | No Comments
fish number 2 is dead. we are now fishless……..
passing of rocky
Posted by StuC on Saturday 20th March 2010 | No Comments
we morn the passing of rocky (the fish). it was a short life (2 weeks) filled with swimming in circles and eating, ok so not much of a life but that comes from not being high in the food chain
poor loui all by himself now
test post
Posted by StuC on Saturday 13th March 2010 | 4 Comments
test of iphone wordpress, no excuses on not updating the blogg now..
heres 2 new arrivals into our household
Whos is this REX ? – coming to an iPhone soon
Posted by StuC on Friday 5th March 2010 | No Comments
Coding and graphics are coming along nicely on our latest iPhone game.
We havent got a name for the game yet, but our latest character is all set, is the iPhone ready for OvinebyDesign ? – we shall see.
So without further ado, meet REX, REX HUNTER
Rex Hunter
Its a very retro inspired game, more...
First Armalyte Review
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 2nd March 2010 | No Comments
Ooooo a box
Go checkout the first review of ARMALYTE
Link clicky http://justonemoregame.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/first-review-armalyte-official-pc-remake/
More News
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 23rd February 2010 | No Comments
Other news,,over at JustOneMoreGame hes having an Armalyte week
“Why Armalyte? Why this week? Maybe I have something special up my sleeve for you…”
Oooooo maybe a review of Armalyte ? – hope hes kind.
other news is that the iPhone game engine is alomst done – almost ready...
Bit belated
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 17th February 2010 | No Comments
Check out the retroremakes new post – They very kindly put CHOLO in their top 5 essential remakes to download.
I have very fond memories of coding CHOLO, think it was my first attempt at a full game in 3D and enjoyed every minute of it.
Hope theres a CHOLO II some day – but have to change...
The Final Ninja
Posted by StuC on Friday 12th February 2010 | 18 Comments
We have started on our take of The Last Ninja, “The Final Ninja”. GFX by Smila, Music by Infamous, coding by me
Screenies and updates to follow.
Were busy at the moment as we are also currently updating our first iPhone game.
Armalyte Gets it First Public Outing
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 10th February 2010 | 2 Comments
Armalyte at Retrovision
Head over to Psytronik for pictures and report of the first public viewing of ARMALYTE (the remake) soon to be released April 2010. Ive prepared a special version for reviewers/mags etc, so if you interested get in touch with Kenz on his web site.
Seems the Retrovision is...
Any interest in a Mac Version of Bruce Lee ?
Posted by StuC on Thursday 14th January 2010 | 3 Comments
As the title suggests – is there any interest in a Mac version of Bruce Lee ?
I dont think theres much work in converting it so I might just compile and release it…..
Comment here
GoDaddy Support is Rubbish
Posted by StuC on Sunday 10th January 2010 | 2 Comments
Ovine.net has been down for over 24 hours but is finally back up. This not only effected the HTTP but also the FTP access that we have. This meant that the outage was nothing todo with our website and more that the IP address of our shared server was not accessible to the outside world.
goDaddy support...
Ovine Forum back online http://forum.ovine.net
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 22nd December 2009 | No Comments
As the title says, http://forum.ovine.net is back and open for business
Jet Set Willy 3.1 Beta Released
Posted by StuC on Monday 21st December 2009 | 8 Comments
Ive released Jet Set Willy 3.1 BETA to the testers.
Lack of time and effort means I will have to rely on the testers to get this out the door. I’ll report back their comment and findings in due course. Although saying that its alomst Christmas so im not expecting much yet
Merry Christmas
Mini Update For Driller
Posted by StuC on Thursday 17th December 2009 | No Comments
Ive just uploaded a recompile of Driller using the latest build of Blitz3D and an updated version of our packing utility.
This should get rid of a few false positives that have been reported. I’ll do the same with CHOLO as there have been some reports of that slowing down on modern machines.
I...
JSWOL 3.1 Testing
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 2nd December 2009 | No Comments
Im going to hand over the testing in the next couple of days to the beta testers (thanks for those who responded to my plee for testers )
Due to lack of time and other projects my time is limited for testing so all the help i can get is great. It does mean that JSWOL 3.1 will finally see the light...
Ooooo Looks Whats Coming
Posted by StuC on Thursday 12th November 2009 | No Comments
JSWOL 3.1 In test
To help me thru the Armalyte Testing (which is going really well BTW) Im resurrecting JSWOL 3.1 !!!
I tried to get AndyH to have a look at it but he seemed less than enthusiastic so Ive taken the reigns back.
A lot of the bug fixes and new features are already in there but I’ve...
Armalyte Nearing Completion
Posted by StuC on Monday 9th November 2009 | No Comments
http://www.psytronik.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:armalyte-pc&catid=40:news&Itemid=18
Almost there – been 10 months of alot of work but Armalyte is almost done. Im finally getting better at the game too – YEY.
Xbox / Mame Cab in the works
Posted by StuC on Saturday 3rd October 2009 | 3 Comments
Finally got around to starting myxbox/mame cab.
Heres where I am so far :-
How much fun can you have with MDF ?
Armalyte Update
Posted by StuC on Friday 2nd October 2009 | No Comments
Smila has finished all 8 level graphics and enemy placements/paths.
So back to level 2 and tweak time. This is the fun part now. The bosses are in need of loving.
On level 1 we added a nice lazer to the enhance the play. Just have to think of other such “tweaks” for other levels.
Whack-A-Monty-Mole
Posted by StuC on Monday 7th September 2009 | No Comments
Courtesy of Barrie Ellis over at One Switch, he brought to our attention that Whak-a-Monty-Mole has been used at an ablegames event that was recently held.
For those of you that are unaware of what the event is about
” Our event is the first annual AbleGames, an opportunity for children with...
Cholo Ambiant Music
Posted by StuC on Thursday 9th July 2009 | 3 Comments
Heres a little quick app / screensaver.
Ive had a few emails recently asking about the ingame music in Cholo. The ingame tune was entirely a random mix of some riffs I did to set a bit of atmosphere.
So Ive created a little app/screensaver that recreates the Cholo ambiance
Click for Standalone version...
HOLIDAYS
Posted by StuC on Friday 19th June 2009 | 1 Comment
Off on my holidays … 2 weeks in a Spanish Villa …. see ya when I get back
More Armalyte
Posted by StuC on Thursday 11th June 2009 | No Comments
Still awaiting any more feedback from the guys on the last Armalyte Level 1 build. All the bugs have been squashed and indeed Smila has mapped level 2 and is starting the attack patterns.
Level1 Demo will be released and we’ll guage the reaction and take feedback on board (as we always do).
Having...
Armalyte Level 1 – Almost There
Posted by StuC on Friday 5th June 2009 | No Comments
Were just in the process of testing Armalyte Level 1, soon to be released as a demo to gauge the interest in the full release and also to mass test on lots of hardware
Ive not gone mad on the minimum spec for the machine, OpenGL 1.1 is a minimum, Ive got it running on a crappy old laptop which...
My wife is doing the “race for life”
Posted by StuC on Monday 25th May 2009 | No Comments
Race For Life
Mary (my wife) is doing this years “Race for Life” in aid of cancer research
If you could see your way to sponsoring her, I would appreciate it
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/marycollier
Shes taking it quite serious and is actually training for it too. For someone who...
Im back
Posted by StuC on Tuesday 28th April 2009 | No Comments
Ive had a little spell in hospital (first time for me), its took 40 years.
Ive got a “stone” in my saliva gland that needs removal. So this little episode has knocked me back a week as I was unable to actually code. I wondered why I was so tired at night recently, when the side of my...
Armalyte PC
Posted by StuC on Monday 20th April 2009 | 8 Comments
Wondered what we have been upto recently ?
Armalyte Advert
Read more here
Almost 40 !!!
Posted by StuC on Wednesday 15th April 2009 | 1 Comment
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan Im the big 4 Oh tomorrow, how depressing ! April 16th 2009 is going to be offically the most depressing date of my life
Welcome Back
Posted by StuC on Saturday 4th April 2009 | 2 Comments
Our website move happened a bit before time, so it might take us a while to catch up with the update.
I have to say AndyH has done a sterling job, he went through a few designs before settling on this one. Its alot more professional looking than before you would have to admit.
Ive added the webcam...
Armalyte Released
** ARMALYTE OUT NOW! **
£4.99 download version
FULL PC-CD BOX version! (£16.99)
Stu-Cam
Andy-Cam
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