Amidos Entertainment

Alone in the Park (new game with Vartagh)

2012-01-06T14:02:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
I told you there are lots of new games I am working on and most of these games are collaboration with other people :)

The First game that I will reveal today is Alone in the Park a game I started with Vartagh a quite talented person :) so we decided to give a try and make a game and we called it Alone in the Park

Since it is still a top secret game and we don't want to reveal any stuff from it till we finish more from it so I made a poster for it and I will leave you think about the game :)

The game music will be done by the talented Mikael Bauer and the game will contain lots of tracks :)

Last thing my game iGoo is not dead but we are working slow on it :) and I made a new Logo for the game Hope its better than the old one :)

That everything for now keep tuned for new stuff soon :)

Bye Bye

Some Game Footage :)

2012-01-06T01:00:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Just quick post about some game reviews I have got :)

First game was The Power as Pixel Prospector reviewed the original game made by Alexitron and referred to the flash version being in sponsoring on FGL and here is the link and video where they were showing the game :)

Also a friend of mine (KniteBlargh a nice artist and he is talented) played my recent game Zebalooz and wrote a very nice review about the game :) the review is so nice :) so check it up (link)

This is for now :) stay tune :) for more updates.

Bye Bye

Zebalooz is out

2012-01-03T02:13:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Lets start the new year publishing Zebalooz :) the game had a music track done by easyname :) and it sounds amazing and fits with the game and new graphics from Tomas Barrios (an amazing pixel artist friend where he done the graphics for Mountainer & Project Cupid) and also added some new stuff like highscore table and sewer manholes and some graphic effects :).

Here the new banner for the game :)

Since the game was intially made for GameTako GameZanga so I though it will be free game and just put it for non exclusive license on FlashGameLicense

Stay tuned 2012 holding lots of amazing games and co-operations :)

Bye Bye for now :)

How Zebalooz is created for GameZanga

2011-12-23T15:32:00.000+02:00

Hey all,

I know that this post is not interesting at all but I wanted to share how Zebalooz was made for the GameZanga as its my first time I submit a game to a GameJam every year I participate but never submit (ex: U.F.O.)

First of all after I know that the Theme was Social Problems (@Thursday 15/12/2011 00:00 CTL) I start thinking about problems and the two most problems that take control of my brain were She7ata problem in Egypt (people that doesn't work and want money from you (begging problem)) and the second one was about Sayes problem (Its another form of begging but instead of asking money he stands beside the sidewalk and help you to park your car a little although you can park it and ask you for money)

After that I start thinking how to make that nice and playable and a small game that can be finished quickly especially that I was travelling next day to Luxor & Aswan where it takes about 10 hours journey by train so I wanted to make the game simple enough so I chose the She7ata Problem and started thinking how to make it so I thought first that you have different begging methods and you must satisfy each method with the correct person (ex: if one setting in car with a girl use the famous word "Ellahy tetgawez el 3arosa elly gambak, ellahy tetgawez elly bet7ebaha, ...etc" which means (Give me money and I will ask god that you marry this beautiful girl beside you) and if the car doesn't have a handkerchief sell to it some one with twice price and if the car appears dirty try to clean it using towel.

But where is the catch in the game so I asked myself I can make police officer look in opposite direction and if he saw you begging while he moves he is moving around he will ran after you and you should hide in garbage or behind anything till he returns to his position again (inspired by Mailure) but when I think in that I found also it is not funny nor entertaining so I thought why not make the cars can hit you and you must move your player away before car moves.

But still the game is missing something its not nice so I thought why not make them team of Beggars where each one is specialized in one of the previous stuff and you switch between them and move them to make begging. By that time I though its interesting so I wrote all these data in text file and go to sleep.

@Friday morning I started to make the game assets as I wanted to finish most of the game before 17:00 where I will be going to train station and thnx to Saker who encouraged me to work with the 4 hours laptop battery on the train.

While I was making the cars in the asset sheet I though about it I found the game is very large and won't be able to finish it on time so I deleted everything and started to think in new idea also what turns me away also that a friend of mine (Ahmed Hassan Salem) also making a game about begging problem so I thought its time to change it.

I was brain storming again till I found the idea the Garbage problem in Egypt and I inspired by Mountainer to make the game that way.

So I started to making assets I made the player and backgrounds and buildings and garbage bag being thrown and other garbage stuff on street, Then I started to code that by 17:00 on Friday I finished the graphics and coding the background and started to code the buildings.

Then after I reach the train station I found a plug in the wall at the information desk so I sat on my bag and work for 1 hour to make the static objects and make garbage been thrown from mouse position when I clicked with the mouse.

Then on the train for 3:30 hours I continued to work and make the buildings throw garbage with timers and made the car and made all static objects that hit the player.

Then when I reached Luxor it was on Saturday 18/12/2011 I searched for a Plug in and found on in the Cafeteria so I plugged in laptop and started to code the player for 1 hour.

Then I continued coding after taking the breakfast in the hotel for 3:00 hours I was tweaking the collision and all other stuff.

and at last I went for free tour in Luxor market so I went to McDonald's and worked for 2 hours there and returned again to the hotel by that time I finished everything except for the menus and how to play, and all other these stuffs.

By time I returned to the hotel it was 22:00 so I had only 2 hours left to make loading screen and site lock for the game and all menus and story and everything so I started to finish all these in 1:15 hours and started packing the game to send to the GameTako GameZanga Competition where I send my entry @23:40 on Saturday 18/12/2011 :)

Hope my story is not boring and hope it influence people in creating better games than mine :)

Hope everything is fine with all people and bye for now

Bye Bye

Zebalooz new game

2011-12-20T17:01:00.001+02:00

Hey all,
I have participated in an arabic GameJam called (GameZanga) hosted by GameTako website where the theme was Social Problems like Stealing, Marriage Difficulties, Poverty...etc.

I decided to make a game about Garbage called Zebalooz its written in arabic so I will explain it here "you need to avoid garbage from falling on you or hit by car or stop from stop moving forward and your controls is the arrow or WASD and Space bar for jumping.

These are all entries of the competition if anyone want to try other games from the GameJam here is the (link) but I have a request can you vote for my game as my game is down rated and the rating will affect the results of the GameJam competition. Here is the (link) again.

Last thing is that Mountainer has been featured by Slumlord27 Channel on youtube as an Under the radar and here is the video.

This everything for now but plz before you go vote for my game :)

ByeBye

Mountainer Android Version

2011-12-11T21:45:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Two posts in one day that's beyond your expectations from me I think :D
But I have finished an Android Version for Mountainer and will be released soon in market where a friend of mine (Ahmed H. Salem) is helping me to test it on his android phone (HTC Desire HD) and it runs smooth and nice.

I will try to support different screen resolution now just 800x480 is supported, I will try to support 480x320 and 320x240 :) Hope I can do them good :) It will be free to play with no ads :)

Here is a promo poster for it :)

Bye Bye For now

The Power waiting for sponsor on FGL

2011-12-11T14:46:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Long since last post but this time I have finished The Power (YaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY) and now waiting for sponsorship on FGL

Here is a trailer for it

Project Cupid New Graphics Launches :D YaaaaaaaaaY :D

2011-09-21T22:14:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
The new graphics for Project Cupid has been finished and here is the new trailer for the game

Go and try it on FGL (link):)

Last thing all music made by Mikeal BauAir for me can be find on his Bandcamp Channel go and check it (Pace Maker, Project Cupid)

Sorry for this short post but promise soon will be more posts :)

ByeBye

Project Cupid New Graphics

2011-09-18T22:46:00.000+02:00

Hey All,
This is a short post and doesn't contain lots of details :)
Tomas Barrios (the artist I worked with him in Hello World! and Mountainer) offered to me to remake the graphics of Project Cupid :) and I accepted that (as lots of people complain about my graphics :D) So that's the result :)

The graphics almost finished now and as soon as it is finished the game will be relaunched on flashgamelicense with new graphics :) and here are difference image between old graphics and new one :) see it and tell me your opinion :) (click on image to enlarge)

That's all now :) stay tuned :) for more news soon :)

Bye Bye

Just quick short post

2011-09-17T01:45:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Sorry but I will keep that post short, I just want to say that CrytorYan is featured on IndiePub homepage this week :) YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY :)

Go and check it :)

That's all for now :)

Bye Bye

Bunch Of News and Announcements :)

2011-08-31T14:26:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
Long time as usual :) but still busy and have some boredom as I am always busy and when I am free (rarely happens) I want to work on my games and go out and watch movies in this little time so as result sometimes I just don't do anything.

But I have worked on my game Project Cupid and its now on FGL for bidding and here is the promo ad video.

About the iOS game :) the game is now named and its called iGoo and a devblog is launched for it you can view it here and here is a promo poster.

These all new I can share about my games :) but lets now talk about lots of different stuff and news of other indiegames and other developers :)

First thing let remember you with IndieGame: The Movie and here is its trailer :) which I adore a lot and whenever I feel depressed from my work or depressed I see it :) its super amazing :) and I can't wait till this movie launches.

Then lets talk about indiegames :) first game is Gang Garrison 2 is now out and for free go and download it :)

Also a nice game called Tale of Maledict is released go and try it :)

Also Block That Matters is now Out and it also wins the Summer Dream.Build.Play 2011 Grand Prize so you must go and try this amazing game.

Also Banov's new game Phantasmaburbia its demo is out and you can try it. Its classic rpg game but looks like its amazing :) go and try it.

The new game for Edmund McMillen called The Binding of Isaac trailer is now released and it looks gorgeous you must tune yourself and wait its release.

And the amazing game of all time is now released. Bastion the most anticipate game in 2011 is now out on Xbox Live Arcade and on PC you must buy this game it so amazing :) here is the launch trailer :)

Also D-Pad Studios amazing game Owlboy demo is out for it so go and try it :)

Arvoesine game now is free to download and play so go and check it quickly :)

Enough with games and lets talk about some game ost :) where there are some amazing tunes released:

A small news is about Spelunky fan toys is now released and they are amazing and adorable and called Spelunky Minis :)

There is alot of helpful and nice talks I saw on youtube :) so you check them.
First Petri Purho gave a talk at Assembly 2011 titled "Why Being Poor and Having No Budget is Good for Making Games"

Also Martin Jonasson talks about "Hats in Videogames"

Daniel Remar gave a talk about "Criticism, Empathy and how people talk about games"

Last talk was by Arvi Teikari which was about "DIY, design and motivation"

Now we will talk about some running contests that you can join :)

First one is GameJolt Indie(Function) Competition where the deadline is 24th September and the theme is MUSIC INTERPRETATION and the prizes are nice which are

Top 3 games featured on Game Jolt
Top 3 games featured on indie(Magazine);
Top 3 games featured on indie(Radio);
And quite possibly a cash prize for the 1st place game!
roboguy: I have a copy of portal 1 via steam that I am donating to the prize pool.

So for more info go and visit GameJolt.

Second Competition is IGF 2012 now is open for submission till 17 October :)

Last thing don't forget to tune yourself for TigJam 4 from October 20 to October 23.

Last thing is some useful tutorials and resource I have found and I think it will helps everybody :)

Indie Guide: it contains links for

Inspiration, Game Development & Game Design
Graphics
Sound & Music
Business
Marketing
Video Game Sites
Vido Creation
Website Creation
Other etc.

Here are 10 Tips When Developing for Multiple Devices

A FlashPunk fan make a game engine exact the same like FlashPunk but written in XNA and C# so users knows FlashPunk can develop easily using XNA called XNAPunk.

And Connor Ullmann wrote a nice tutorial for how to publish your FlashPunk game on iOS without so much changes using Adobe Air here is the link.

Also there is a tool released to rotate sprite images and reconstruct the lost pixels :) called RotSprite so you can use it and forget about the large effort you do in rotating the images.

Also there is some Flash Developer Tips that you will enjoy go and check it :)

Game Career magazine have a free issue (Game Career Guide) which is amazing and contain nice topics so go and check it :)

Last thing today is that CryENGINE 3 is now free to download and use :O which is something amazing so go and download directly the SDK :) now :)

This is all the news and announcement I gathered the past month :) and sorry for long time being away and sorry again for this long post but hope this post make you forgive me for not writing here frequently :)

Bye Bye

Undead rising :)

2011-06-26T11:31:00.000+02:00

Hey All,
It seems dead here :S sorry for that as I didn't mean to do that but I was forced to stop all my activities for this long time :) due to my country status (as I live in Egypt and at same time I am serving in the army forces) also I had exams for my master degree which make it worse and I had no time to do anything :S

I will finish exams on 30/6 and I think I will take small break and return working on my projects :)

I updated my current projects to contain all my running projects :) which contains Hello World! and The Power FP and the new game Project Cupid :) and Top Secret iOS game where I designed the game and will make graphics :)

I won't talk about Project Cupid until I finish working on it but here a promo poster for it :)

Hope you are not pissed off with me but really what happens was out of my hands

Bye for now as I had exam tomorrow Hope I will post soon here :)

Mountainer is Out :D

2011-03-25T14:10:00.001+02:00

Hey,
Sorry this gonna be a short and quick post :) just telling you about Mountainer have been sponsored and out on
1- Games1
2- Kongregate
3- Newgrounds
4- GameJolt

Enjoy it :)

Sorry but I am busy talk to u all later :)

Bye Bye

Pace Maker FP Distribution :)

2011-02-08T19:21:00.000+02:00

Dear All,
This gonna be short post as I am busy but I have started distributing my game Pace Maker FP all around the world and I started with my favourite famous three sites

1- Kongregate
2- Newgrounds
3- GameJolt

I had to go now

Bye Bye

Pace Maker FP Release

2011-02-02T22:07:00.000+02:00

Hey all,
This is just a simple short post telling that Pace Maker FP can be played now at TwoTowerGames.com. You should go and try it with its new features over old version :)

Something quick I have made (some pixel art) and tell me ur opinion :)

Enjoy :) and Talk here later

Bye Bye

Longest Ever Post I think For the New Year (2011)

2011-01-21T20:34:00.000+02:00

Hey All,
First this is a very very very very long time since I post, but I was really busy and still busy but now less busy than before.
The reason I was away was due to army first I was away for 50 days in my training camp then when I returned I go everyday from 5:00 am and return home at 6:00 pm working for army so I reach home tired and go for sleep directly or see a movie and sleep.
No big deals and what make it worse for me that I am have collegue post graduate studies and I was having exams and I didnt study well because of the army.

Lets forgot about all that and lets talk about games and news. First thing before you start reading BEWARE!!!! this post is long and require lots of free time to try everything and test lots of stuffs in it. So if you aren't free mark this post as good post and come back when you are free :)

First part of the Post was for the New Year (2011) :) First thing I must say Happy New Year 2011 and Goodbye 2010 (I know its a bit late but I said my execuse in the upper part) So forgive me about that :)

There is nothing better to celebrate new year than trying best games of 2010. The following lists are made by lots of sites espicially Indiegames and TIGSource.

TIGSource best and most popular games on forums accross 2010 are

IndieGames Weblog best 2010 games with their category

After this large list of top games GameMakerBlog have made a video for 100 Game Maker Games in 10 minutes

Now for the 2nd Section of this post which talks about some game news but for some reasons all the news I will going to talk about related for Apple stuffs either iPhone or iPad or MAC.

First the famous GameMaker game designer Jesse Venbrux have pulished iPhone games and MAC games of his old games. The games are

1- They Need to be Fed

2- Frozzd

3- You Probably Won't Make It

Second Stuff is that YoYoGames have started there store which produce games for PSP , iPhone/iPad, MAC and Android go and check everything

Third stuff is that World of Goo iPad version have 50% discount and you can buy it now by 4.99$ only go and grab a copy.

Last thing in game new that Cactus made a MAC version for lots of his old famous games,

Third thing is Open Source News :) as lots of stuffs are now turning Open Source so lets check whats new there.

Daniel Remar (Creator of Master Peice IJI and Hero Core) Games have gone Open Source to download sources for his games here is the link.

The master piece game Canabalt goes open source and here is the link.

Fourth Part is some interview and videoes of famous and nice indiegames developers

1- World of Love 2010: Cliff Harris talk

2- Into the Night with Jason Rohrer and Chris Crawford

3- Thomas Vian's Elevator Pitch for sfxr and as3sfxr where he has made an as3 port (http://superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/) for famous Dr. Petter's sfxr(http://drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html) program

4- Interview with Chris Hecker of SpyParty

Fifth Part is about New Game Music release

1- Kometen

2- NightSky

Sixth Part about new Game Competitions

1- TIGSource Versus Compo

2- Experimental Gameplay Inanimate

3- TIGJam UK 4

4- Game Jolt Official Invention Comepition

at last there is discounts on FGS 2011 tickets for a limited time, use the code “I_Love_Mochi” when you register and you’ll get a 25% discount on FGS 2011.

Seventh Part is my music picks for games soundtrack of 2010

K.O.L.M.
- Strained Voice
World of Goo Music
- Are you coming home, Love MOM
- Burning Man
- Cog in the Machine
- Years of Work
- Inside the Big Computer
- Best of Times
- Red Carpet Extend-o-matic
- Jelly
Aquaria Music
Leap 4 Blue
- Origins
- Leaping 2 Blue
Company of Myself
- Jack
- Kathryn
The Oil Blue
- Observatory
- Lighthouse
Liquisity 2
- Main Title
Escape from the Underworld
PPPPPP

Eighth and last part is some pixel art I do quickly I know they are bad but better than nothing

Huuuuuh, This is too long I shall stop now :) Hope you are not angry of me after all :)

I had to go now :)

Bye Bye

Very Fast Short Post :D

2010-12-29T17:48:00.001+02:00

Hey evereybody,
First of all sorry for long being away but I was doing my military service training where there is any technology in the camp for around 50 days :S so no updates happens.

By now I have lots of amazing news and lots of stuffs but I am too busy as I had to study well for my masters exam which will start at 9/1/2011 and I didnt start yet studing.

So I just wanted to announce that PaceMaker FP got a sponsor and soon will be published on internet :)

The second part is that Rotten Tater have published yesterday his master peice which he is participating in IGF using which is suteF :D its over amazing and you should try.

Sorry for this short post which doesn't contain much information but I promise when I am free I will make a super amazing post contain amazing news :)

At last thnx for anyone who still come here and sorry again for not posting for a while :)

Bye for now :)

Fast Short Post :D

2010-10-04T11:56:00.004+02:00

Hey all,
My Game Mountainer is now completed with new graphics and all stuff :)
I also made a sponsor video for it :) so help me to try to get sponsor for it :) by spreading it :)

Also I found old video for all submission in TIGSource old compo (A Game By Its Cover)

Last thing Experimental Gamplay this month them is Boys and Girls the theme looks nice and exciting hoping that everybody join as its nice :)

Thats all for now :) See you later :)

Bye Bye

Long Long Long Long Long Long Post and Ago Since Last Post

2010-09-30T13:38:00.002+03:00

Hey all,
I can only say that its long long time this time more than every time before :S.

But really it was out of my hands as in my country every person have brothers must go to serve the military for at least one year which something sucks :S so I was busy in finishing some papers + I was trying to work hard on my new Collab Project With Alexitron trying to finish it before going to serve in the military, besides I was some how depressed because I dont want to go serving I just wanna make games :) and Hang with you guys even on the blog here (which is virtual hanging).

First lets talk about my projects :) before talking about indie game world.

First thing about Mountainer :) the new graphics made by Tomas Barrios is nearly finished and it looks stunning.

Here are some screenshots in the new version compared to the old version and tell me what do u think(press on the picture to enlarge it)

Second thing I will talk more about my Collab Game its................
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Take a guess, Its a nice game made by Alexitron. No one hate this game all people love it, and its talking about treasure hunter ...... Do u know it? its easy ..... very famous and nice and amazing ....
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Your Right its a port for The Power game :) YaaaaaaaaaaaaY and its not exactly the same game, some parts of the game have been redesigned and altered to be more amazing to play now around 70% of the game is finished.

By the way I am the programmer for the game, Alexitron is the Graphic and Game Designer for this amazing game, Brother Android and Pgil are the musician for the game :) Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay its amazing group I work with :) isn't it????

Here are some pictures of the game ... and soon I will make a sponsor video and gameplay video :) for the game.

The game is tested by the help of Poppenkast community and it gets nice and amazing feedback here are they:

- Andy: hey yeah, i've heard of Amidos. He's cool and he's really active in the indie world and just overall has a good presence. good luck on the project, guys!
- Andrew: this is exciting. good luck buddy, keep us posted!
- Stampede: Super! The Power was really good game. You gonna get lots of players with this!
- Pgil: Sounds like things are going nice. I loved the Power...
- DeadHeat: The power was great fun, hopefully this one goes just as well
- Br.Android: The Power is awesome by the way.
- Br.Android: Also also, this project is turning into basically an orgy of talent, and that's superexciting.
- Alexitron: Awesome ! Amidos is so cool to work with
- ChevyRay: Lookin great babe.
- Andrew: this is shaping up great.

At last the game features lots of simple and small tracks that are really nice. So I am thinking that we should publish after the game finish The Power OST :) WOW :)

This my Gaming news lets now go to the indie world :D YaaaaaaaaaaY

First thing About TGS (Tokyo Game Show) This show is amazing I wish I can attend it :) I watch lots of videos about the show and its really amazing here is a video I dlove talking about the TGS.

Isnt that amazing.

First lets talk about Game Engines

Unity 3 is now published and its looking amazing what it can do go quick and check it (link).

Pixel Prospector have made a list contains all tools and stuff that any game designer or developer or any person needs to make a complete game starting from engine till utilities that any person needs. Here is the link go and check it.

Another engine thats supports IPod touch and IPhone and IPad called Esenthel go and check it. It really looks nice.

Last thing is an HTML 5 Game Engine Called Impact (it isn't released yet) but the developper made a very nice game called Biolab Disaster really amazing what HTML 5 can do.

I think there is more but I think thats enough for Game Engines and lets go to some cool discounts on games and nice stuff.

VVVVVV is now on discounted price 5$ per copy, you really must grab one go now (link).

Also Vertigo Gaming make a combo pack which is amazing you must go and check it (link).

I think this is the only valid deal as all the others by time expired.

First its the first time an Indie Game will have a short movie for here.
Do any one know a game called rComplex ?? if yes, This game will get a movie soon and here is a trailer for it.

Lets talk abit about game music.

Jables Adventure game OST is now out and you can download it by now here is a video contains the music (download the OST).

Also PPPPPP the soundtrack for the famous game VVVVVV you can get it by donating either 4$ or 10$ which is so cheap for this nice chiptune music. (go and get it now)

Now lets get for the interviews :O Wow :)

First is a series of video interview with Edmund Mcmillen and Tommy Refenes the creators of The Super Meat Boy.

Next is a text interview with IGF chairman here is the link.

Also Infinite Ammo Studios made interview with Adam Saltsman (audio interview which is nice)(link).

Also it made an interview with Edmund go and check it(link).

Last thing is a nice video for shooter games, nice games so see it.

Thats enough for now as I am tired of writing, Hope that post make you forgive me for this long period.

Bye Bye

I am Bad :D

2010-08-28T23:17:00.015+02:00

Hey all,
I know that it has been long time since my last post here :S, which is really sucks I should return posting frequently here again.

First of all Mountainer have been finished (from coding point of view) using FlashPunk and now its over FGL getting feedback and waiting for new graphics made by Tomy (Artist of Hello World! project).

Here is link on FGL.

Here is some screenshots from the game and soon the demo video will be captured :)

About working I wanted to join Ludum Dare 18 either the Jam or the Compo but since I was too busy so I couldnt finish my entry which is called U.F.O.

I dont know if it will be nice or not but its idea is very strange :) Hope its good so I will try soon to finish a WIP for this game so as to test it.

Here is some screenshots from what I have reached till now in it.

Third project is a collab project between me and Alexitron, where we are going to remake one of his old games :) lets keep it secret for alittle bit and next post I will reveal it.

This is the news about my projects and stuffs, Let's take about the indie scene :).

Since I was talking about Ludum Dare; people there made lots of nice games in 2 days and every creator afterwards made a video called Timelapse where he shows the two days in about 5 mins and how he was working on the project, which looks nice.

Here is a video for Jonathan Whiting (he created a game called Collateral which is nice game)

Second thing, the famous game Plain Sight having 80% discount on steam so go and grab a copy.

Warlock Bentspine game soundtrack is released for free, by the way the game is very nice and you should try it (link).

Lets talk about Indie Game Movie :) They released another teaser which is a talk with Adam Atomic (creator of Canabalt) he talks in the video about this game specific.

At last FEZ Physics article has been posted by Polytron here is the link.

Thats all for now :) Hope to post at regular intervals rather than long times.

ByeBye

Cached News :)

2010-07-28T01:07:00.058+03:00

Hey all,

Long Long Long Time, I know that but I was too busy working on Hello World! as besides its MMORPG game I want to make its my graduation project in college and my delivery date was last Monday 26/7/2010 and I want to deliver a stable bug free version but this version was containing minimal features but stable at same time.

The main supported features in this version was moving, wearing equipments, pick items from ground, throwing items, melee attacking, ranged attacking, leveling up and assigning attribute points.

Then I stopped working on it because I was having bad week due to that I have to make some paper for the military services in my country so It took from me lots of time. So I was having no time either for the blog or the game :S which is a bad thing but when I became by now free again I decided me and my friends on Hello World! project to continue working on it till the IGF competition as we aim to deliver it into IGF 2011.

I will continue working on the game as soon as possible may be we will start this weekend :) I dont know.

Another piece of news is that GameJolt made a GameJolt Jam this past weekend and I participate in it with a nice person called Bret Hudson since he is still not proffessional in flash like me so we decided to use GameMaker 8 So I started making a game called Mountainer where you play with a mountain climber whom wants to get to the highest part in the mountain.
The Game design and art (I made it) the code at the begining was made by Bret Hudson but since he was busy so I made the code (but he started it).

You can try a simple demo made for the Jam in this link.

I decided to continue the game but I will first port it to Flash using FlashPunk v1.3 so that to learn it as the only thing I learn was FlashPunk v0.7 which completely differ from v1.3.

After my game news lets talk about indie news in the scene :)

First of all the competitions :)
Since the new version of Andriod v2.2 support flash so all companies starts competition to make games using flash for Android.

Kongregate website makes a new flash competition for that purpose for more information here is the link.

FGL also make a flash compo for the android also for more details here is the link.

Mochimedia also launch a compo for android and for more details here is the link.

Indie Games Arcade made a compo for the expo and it call for submissions these days for more info see this link.

Experimental Gameplay launch a new contest called Zero Buttons Contest where you must develop game that doesnt use any buttons :) for more details here the link.

For more running contest you can check this page on GameJolt where it keep track with all indie running contests. Here is the link.

Lets forgot about compos and talk about some indie news.

First about No More Sweden Compo

Cactus made a presentation showing his games which is so nice :)

Also Oxygen Games make 3 parts video for its new game Project B

for more videos go the website of No More Sweden.

Lets talk about some awesome soundtracks.

First one is for a game by Drazzke made in WinniPeg Jam which is called Leap4Blue, the music is made by Infinite Ammo creator.

Second game soundtrack is the oil blue game which is so amazing here is the link.

Here are some discounts on some on some games.

First there is discounts on some amazing games here is a link for more details.

Second there is discount on some indie games on Direct2Drive for more details here the link.

There is a 50% discount on Eufloria game here is the link to buy it.

Lets leave these discounts and go for Game Career Guide news. This month the issue is for free you can grab it here.

There is some video interviews with some indie developpers (creators of Cletus Clay game)

These are all for now :) Hope you like it and sorry for not posting anything last few days. Hope to change that. I had to go now :)

Bye Bye

Huge Chunk of News

2010-07-02T23:11:00.026+03:00

Hi All,
I am totally sorry for long not updating the Blog but I was so busy and I had lots of work and exams till now I am too busy but I managed to sneak with some little time to write a large and nice blog :)

First news if anyone noticed that PaceMaker FP changed from InDev to Complete Games and now waiting for Sponsorshipping.

Since I have evolved in the community of FGL to Level2 so they gave me 5 First Impression to use I was pretty confident from my game from developper feedback (take a look) here are some of the feedback:

"Awesome game!
One thing I would suggest, is that you make it clearer that the Asynchronous Virus is the easier one to start with (in my opinion at least). I was a bit consfused about the difference between the two at first.
Also, you might want to integrate some sort of tutorial or learning level. The beginning was a bit too hard for me becauseI didn't get the mechanic until about my third or fourth restart."

"Good work man, this is a really solid game. Some may disagree, but I love the grayscale-with-hints-of-red aesthetic. I especially like the guy that talks to you in the tutorial, and the way you slide out your text.
The gameplay is fun and unique. One thing that was a little rough for me was the lack of immediate feedback when a node ran out of bullets. You might want to consider adding a tone when a node's bullets are depleted, or even have it fire blanks.
Thanks - this was fun."

and other nice feedback their :)

So I was confident that I will get nice FIs when I use them here are the FIs:

Ease of Use: 10/10
The game is easy to figure out without the lengthy tutorial. The goal and how to achieve it are clear.
Fun: 8/10
I'd rather have some mindless active shootem up game than have to depend on a sense of timing so much.
Graphics: 9/10
I like the shock effects during the tutorial. I'm not a big fan of black and white so I'd add color.
Sound: 10/10
The music is fun to listen to. The game sounds are dramatic, but sparse.
Polish: 8/10
The tutorial is way too long. It was hard for me to be successful so I quickly lost interest.
Custom Question:
I like the shock sound and shake effects. I'd have a much shorter tutorial. I'd have an editor proof the text, there are some errors in grammar (lifes, failures, it's, etc.).

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Ease of Use: 5/10
This game has a few menu quirks. The intro forces you to hit the skip button instead of just going into the main menu when you've read everything. The tutorial didn't seem to let me shoot anything either. I had to exit out of it and go into a game.
Fun: 7/10
This is a cool idea and well executed, but I couldn't seem to last more than like ten seconds in a game. Maybe I'm just really bad at this.
Graphics: 7/10
The graphics are simple and computer-y, but I really like them. They fit the theme well. The way the menu text unfolds itself is cool too.
Sound: 9/10
Sounds are good. Loud explosions, fast paced energetic music. Perfect. Sound effects are almost as good. I would have liked my little zapper to sound more zappery. I know that's not helpful, but then the sound is about as good as it can get.
Polish: 5/10
The look and feel of this game is almost perfect. It controls pretty well too. However, maybe it is just me, but it seemed to hard.
Custom Question:
The look and sound of this game is perfect. It fits the theme, which is cool too. I just had trouble playing the game. maybe the rotor thing on the virus needs to spin faster? I died very quickly every time I played. It is a cool, good looking game, though, and a good concept.

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Ease of Use: 3/10
its very hard to shoot because its going very slowly
Fun: 3/10
the game is very difficult because of the shooting factor
Graphics: 5/10
graphics are to basic, and targets aren't much appealing
Sound: 7/10
I liked the music, it is motivating
Polish: 7/10
the shooting thing has to be improved because it makes the game very hard.
Custom Question:
this game can be very fun, if they fix the shooting
the music its cool and graphics are well designed.

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Ease of Use: 1/10
I read all the instructions and the back story and I couldn't get past the tutorial...do you shoot the white circle moving around the circle that shoots or was something else suppoed to show up for me to shoot? I don't get it.
Fun: 3/10
Maybe if I understood how to play it would be more fun but I can't ssay I enjoyed this one just moving around a blank screen and trying to figure out what to shoot.
Graphics: 5/10
the graphics are just ok.
Sound: Sound Off
no advice
Polish: 5/10
I can't tell if the game is polished or not because I actually don't know if something else was supposed to attack me or what. So maybe it was broken or maybe I couldn't figure it out.
Custom Question:
Hate to say it, but I didn't experience anything good about the game because I couldn't figure out what to do- even after reading all the info. The tutorial focused more on the story than what to do so more help is needed here.

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Ease of Use: 3/10
This game has too much text, I read it because I have to, you're paying me for this, but any other player would just skip it. And even as I read it it's still to hard to play this game, everything else on the screen has an enourmous advantage on the player.
Fun: 3/10
Running out of ammo constantly isn't my idea of fun in a shooter game, it doesn't make it more complicated, just makes it annoying.
Graphics: 5/10
Graphics look ok, but the lack of colors is really tiresome.
Sound: 10/10
I have to give it to this game, the music and sound effects are really good.
Polish: 5/10
Is the game just made of one level? because I keep coming back to the first screen, this needs to have challenges for the gamer, and not just in the form of achievements, change the colors please, why black & white? I saw some red too but that's not enough.
Custom Question:
I didn't really like the game, it's more text than playtime, I didn't like that I keep running out of ammo and enemies are faster than the player. Controls aren't as easily explained as they should be. The only thing I liked was the music and effects and the possibility that this game could be a great shooter if changed drastically.

So the overall results are
Average Ease of Use: 4.4000/10
Average Fun: 4.8000/10
Average Graphics: 6.2000/10
Average Sound: 9.0000/10
Average Polish: 6.0000/10
Average Minutes Played: 8.2000/10

As you notice that As I always said BauAir is amazing Musician and is the best thing happens in this project is knowing a talented person like him :) He is very helpful and very nice person :)

I dont know if the game is good or bad or anything and how to improve Hope I can do something :) and Hope after this negative FIs to find sponsor :S

Lets Jump to another thing which is the only InDev Game Hello World! Tomy made the new graphics for the player with variants of skin colors and variants of weapons and varient of Hair styles and color :) I am working with the Graphic Core Engine its too complicated and hard to keep the code general and at the same time simple and not take too much work.

Here are some of the graphics :)

It looks nice :) I dlove him small with big head and amazing pixels Thanks to Tomy and his amazing work.

Now lets go to some indie stuff news :)
First Compo:

GameJolt have launched its 5th competition where its Theme is Demake (An already released indie game (of your choice) that, instead of being remade and improved, is demade and simplified so as to seem like the version that would have been released at some point in time before the original game)
The Contest will finish at midnight between 7th july and 8th July.
For full details click here.

Second Compo:

Its called Think Quest Compo its made by Oracle there are lots of fields to subscribe in so choose which is suitable for you. It will end in April 2011.
For more details click here.

Third Compo:

It is a Tigsource Compo called A Game by Its Cover where it is a game development competition based on how people's work inspires others to think in new and wonderful ways. In it we'll make real games out of fake game carts whose creators probably never imagined would become something real!
It will end at 31 July. For more details about rules and game click here.

Fourth Compo:

IGF 2011 have been open for submitions may be I will submit Hello World! If I could finish it soon for more details go to IGF website.

Fifth Compo:

Its launched by Game Maker Games website and called List Compo where more than one theme is available where there is 40$ prizes for the winners. The due date of the compo is 21 September.
For full details click here.

These are all the compos Lets go to another side which E3 YaaaaaaaaaaaaY :D I saw it online its amazing what the 3 companies (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo)

Here is a small and brief summary about it:

Microsoft: Beside lots of amazing games that are coming to the platorm it announced about Project Kinect (formal name for Project Natal) its amazing and so precise and nicely done. Also it made a new version of XBox 360 which looks nicer than old one. Take a look by yourself.

Sony: Besides lots of amazing games that are coming to PS3 and PSP it announced about the launch of PS Move with eye piece which is very precise Also it announced that PS will support 3D games using Sony Bravia 3D screen and 3D glasses which is kidna cool. Take alook by yourself.

Nintendo: Beside the huge punch of amazing games made for the Wii. Nintendo announced about Nintendo 3DS where it view 3D without need to glasses at all. Take a look by yourself.

Third part of new is about some huge sales on Steam you should go for it (I am not sure if all of them is still running you can go and check).
Lets start with each game name and price:

Osmos game on steam with 2.5$. Here is the link.

Shatter game on steam with 2.5$. Here is the link.

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom game on steam with 2.5$. Here is the link.

Last sale on steam is on Northern Light Pack where you get 5 amazing games with discounted price 64% discount so go and grap it. Here is the link.

Another thing I didnt say about The Oil Blue game has been already released and you could try the demo now (link) Its so amazing you should go and grap a copy
Also its soundtracks are amazing and musician is selling them for what you want to pay for it. Go and grab the music its amazing (link)
If you are fast enough you could buy The Oil Blue and GreenTech+ at discounted price (link).

Another part of news is about GameMaker and PSP porting so if you wish to know about updates in this here is a link for more info.

Lets now talk about FlashPunk a little. First there is a tutorial about Using Particle Emitter system here is a link.

Adam Saltsman and Chevy Ray have made a website called Flash Game Dojo where it contains alot of helpful info about flash gaming and how to get started either by FlashPunk or Flixel also it contains lots of helpful Tutorials that you can check. Here is the link.

Another part of news thats my game old Game Mailure have been published in a video on Pixel Prospector Indev in video where this video contain 235 Indie Video Games. Have alook on it.

Also there is another video by Pixel Propector (as the main site have been launched) contain 190 Indie Games. Here is the video.

Another piece of nice video is some video pictured for IndieGame the Movie

For more videos go to the website and check it.

Last thing today is some E3 Video interviews with Indie developpers.

First is interview with developers of Gemini Rue Game

Second Interview is with PixelJunk Shooter 2 Developers

This is all I have got till now Hope you enjoy it. I know there is more but thats enough till now.

Bye Bye

Pace Maker FP Closed Beta

2010-06-13T18:29:00.004+03:00

Hi all,

I have finished implementing Pace Maker FP :) Yaaaaaaaaaaay :)
I wished If I can find some beta testers for it and tell me the feed back what wants to be improved as I think the curve of difficulty and other stuffs of money and enemies is still not balanced well :)

So I wish there is some testers that helps me in the game testing but since I am going to try to sponsor it so I dont want to make open beta so people dont share links and copy game and these stuff which will down rate the game in the view of the sponsor :)

So I decided to make closed beta testing :) The music and Sounds are not finalized :) they are temporarly for the moment as BauAir is still modifing it and he told me that he is going to help me in sound effects as well.

So anyone interested in testing just leave a msg here on the blog with profile contain his email or write his email in the post or send a private email to me and I shall reply on him :)

For now I will leave you with a short vedio about the game

The amazing music in the video is made by BauAir :) thnx to him and his really support :)

Thats for now :)

Bye Bye

Just a Talk

2010-06-09T20:03:00.004+03:00

Hey all,
How are you all :) I hope u are in good health :) This is the fastest time I post since longtime ago where I used to do that :)

First of all, I am going to talk about my own projects Hello World! no progress at all :S but PaceMaker FP I made some types of bullet waves also I made two types of enemies right now :)

As spoiling stuff I designed on papers 17 types of enemies :) Hope to get them done soon :) I know some of u may want some screens but I dont think I will do that right now so as not to spoil more stuff :)

Also another thing about PaceMaker FP :) that BauAir Studios (a talent guy caled Mikeal) geneoursly accepted to make music for Pace Maker FP which is a very nice thing :).

Lets go to indie scene and some other stuff I liked :)

First there is free tickets for Casual Connect Conferene at Seattle :) and mochimedia is supporting this tickets for more info here is a link.

Second thing Sakis25 a fellow developper using GameMaker but he is really amazing(He is the one behind Zoo Escape 3D in last YoYoGames Compo) :) he posted on his blog about a trailer for something called Mortal Combat Rebirth which is a trailer to a movie but made very well take a look :)

Also the next video is nice video for Stensil painting where he paint a monster from a game called Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Last stuff is some pixel art I was trying long time ago more than a month :)
Check them and tell me your opinion :)

I know that this post is shallow but I wanted to talk :)
That all for now :)

ByeBye

Longer than expected :)

2010-06-06T18:43:00.011+03:00

Hey all,
Sorry for not updating lately but I was having a very large exam MI exam (Machine Intellegence) I dont think I solved good at all in the exam :) it was so hard for a human being to solve and remember around 500 pages in only 7 days :D

Forget about this painfull experince I passed through it :) Now lets take alook about everything indie :)

About my Game Projects Hello World! and Pace Maker FP no new as I was studing hard the last week :) but about two old games Ninjaki and Night Guard I moved them to an Abandon games section :) and may I will release their source code if anyone interested but I dont think it is nice as I am always work unarranged and with no plans :)

Talking about source codes both two very famous games Gish and Aquaria go now open and you can download their source code from the internet and work with it :)
Here are the links: Gish Source Code, Aquaria Source Code repository link

Aquaria Level Editor Video Nice one :)

About competitions it has been long time since I talked here about any new one ) There are several compos are held by time.

First one:

Expermintal Gameplay launch its new theme which is Casual Addiction which will last for two monthes. More details are here.

You can make use of that entry and enter with it another compo for Jayisgames which is the second compo on the list of todays compo :) here is the link for more details.

Third Compo on today list:

Its a large one held by Activision with total prizes ranges to 175,000$ :O Which is pretty amazing :) here for further details about rules.

After this avalanche of compos lets back for more indie news :)

AMD and YoYoGames launched a new site for kids to learn game design and programming called Activate :) you can check on it for lots of cool stuff. But someone may call where is YoYoGames involved in this thats pretty easy its main tool GameMaker is used as a primary tool at the site.

Last two stuffs :)

About FlashPunk recently ChevyRay made class for splash screens and its so cool take a look (preview) (Source Code)

Last is a nice video by Alec Holowka at Pecha Kucha talking
Here is the video check it :)

Last thing the E3 will be this month and it will start at 15 June and ends at 17 June which so amazing :) and waiting for it :) to see it online as I still cant go to it :)

This is my last words for now :)

Bye Bye