Run T-Rex Run : Game Update

Mark Game Progress, Phaser

This weekend I discovered that Photoshop has a timeline and lets me export animated gifs and sequenced images.  So, I’ve been working on the art for Run T-Rex Run and I’m just about done with the T-Rex animation. Again, this took way too long for me to do but here is what it looks like in it’s current state.  Should be to the right of this column or below

I’ve ordered new glasses this weekend so this week I can’t see a damn thing. My backup glasses are 5 years old and taped together literally.  The next couple of days I’ll slowly finish up the game but it’s gonna be slow going because I can barely read what I’m typing.

Today I'm listening to Taproot

A Mac Screen Saver built with Phaser

Mark Phaser, screen saver, xCode, Yosemite

Remember the time when you could download fun little screen savers for your computer? Those days might be long gone but I want to change that. I’m in the process of creating a bunch of Mac Yosemite screen savers. Starting with this screen saver.

With my latest game Amphibian Wars III now in the App Store as well as online I’m doing a pay what you want for this Mac screensaver for the next few weeks. Want it for FREE! Cool! Just enter $0 as the price! If you feel like it might be worth a buck or two download it first. If you love it come back here and donate a buck or two. I gotta feed them kittens!

Get the Mac Screen Saver  

Why Screen Savers?

I see screen savers as a form of digital art.  We can share it in our homes and office.  It makes us happy. It’s fun. Now a days most of us put our computers to sleep or dim the screen when the computer is idle. I do for all my developer machines but I have one iMac in a shared location that’s on quite a bit of time. I use the iMac as a movie and music iTunes server. Since it sits in the middle of the house you can see it almost everywhere. Because of that I use the iMac to display my photos, art and, of course, screen savers.

Other Mac Screen Savers

I’m working on quite few Mac screen savers right now. Some are holiday themes, some are game related like this one and others are just plain eye candy.  If there are a lot of downloads of this screen saver I’ll continue to make more available.  So download and tell your friends about it.  The more download there is the more screen savers I’ll make.  

How I Built The Screen Saver

The screen savers are built using xCode’s Screen Saver System Plug-in built in template.  The cool thing about it?  I’m using Phaser as the animation frame work! Cool right!?  I wrote a special wrapper that runs a Phaser project in a WebGL screen saver window that’s tied into the screensaver framework.  Because of this the OS can be locked when sleeping and you can have your Mac password protected when the screen saver stops. It’s a native app after all.

If you have a Mac running Yosemite download it while it’s still free. :)


Get the Mac Screen Saver

 

Today I’m listening to 10 Years

Play Amphibian Wars III Online

Mark Online Game, Phaser, Published Game

Amphibian Wars III is now playable online on your mobile browser or desktop. I’ve embedded it an iframe in this post below or you can go directly to the game here http://www.updatestage.com/html5-games/amphibian-wars/

You can still get it for you iOS device too!

A few technical notes about different browsers.

Mobile Devices Compatibility

iOS 8.1 Safari: This browser seems to play the game the best and it’s the one I’d recommended using if you can. Sound works great.

Chrome Android 5: Not sure what’s up with this browser. The game stutters a bit.

Windows Phone 8: Well there’s no WebGL and the sound kills the game so I did my best to check if I should not play any sound on a windows device.  If you have issues you’re best bet is to turn off the audio and it should play better. Multiple button presses are also an issue on this OS. :/  I’ve only tested on the developers preview of the Windows Phone OS on a Nokia Lumia 928. You’re mileage my vary. If you have a Windows Phone and you play this game could you please leave a comment and let me know how it works for you?

Desktop Browser Compatibility

Mac Yosemite Safari:  Works great!

Mac Chrome: Works Great!

Windows Chrome:  Works great!

Vivaldi Browser: Works great! You can find this great new browser here.

IE Windows:  Phaser thinks it’s a mobile browser.  I’m trying to find a fix but I’m not sure I care that much. Plus no WebGL. WTF right?

Available for License

Amphibian Wars III is available for non-exclusive licensing and can be changed to suit your website.  Contact myself at license@sputnikgames.com for more info.

 

I’m still listening to John 5.  Seriously…. He’s so freakin’ good it’s insane!!!

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Game Progress – Amphibian Wars III

Mark Game Progress

Amphibian Wars III will be available tomorrow on the App Store on iPhone and iPad for iOS 8! It’s what I’m calling an endless shooter.

Amphibian Wars III is written in Typescript and uses Phaser for the game framework. A custom wrapper was built using xCode and runs the game in Apple’s WKWebView in full WebGL.

For me this marks a complete transition from developing games in Cocoa to TypeScript and Javascript. I can’t tell you how much using Typescript and Phaser has changed my feelings toward programming games for the better.

The featured image is part of the new retro ad photo that I’ll be releasing tomorrow morning.

Today I’m listening to John 5. Damn he’s good.