Red Forest: Procedurally Generated Pod Racing -is the current working title of what was previously known as X-Speed and Red Forest. It is a pod racer with a difference! You won’t see “With Six Tracks!” in our feature list, because upon release, Red Forest will feature INFINITE tracks. That’s right- The tracks are generated at runtime […]
On Thursday, 30th January 2014, I decided, last-minute, to stand up and talk about my game, Red Forest. Anyone who knows me knows that I am an introvert. This is not a bad thing. I do not dislike socialising, in fact as two months worth of living alone without any entertainment in Manchester proved that […]
OK. You might want to save this post. Yesterday, my phone decided to sign me in to every Google service with one password, without asking. I did not want to be logged into chat, or google+. I did not want my position to be known, I wanted my freshly booted phone to simply start the […]
So, on Monday September 2nd 2013, Xspeed reached a milestone. Features that need to be present for the v1.0 release are completed: Tournament Mode: Although we intended to have several tournaments, this is not a requirement of the initial release. Instead, we will add more tournaments at a later date- the initial release will have […]
Well it has to be said, Xspeed is a pretty shoddy name. It needs to be improved! So I’m looking for ideas. Something spiffy, something punchy. It’s got to sound high-tech. It’s got to be something you’ll remember. Provide your email with your suggestions and I’ll get in touch if we use it and get […]
So many of the devices you buy every day come from China that it’s become somewhat of a given. Where is it made? “Oh, Probably in China.” Some of the stuff that China churns out is fantastic. Cheap but functional tablets, (Some not-so-functional!), £30 TV Andtoid STBs. A £5 replacement phone charger…. And here is […]
So, as you can ask my wife, I’ve not really been spotted in the wild over the past couple of weeks. The reason is that I’ve upped my efforts with X Speed with the intention of getting it ready for release. There’s a slightly older playable version of the game available to play online here. […]
Continued from this post: With Red Forest, I wanted a hover-racer, but I needed it to be easy to update and add extras. The amount of effort required to create each track was immense. How could I solve this problem? It quickly became obvious that although I liked the feeling of the simulated hover vehicles […]
So, so far I’ve managed not to put a thing about my pet project, Gravity Ed, on here, which seems absolutely DAFT. Gravity Ed started life about 18 months ago when I scribbled a 1-screen puzzle on a piece of paper: And it fast grew […]
On 26th, 27th and 28th July, the Best of British Indie Games group met together (More can be read on that here.) but unfortunately I couldn’t make it, and a friend of mine, Alex, and I decided to take part from home. We started discussing ideas on the Friday, minutes after the theme was announced- Britishism. […]
