Author Archives: simeon

Codea and Code Sharing

Posted on January 7, 2012 by simeon

I’ve seen a number of interpretations about why Codea’s project sharing feature was removed. Here’s what happened.
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Codea Forums & Rename

Posted on November 5, 2011 by simeon

Codea (Codify) has a flourishing community you can join here: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/Talk All sorts of cool projects and hacks have been developed. Such as importing your own graphics, a vector font renderer, and a project for porting Codea/Codify projects to Mac, … Continue reading →

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Codify Official Video

Posted on October 22, 2011 by simeon

Here it is.

Posted in Code, Codify, Design, Dev, iPad, Prototypes | 34 Comments

Codify Dungeon Roller

Posted on October 9, 2011 by simeon

Made this on the plane flight to Singapore. Shows some of the new features in Codify 1.1

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Codify Preview

Posted on September 25, 2011 by simeon

Codify is really getting there. An older build currently sits ‘In Review’ with Apple, but here’s how it’s looking at the moment.

Posted in Code, Codify, Design, Dev, iPad | 5 Comments

Space Sharks with frickin’ laser beams

Posted on August 3, 2011 by simeon

On their frickin’ heads. John just added these to the game – so we made them giant and tried to eat them.

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Crabitron & Friends

Posted on July 30, 2011 by simeon

Join CRABITRON as he wanders the AVCON show floor! We made this little piece while showing Crabitron at the AVCon Indie Games Room this year. John filmed and I edited. Music by Kevin MacLeod. You can see more photos from … Continue reading →

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CRABITRON ANNOUNCED

Posted on July 28, 2011 by simeon

TouchArcade has just revealed our new game: CRABITRON. It’s a giant space crab simulation for iPad. See the video!

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Can You Express a Concept with Game Mechanics Only?

Posted on July 14, 2011 by simeon

This game came out of an argument about whether one could design a game to express a specific idea using only game mechanics. My argument was that you can’t – that you need to at least imply some relation to … Continue reading →

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Cartoon Styled Explosions

Posted on July 13, 2011 by simeon

I wrote this processing prototype to generate cartoon styled explosions for our next game. It took about two hours to get the basic burst effect. I’ll be adding debris trails and smoke to it when I next get some time, … Continue reading →

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