I’ve been working on the engine that powers (among other great games) Frasse and the Peas of Kejick (and will power its sequel). Tim Furnish, who made the engine, opened up its source code almost a year ago (how time flies!) and I immediately downloaded it and started looking at it with the intent of porting it to Mac OS X. As you might imagine, that’s not a completely straightforward process. It took me a while simply to get it to compile and run in Windows (using another compiler than the one Tim used).
Category Archives: My games
Tuba! (and other game music)
The game I talked about earlier, where Deirdra Kiai was collecting graphics in different styles to put together, has been released. It’s called Des Rêves Élastiques Avec Mille Insectes Nommés George, and I recommend that you take a look at it. I was only slightly disappointed that there are no insects named George (I love the title!), but I enjoyed it. This is another dialogue thingy from Deirdra, and contains some things well said. I’ve only played it through once, but I intend to return to it.
My contribution is a badly animated tuba player (me) on a beach, and some tuba playing. (I’ll update the Other Games page eventually.)
Another released game that I’ve done a little work on is 8 Squares in the Garden. I’ve made the soundtrack for this game, based on Lewis Carrol’s Through the Looking Glass. The game doesn’t have a web page for me to link to, so I’ll point you to a forum thread at Adventure Developers instead. (The thread is labeled “open beta…”, but you’ll find the download for the finished game there too.) I’m generally happy about how the music turned out – I wrote it as a wind quartet – but there are some things I’d do differently if I get asked to write music for the sequel. (I hope the planned sequel will get made. “Ad7venture” is currently working on another project.)
Making art for others
I’ve been too busy lately to get much done on either my new game or my porting of SLUDGE to the Mac (neither project is abandoned), but I have been making some quick art for others.
First is the Cover Art Drive for interactive fiction run by Emily Short. I made a cover for one of my favourite games of all categories: Augmented Fourth. It got accepted by the author and is now the official cover art for the game. How cool is that!
Another game I’m currently making some graphics for is Deirdra Kiai’s new project. She’s collecting graphics in different styles that she are going to put together into a game. It may sound crazy, but I think she can pull it off so I’m halfway through making a contribution.
Both projects have deadlines of last April (more or less).
My next game: Same same, but quite different
Now it’s decided. My next game will be a sequel to Frasse and the Peas of Kejick. I’ve had the idea for a while, but I have other things I’d like to do too. Last Sunday I wrote the idea down and started to think a bit more about how to put it together, so now Frasse 2 is officially in pre-production even though the design isn’t much more than an idea at the moment. I call it a sequel, but it’s not simply more of the same. I don’t even know if Frasse or Gurra will appear at all in this game. They will not be playable characters anyway. I’ll call it Frasse 2 for now, but I do have a secret title for the game that reveals a bit more about the game.
Pigeons are great
Deirdra Kiai has released yet another game you should take a look at: Pigeons in the Park. (Yours truly is featured on the soundtrack, so I added it to the list of “other games“.) I have also added a new review of Frasse to the list on the game’s page.
Rocket Duel update
Rocket Duel now runs on MacOS X! Version 1.11 also features improved CPU usage.
Frasse updated
Minor update of Frasse and the Peas of Kejick. The new version is labeled 1.04. It has some small language improvements and fixes a minor bug. (Thanks to “Kickaha” for letting me know about the bug.)
Frasse updated
I’ve uploaded an updated version of Frasse and the Peas of Kejick. The new version is labeled 1.03 – the previous version was missing the first third of the game due to a stupid mistake on my part. (Version number is shown in the readme-file and in the installer.) Apologies to those who downloaded the faulty version.
Reviews and other fun
Frasse and the Peas of Kejick has been reviewed. I’m collecting the links on the game page.In other news, another fun game has been released recently by Deirdra Kiai: The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship. Recommended.
Frasse and the Peas of Kejick
Finally! Frasse and the Peas of Kejick, the adventure game I’ve been working on for quite a while, is finished! You can now download it for free and have fun. I hope you’ll like it.