Well! It’s been a while. Where to begin?? So much has happened since my last post a little over a year ago.  Maybe a list will help get things going.

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Last thing I posted was “Easter Bunny Day” which was Easter of 2014.  Since then…

1. GMC Jam 14 – Assembled a team, Team Washboard.  We made “Retrospect”.  Placed 42nd.  🙂
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2. Developed the GMT0_Clock.
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3. Started the “Make This Game” Challenge (MTGC) because of a GMC Jam joke.  Developed “Teenage Mutant Robot Chicken Zombie Ninjas in SPAAAAACE vs. Forty Foot Nazi Vampire Werewolves from Jupiter!!” (“TMRCZNiS vs FFNVWfJ!!”)  for the MTGC #1.
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4. Developed “Replication Invasion Domination Eradication” for the MTGC #2.
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5. Entered LD48 for the first time.  Developed “ParaPlats”.
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6. GMC Jam 15 – Assembled team, Team Auctor.  We made “In The Year 2000” (unfinished).  Placed 54th.
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7. Developed “Voyage Beyond The Bottom Of The Sea” (unfinished) for MTGC #3.
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8. Teamed up with Jack Oatley for the first time and we made “Get To Da Choppa!!”
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9. GMC Jam 16 – Developed “Dr. Swiss 2” (unfinished).  Placed 45th.
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10. Created “Titan Tighten Review” with Muvizu for the winner of Jam16 (NAL).
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11. GMC Jam 17 – Teamed with Jack again (Armature42) and we made “Attack Of The Flying Saucers From Outer Space”.  Placed 4th!
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12. Developed “Space Trek:  Vengeance Of The Jarderp Empire” (unfinished) for MTGC #4
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13. I made 35 memes hyping the GMC Jam leading up to kick off Jam 18.  Page coming soon.
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14. GMC Jam 18 – Teamed with Jack and speedchuck and made “Voyage Vikings”.  Results pending.
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Wow, that was more than I expected.  And it’s not all crap either, which means ‘improvement’!  lol

Yes!  With the help of my new friend, Benjamin Larsson (aka Nallebeorn), HayMan Games is proud to announce our first release of a completed game!  Completed game means:  Beginning, Menu, Intro, Help instructions, and an Ending!  I will have a dedicated page up for it soon, but in the mean time if you’d like to try it out…

Play it in your browser here:  Easter Bunny Day (Sorry, the online version does not currently work.)

Download the zipfile here:  EasterBunnyDay.zip  and play it on your computer. (No installation required.)

Sorry, it won’t work on phones.  It uses keyboard controls — arrow keys, Spacebar (or C key), and the Enter key.

This is the first version.  There are a few, small changes I want to make, so I’ll be updating it, eventually.  🙂

I hope you enjoy it!

I am a criminal.  At least, when it comes to blogging and updating my progress and accomplishments here.  Perhaps that will change.

Anywho, “The Devil’s Railroad” took a back seat to yet another game.  I started working on a Charlie Brown platformer game for a Christmas Jam, but it turned out to be a bit too extensive for the time frame.  So I started working on “SpaceMyth”.

“SpaceMyth” is progressing quite well, but it is a Christmas-based game.  So when it gets completed, even though it’s fun to play, it will be out of season until December 2014.  So, there’s a nice release date goal. 🙂  “SpaceMyth” is a top-down space shooter in an asteroids-like style.  Your “ship” is a Christmas tree and you must collect tree ornaments to boost your hit points as you fight off enemies that are bent on destroying you.  The enemies include:  a “Cat-ship” (cat’s are notorious for messing up Christmas trees), a “Surge” (a pulsing ball of electricity – short-circuits are notorious for messing up the whole holiday, let alone just the tree), and, of course, the “Grinch-ship” (do I need to explain this one?).  Each enemy is unique with it’s own weapons, AI, and graphical effects.

I decided to experiment with this one a bit by trying to export it to HTML5 and host it here on HayMan Quarterly.  Although I have succeeded with the set up, the game falls short because I can’t get the color blending to work.  I don’t even know if it’s possible.  Oh the joys of being a self-taught hobbyist.  🙂

The game is still a work-in-progress, but if you’d like a sneak peek, here’s a screenie: