previous posts in this seriesIntroRandomizationIf it wasn't already painfully clear, I really am not speaking from a place of authority here. I really don't know if what I'm writing is accurate, or...

RandomizationMost, if not all games, contain some element of randomization. I'm talking games here, all games, not just video games. Ball bounces, dice rolls, card shuffles, are all complex enough ...

just a quick aside.Before I put up my post on randomization in video games, I thought I should make a comment on the latest build of "colour game" (working title).The latest build of the game is up...

Space InvadersThat's it. I'm making space invaders. Enemy blips locked in an inevitable march toward one lone protagonist.I think I come by it honestly. An awful lot of video games are space invade...

Months ago I wrote a checklist. I did a breakdown of my short and long term to do's. When I went to look them over today I found that I had done them. all of them.umm... I sort of didn't expect tha...

New Graphics!Yay!'cept they are only marginally better than the old graphics, you might say. you would be right. but the groundwork is there for them to improve a bit at a time now. The old version...

So my UI design was lousy. really really lousy.but that is A-OK.See, the real purpose of doing this game... and writing this blog, is just to learn.I set about the task of creating a throw away gam...

I put up a new build a bit ago, but you probably won't notice any differences. All th changes are under the hood. I'm rooting through and cleaning up code as I go. Bad shit goes out and slightly im...

so you want to be a cheater, and cheat.I added a little reset button there in the bottom right. That button resets the color gauges and lets you keep messing around with the colors without having t...

I put up a new build. I fixed some of the little quirks and pretty much moved everything over to mouse control. I added a little glow mouseover effect that I am not at all happy with yet... but wha...