Second Party Games

Sunday, November 1, 2009

SIDE SADDLE 2 DEVELOPMENT VIDEO # 6

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fun With Boxes

After designing the "box" for Side Saddle 2 (as featured on the opening screen and instructional PDF), I thought it might be fun to design boxes for my other games as well.

You can play Run Jump or the original Side Saddle at Game Jolt; links are at the side.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

SIDE SADDLE 2 DEVELOPMENT VIDEO # 5

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Side Saddle 2 Development Video # 4

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Side Saddle 2 Development Video # 3

Friday, September 4, 2009

Escape From Teh Big House

I'm working on my first LBP level. Here's a look at the first version (I'm redesigning the whole thing from scratch, as is often the case with any game or level design I do).

RUN JUMP (PLATFORMER) 05/09

(CLICK PICTURE FOR GAME) Run Jump is platforming reduced to its simplest and purest elements-- there's no story, no weapons, no power-ups. Just moving from one side of a room to another, from one room to another, from one level to the next, overcoming obstacles with deftly-timed jumps. There's more to it than that, of course; not only can the player's robot wall jump, but she can stick to and move along any ceiling in the game. There are no exceptions to this rule: every wall can be bounced on, every ceiling can be clung to, and through a liberal use of both abilities, every obstacle can be overcome.

SIDE SADDLE (SHMUP) 01/09

(CLICK PICTURE FOR GAME) Side Saddle is a hand-drawn vertical side-SHOOTING shmup. Shoot left-and-right or diagonally at a menagerie of weird creatures and critters, all of them drawn by hand. Kill your enemies faster to get more time to recharge your precious ammo; leave them on the screen longer to earn more points and auto-firing turret power-ups. A challenging and unusual shmup, not for all tastes but very rewarding for those who are up to its high level of challenge and odd twists on shmup game-play.

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