Who remembers Toxic Bunny? I don’t, but for my Computer Studies project I researched South Africa’s small game development history. One of the key players in the early years were Celestial/Twilyt Studios.
They developed the funny Toxic Bunny back in 1996 and introduced several nifty things to the gaming world. The main man behind it all […]

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This past week or 2 (after releasing a RT2 beta) everywhere), I got lots of comments about the graphics and how I could change it. (Excuse the breaking of the blog-lines.)
So, here is the beta screenie:

This is how it looked… Quite-dullish and poo-like.
So I experimented a lot with fake 3D walls that point to the […]

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Everyone who has started a blog and made it available for the masses to see have been plagued by a spam comments…
First things 1st. I hate it, who doesnt? Its just plain crap. You have to crop and manage it. Thanks to “Bad Behaviour” most of that is off my case… I still get the […]

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This post at BBC Online is a load of nonsense.
I am sure most players who played or are playing WoW remembers the Blood Plague that ravaged the world of Azeroth when Zul’Gurub was released.
Apparently, researchers decided to study what happened as a way to discover how people would react if a real disease would […]

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Hi everyone. I have finally decided to release the Beta for Roach Toaster 2. I really really need help in making it a high-class indie title. To do this, I need help in balancing/testing the game.
What is Roach Toaster 2?
Roach Toaster 2 is the sequel to my award-winning Roach Toaster 1. It is a unique […]

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So.
The Dream. Build. Play. winners have been announced over at the DPB Website.
The winners are, Blazing Birds, Dishwasher, Yo Ho Kablammo and Gravitron Ultra… Being the person that I am, I have to assess this, and take it all apart. I’m glad that Dishwasher, Yo Ho and Gravitron made the top 4, but Blazing Birds […]

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The upcoming week will be my last week of “unofficial” school ever. After that, it will be exams till 22nd of November (2 exams to be exact).
So, what does this mean? I wanted to start working on Roach Toaster 2 again, but the exams might be hampering me. I will work as much as the […]

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Dev.Mag Issue 15 has just hit the inter-shelves.

Get it as usual at http://www.devmag.org.za.
The highlights of this issue were for me is the conitinuing politics of the game dev studio, I-Imagine.
We also review Tactics Arena Online and Daniel Brewer from Digital Extremes.
For those who want to take the leap into XNA, there is a write-up on […]

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First of all! A big congratulations to all those who made the top 20.
I am a bit dissapointed that my game did not make the finalist list of the Microsoft’s XNA compo, Dream. Build. Play.
I would not have minded if I lost to truly innovative and fun games, but after browsing through the list of […]

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