Was looking up some interesting domain names and found this site, brb just sending them my life savings to invest http://mmm.ooo/
2.5.2025 19:37Was looking up some interesting domain names and found this site, brb just sending them my life savings to invest http://mmm.ooo/Just remembered Brian May's "site guide" page, it made things so much clearer...
1.5.2025 15:59Just remembered Brian May's "site guide" page, it made things so much clearer...I know this'll probably seem painfully slow & shoddy nowadays, but back then it was one of the scariest, weirdest & most memorable things I ever watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpA-c6vnxS8
1.5.2025 12:10I know this'll probably seem painfully slow & shoddy nowadays, but back then it was one of the scariest, weirdest & most...This has reminded me of an item from my ideas list: "get bad oil painting done of something mundane/odd/funny (mr blobby & noel?) & do gigapixel scan of it like a serious art gallery"
https://www.hirox-europe.com/gigapixel/girl-with-a-pearl-earring/
UPDATE: already got graphics back from HappyToast!
The little goalie looks great, I think I'm going to have to give him a voice too, even just a high-pitched hello & grunts
(they weren't trying to dodge it, more that people were busy & kept getting processes wrong, but I was worried that staff/business changes could easily leave me stuck)
30.4.2025 19:27(they weren't trying to dodge it, more that people were busy & kept getting processes wrong, but I was worried that staff/business...Invoice dated 1st July 2024 has finally been paid 🎉🎉🎉
Big sigh of relief and I'm now less broke
Ha I've seen their vans around for years & always thought it was a bit of a weird, weak pun https://punpages.com/places/united-kingdom/warwickshire/royal-leamington-spa/french-launders/
29.4.2025 21:33Ha I've seen their vans around for years & always thought it was a bit of a weird, weak pun...One of the top landmarks in one place we're going on holiday is a big fish hook in the middle of an ordinary mundane roundabout and yes OF COURSE I'll be walking there to take a pic. Possibly on my own, judging from the reaction when I described it
28.4.2025 18:01One of the top landmarks in one place we're going on holiday is a big fish hook in the middle of an ordinary mundane roundabout and yes...I try not to hoard ideas for the right time as if they're precious, but there is one game idea I've kicked around for 10 years because I keep thinking of better ways to do it (latest version involves 3D graphics, different cameras & action replays)
Weirdly, it's also a one-button game
Can already see stuff going on here, eg someone amassing queens at top left https://onemillionchessboards.com/
28.4.2025 16:54Can already see stuff going on here, eg someone amassing queens at top left https://onemillionchessboards.com/OK, I've commissioned someone to do graphics; I think they'll bring more character to it
I've now got other stuff to do then will be away in the mysterious lands of the north, so I'll get back to this in late May
(it's really difficult initially in a Flappy Bird rapid-failure way, hopefully people will persist and start picking up the timing but I'm going to have to see what testers make of it, it's hard for me to judge)
27.4.2025 17:17(it's really difficult initially in a Flappy Bird rapid-failure way, hopefully people will persist and start picking up the timing but...For now, I've also removed the worsening accuracy & instead start increasing the ball's gravity once the goalie's reached minimum size. Few players will be affected & it's v gradual, but the game does need something to avoid becoming purely an endurance contest for players who've mastered it
27.4.2025 17:12For now, I've also removed the worsening accuracy & instead start increasing the ball's gravity once the goalie's reached...I noticed you could sometimes slide the ball up a wall several times, which is OK unless it's a nice steady exploit where someone taps away & racks up the points. I think the goalie shape/movement makes that fairly unlikely, but I've added minuscule bumps to the side walls just in case
27.4.2025 17:07I noticed you could sometimes slide the ball up a wall several times, which is OK unless it's a nice steady exploit where someone taps...To get in the spirit of the London Marathon I just grabbed a mug of coffee, took a gulp then casually threw it on the floor
27.4.2025 09:22To get in the spirit of the London Marathon I just grabbed a mug of coffee, took a gulp then casually threw it on the floorHere's my not-a-football-person initial stab at a list of ratings, I'm sure it can be improved (eg what would be better than junior & senior for different levels of pro player?)
Subs Bench
Sunday League
Semi-Pro
Junior Pro
Senior Pro
International
World Champion
Spent another hour on it
- Rough title & end screens
- Best score & your rating
- Sharing buttons
- Min goalie size
- Max goalie spin speed
- Worse jump accuracy at v high scores to increase difficulty (unfair? maybe!)
A demo that swaps a C64's audio & video cables, so the sound chip generates visuals while the graphics do audio, wonderful nonsense https://www.quiss.org/signal_carnival/
25.4.2025 13:30A demo that swaps a C64's audio & video cables, so the sound chip generates visuals while the graphics do audio, wonderful nonsense...(I could get away with doing my own graphics for this one, but I think others can give it a bit more character/charm)
25.4.2025 11:56(I could get away with doing my own graphics for this one, but I think others can give it a bit more character/charm)⬆️
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