ShaunInman.com // Elsewhere

iOS Sticky :hover Fix

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:41:00 GMT

Tweeted this a while back but every once in a while someone asks for this link so, for posterity! ●

Retro Game Crunch: Primer

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:15:00 GMT

Less than a week to go on the Kickstarter! One of the things we’ve been doing to draw attention to the dev journal aspect of the project is this Primer series. So far I’ve covered tools, getting started with Flixel, loading Tiled levels, basic player controls and camera, collectibles, and threats. ●

Interview on The Industry

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:36:00 GMT

Conor O’Driscoll wants to know where I’ve been, where I am, and where I’m going. So we talk apps, games, and collaboration. And bed head. ●

Jimjam Jimjam Panic

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:41:00 GMT

My submission to the Sworcery AV Jam answering soundtrack composer Jim Guthrie’s call. Lots of beautiful work in there. ●

Flag-free US Keyboard Layout

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:31:00 GMT

I like the OS X Input menu but could do without the pixelated American flag cluttering up my otherwise monochromatic menu bar. So I used Ukelele to clone the default Keyboard Layout and added a simple grayscale EN icon that matches the Kotoeri Hiragana, Katakana and Romaji ones. Unzip and add to /~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ then logout and back in. ●

Chunks Strategy Guide

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:09:00 GMT

Matt Grimm dissects the iOS port of my Ludum Dare mini-game Chunks and explains how anyone (with a little patience) can max their score or reach the highest level. ●

Lift Off: The Last Rocket Development Diary

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:47:00 GMT

Chockfull of “what was he thinking?” and “whoa—cool!” this DRM-free ePub documenting the 140 day development of The Last Rocket includes hundreds of screenshots and tweets plus video and audio. ●

Best iOS Games 2011

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:50:00 GMT

Ecstatic The Last Rocket landed on Touch Arcade’s year end list. Overjoyed to find Flip and AMI in Edge magazine’s January 2012 issue. ●

The Last Rocket Suite

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:49:00 GMT

A little present for The Last Rocket soundtrack fans, a (GarageBand-synthesized) string quartet version of Apprepensive, Airlock and Lost and Found. ●

Meet the Developer

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:45:00 GMT

Nathaniel Mott of AppStorm (who you might remember gave The Last Rocket a 10 out of 10) interviewed me via email over the course of the past month. AppStorm is also doing a Last Rocket giveaway. ●

Interviewed by Kevin Dees

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:54:00 GMT

I met Kevin at SXSW a few years ago and ran into him recently at Web Afternoon in Atlanta. Last week we talked about web and game development in a quick video interview. ●

Pixels and Rocket Science

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:37:00 GMT

I was interviewed by Horrible Night about game design and development and The Last Rocket. ●

The Last Rocket 1.1

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:08:00 GMT

Adds Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements plus a new “tap to cancel exit” mechanic. ●

The Last Rocket Original Sound Version

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:17:00 GMT

This pay-what-you-want soundtrack has all twelve tracks from The Last Rocket (plus a bonus vocal version of Silent SOS) encoded as 320kbps MP3s and includes an NSFE that’s perfect for looping in NoiseES. ●

The Last Rocket

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:38:00 GMT

The trailer and teaser site for my new iOS game are go for launch (submitted to Apple for review this morning). ●

MMLShare

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:55:00 GMT

A new-ish community dedicated to sharing knowledge about MML. Discovered while trying to grok the VRC7 and VRC6 chips. ●