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Ludum Dare 22 Results

Craig — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:28:04 +0000

The results were announced for Ludum Dare 22, for which I created Split Party.

The game was voted joint 6th overall, and joint 3rd in the Fun category. That’s made my day! Thanks to everyone who voted, and congrats to the winners. Go check out some of the games.

Quote Unquote Interview

Craig — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:34:54 +0000

I did an interview for Quote Unquote, a website that interviews indie game developers.

There’s a load of my concept art, mockups and abandoned (or “on hold”) project screenshots at the end of the interview, too!

Quote Unquote – The Last and Final Word: Craig Forrester

Pullblox / Pushmo Puzzle QR Codes

Craig — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:16:46 +0000

I highly recommend everyone buys Pullblox (Pushmo in the US), a rather lovely puzzle game available on the 3DS eShop.

It has a level editor so if I make any decent levels, I’ll collect them in this post.

Super-size levels, and levels containing manholes and pullout switches, can only be played once you’ve unlocked those features yourself (about halfway through the game).

Naturally, a game this colourful requires a battenberg level.

A puzzle made from a Trixie Treasure sprite (though not the sprite used in TTFF).

This level is mainly designed to feel like a bit of an epic climb. Make sure to build decent foundations and pull out as much stuff as possible at the base.

A tribute to one of my all-time favourite games, Wario Land.

Another Game Boy game tribute, this time Link’s Awakening.

Johnny Platform Saves Christmas! now available on PC!

Craig — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:39:56 +0000

It’s December! Johnny Platform Saves Christmas is two years old. To celebrate, I’m releasing the game as a free PC download. The download is available on the game’s page.

I’ve avoided releasing XNA games on PC until now, having heard plenty of stories about them being awkward to get running, requiring the XNA and .NET runtimes. This is true for JPSC also, but I’ve used the oldest versions of those that I can, so hopefully will avoid too many issues.

Merry Christmas!

VVVVVV Level – Variation Venture

Craig — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:12:45 +0000

This news is a little belated, but still relevant – Terry Cavanagh very kindly invited me to make a level to be included with version 2.0 of his platformer VVVVVV. So I did!

It’s called Variation Venture, and is fairly hard in places, but shouldn’t cause you to swear too much.

I believe all old versions of VVVVVV have been updated to 2.0. Even better though, the new VVVVVV is also included in the third Humble Indie Bundle, along with a fair few other games.

Johnny Platform Saves Christmas! – Price Drop

Craig — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:23:48 +0000

Johnny Platform Saves Christmas! has been out for a year! To celebrate, the price has been dropped to 80 Microsoft Points.

Merry Christmas!

8 Bit Horse Feature

Craig — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:29:47 +0000

8 Bit Horse recently did a startingly detailed feature on Treasure Treasure and my previous games!

8 Bit Horse: Treasure Treasure

It was part of a whole week of Xbox Live Indie Games features so it’s naturally worth a look.

8 Bit Horse: XBLIG Week

Veteran Gamers Podcast Interview

Craig — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:16:00 +0000

The latest Veteran Gamers podcast features an interview with yours truly, in which we discuss games, game design, and of course tea and biscuits.

Click Here

Go on, download it. Go on!

Treasure Treasure Friend Art :)

Craig — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:59:58 +0000

It’s like fan art, but better, because it’s friend art!

This was kindly drawn by my friend Matt, talented animator but more importantly the creator of the Animal on Animal blog. Trixie has all the important Trixie details, and Troy has his beard and grumpiness – perfect!

Ta Matt.

Treasure Treasure: Fortress Forage Map (Spoilers!)

Craig — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:23:20 +0000

Having not done much recently I thought this little project would be fun. I got the old images and data from Treasure Treasure and created a massive map of the whole game.

Well it turns out it’s not that massive – 1280 by 800 which is only slightly bigger than 720p HD.

Click for full size!