15/05/2010
I recently got a drawing tablet, and in learning my way around it, I’ve found that tracing flowers is a great way to improve hand-eye-coordination and learn how to properly apply pressure to vary line width or opacity. As a result I’ve made three flower themed wallpapers: one with a lotus flower, one with a rose and one with both flowers.
I’ve only got 1440×900 versions available right now, because that’s my screensize. If there’s a demand for other sizes, that can be arranged. The wallpapers are all distributed under CC-BY-SA 3.0, and I have included an alternate download that has the gimp files so that you can modify them to taste. Read the rest of this article »
16/03/2010
Having worked on mostly boring school work and a slightly more interesting, yet hardly exhilarating, application for the Ubuntu Manual Project, for the past three days I have amused myself by instead working on something that I always löve doing; game creation with Lua and the Löve framework!
A number of months ago, I posted the first game I had ever made using Löve: Söccer. Since then I haven’t really gotten around to playing with it a lot. I have started working on some smaller projects just for fun, but I never got around to finishing them. However, now I have finally finished (well, kinda. At least it’s in a playable state) one of them! This one I call Oh Snap, Aliens!
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14/10/2009
World of Goo is a physics based puzzle game from game developers 2D Boy. The game revolves around a large number of slimes and their journey up-up-up! Throughout dozens of levels you have to help the slimes overcome all their obstacles by building towers, bridges and swings - out of goo.
The game is available for Windows, Linux and Mac, and currently there is a birthday super sale over at 2D Boy, where you get to set your own price. While you can most certainly buy the game for $0.01, do keep in mind that the developers are not including any kind of DRM, and have gone through the effort of creating a Linux version of their game. So do pick a price that you think is fair.
The sale will end on October 19th, so hurry up and get one of the best games available for Linux!
Click on the image below to go to the World of Goo homepage.
21/09/2009
If you’re no stranger to Löve, then you already know that Löve is a battlefield. But that’s not all it is! It’s also perhaps the most awesome free (as in beer and freedom) 2D game engine for rapid game development on and for Windows, Linux and Mac OS - in Lua!
If you don’t yet know what Lua is, let me try to explain it to you. Imagine a programming language where the syntax is more of a gentle breeze guiding your way, rather than a restrictive metal harness shielding you from the wrath of GCC. Its tongue is much like that of Chewbacca, in that it doesn’t really make sense, but it works, everybody understands it, and speaking it seems as simple as leaning your head back and growl. It’s much like Python in that sense.
Regardless, this post is about Löve, not Lua! Keep reading to find out what makes Löve special, see examples of games created, and if you want, you can even download my own game - Söccer!
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8/08/2009
Heroes of Newerth is a remake or clone of the highly popular Warcraft 3 mod DotA. The game is developed by S2 Games, the creators of Savage 1 & 2 (some of my favorite games) in cooperation with one of the creators of the original WC3 mod. Currently it features much improved graphics and gameplay, and it is of course entirely free to play.
So why do I as a Linux user care about this? Games like these are generally just released for Windows, right? Wrong! There is a fully native client available for both 32 and 64-bit Linux! Awesome, huh?
Currently the game is in closed beta, but I happen to have 3 invites just waiting to be given away 0 invites left. Sorry people! Check back some other time for more invites.
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