Monthly Archives: January 2011

Back to the blog…mobile tales

Posted on January 30, 2011 by 8bitjeff

It is has been quite some time since I last sat down to blog about what has been going on around 8bitrocket Towers.  I have been busy the last six months scraping together a decent set of recurring clients for … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History, HTML5 Canvas Book, iPod/iPad Develpment, Sociology Of Programming | 8 Comments

Book Review: Replay: The History Of Video Games by Tristan Donovan

Posted on January 29, 2011 by 8bit_admin

I can honestly say that The new book Replay by Tristan Donovan is the best book about the video game history ever published.   Donovan’s book unseats The First Quarter by Steven L. Kent (the previous title holder) by taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Flash Game Competition (Stanford, Adobe, Mochi, JayIsGames & more!)

Posted on January 26, 2011 by 8bitjeff

In conjunction with the Stanford Dance Marathon / Hackathon 2011 (?!), Stanford University is throwing a three week long Flash Game competition with the theme of Benevolence.    Squize, Iain Lobb, and Keith Peters (along with Steve and I)  will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests | 3 Comments

Keeping Up With The Mochis #2: A Creeping Realization

Posted on January 25, 2011 by 8bit_admin

So while looking over the contest entries for the 2011 Mochis,   I was struck by one common emotion: despair.  Why?  Because every one of the games is so damned good.  I’m not kidding.    All of the entries are … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Flash Game Development | 9 Comments

Keeping Up With the Mochis #1: Bio Break

Posted on January 24, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Jeff and I have been asked by the fine people at Mochi Media to help judge the 2011 Mochi Awards for the Flash Gaming Summit this year.    The first order business Mochi asked from us to was to write … Continue reading →

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How Now? The Good News And The Bad News

Posted on January 21, 2011 by 8bit_admin

The good news: The game you are working on is brilliant, amazing, and from a theoretical game design perspective, is worth every ounce of blood, ingenuity, ignored interpersonal relationships and effort you have poured into it. The bad news: Some kid … Continue reading →

Posted in diatribe, Game Design And Theory | 11 Comments

What Now? Random Answers.

Posted on January 20, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Yes, we do want to hear from you, contact us. No, we don’t want to display your gambling ads. Yes, Flash is still a viable platform. No, we do not need your masterful SEO skills sent via email offer. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in diatribe, Game Design And Theory | 25 Comments

Now What? Random Thoughts…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Hmm. What’s next? We seem to be at a crossroads. The end of something, and the beginning of something else. But what? Is is Apps? Is it the mobile web? Is there value still hiding in viral Flash games? 3DTV? … Continue reading →

Posted in diatribe, Game Design And Theory | 9 Comments

8bitrocket Atari Inspired 16K Retro Re-make contest winner(s) announcement!

Posted on January 17, 2011 by 8bitjeff

We had a very tough time choosing the winner(s) as every game was excellent. Some made excellent use of technology,  some were every inventive, and others made nice use of the source material as a jumping off point to push in … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Contests | 8 Comments

Help Beta Test The Flash Develop to Mac Bridge

Posted on January 12, 2011 by 8bitjeff

The Genius Squad (I mean that in every non ironic and non flippant manner) over at FlashDevelop.org has created a FlashDevelop to Mac bridge in the beta of FD 4.0. It must be used with Parallels or VMWare, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Game Development | 8 Comments

Gamasutra Warns Of The Coming “Gamepocalypse”

Posted on January 10, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Over at Gamasutra they have a greta new article by Tadhg Kelly named What Games Are: The Mac App Store And The PC Gamepocalypse. The pie ce crystalizes some thoughts that have been bandied about in 8bitrocket.com towers for the … Continue reading →

Posted in App Store Revolution | 4 Comments

16K Contest : Final Public Vote Tally

Posted on January 10, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Here are the final public votes.  We will put this together with our votes and announce the First and Second place winners this week.  Thanks for playing.

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Contests | 2 Comments

16K Contest Voting: Final Chance! (Updated)

Posted on January 8, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Get your votes in for the 16K contest!  Only 2 more days. Update: I just looked at the voting logs and it appears that are some “oddities” in the voting records.   We will take a long look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Contests | 1 Comment

Quick IOS Packager Test Results

Posted on January 6, 2011 by 8bitjeff

Over the last few days I have been experimenting with creating a very simple arcade game in both HTML5 and AS3. The HTML5 version I packaged up with PhoneGap and tested on my iPod Touch. The AS3 version I wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in iPod/iPad Develpment | 23 Comments

Free History of Llamasoft Book!

Posted on January 5, 2011 by 8bitjeff

Via Jeff Minter’s Twitter, I just downloaded the nearly 200 page History of Llamasoft book that is being given away for free. If you had any type of 80′s computer and played games on it, you probably had at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari Nerd | 3 Comments

16K Game Contest Voting

Posted on January 4, 2011 by 8bit_admin

Now it is time to vote your favorite game in the 16K contest!  Voting ends in one week (Monday, January 11th) (voting is now closed) Not sure?  Try the Games Again: 16K Lander Axe Quest BattleWire 16K DABOMB The Diabolical … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Contests | 1 Comment