Absence and Updates

Posted by beam on Aug. 7, 2011, 12:39 a.m.

Gu all.

I've not posted or kept up with the goings-on of 64Digits in a long time, and I'm probably not going to start again soon, but that's just some real talk.

I've working on a game for the first time in a long time. It's got some true beam …

Blitzkrieg Compo Results

Posted by beam on June 21, 2009, 11:02 p.m.

Two weeks ago I announced a competition inspired by an old ZZT tradition, the Blitzkrieg ZZT. Today it happened, and I think it was a pretty big success!

Each entrant had two hours to design a game from nothing. The theme was despair. The twist is that all the entrants …

Blitzkrieg Game Competition, Tumblr

Posted by beam on June 9, 2009, 11:47 a.m.

Over at Poppenkast we're holding another competition, and this time it's being hosted by me, and not jw! Read more about that in the thread.

I've also decided to switch to Tumblr for blogging. It suits the way I blog perfectly: short, frequent posts that aren't necessarily related. Here's …

Ross' Banner: 119

Posted by beam on Aug. 16, 2008, 4:32 p.m.

welp that's that

[beam] hi :D

Posted by beam on Aug. 6, 2008, 7:41 a.m.

I haven't blogged in a long time :( it's also the first one I ever tagged.

I'm working on another roguelike. This time I'm making it in C, built on top of The Doryen Library, and scripted in Lua. I don't have any specific plans for it yet, so …

irc trading card game

Posted by beam on July 13, 2008, 12:43 p.m.

update: works now, just need cards

for a little while, i was working on a second sequel to crab battle. it was crab battle 3: trading card game.

http://beam.pastebin.com/f2b1cfd93

that's the meat of the python source of crab battle tcg. it's pretty functional, but the game isn't very fun. it's …

robot fight

Posted by beam on July 9, 2008, 4:27 a.m.

a browser game where you are a robot and you fight other robots

http://robotfight.net63.net

i made this last summer, back when i still owned rbrw.net

i realize there aren't many players, so i made 100 bots

i also realize how much more i could have done with the game, but …

poppenkast 3 hour entry

Posted by beam on June 13, 2008, 12:04 p.m.

this is my entry for the 3 hour poppenkast game contest. it's a little platformer, where you are a white thing helping out another white thing who is being bullied by a red thing.

download

http://www.thepoppenkast.com/data/Beam/3hour4color.zip

contest & other entries

http://www.thepoppenkast.com/forum/index.php?topic=720.0

also i just assumed black didn't count, so i …

*peeks into the hallway*

Posted by beam on June 11, 2008, 10:06 a.m.

*makes sure no jocks are in sight as i sneak out of the bathroom*

*adjusts glasses*

Posted by beam on June 6, 2008, 5:48 p.m.

*looks away uncomfortably as a girl walks by*