Monthly Archives: April 2018

Flappy Bird + Tetris = ???

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Thomas

For LDJAM41 I made Flappy Blocks, a mashup of Flappy Bird and Tetris-style gameplay. You can play it in your browser here. The theme was, “Combine 2 incompatible genres.” I think I succeeded. All the strategy of Tetris, plus all … Continue reading →

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6 ways to improve 2D jumping

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Thomas

In Platformer Mixtape 2010, I parodied several games including the excellent Super Meat Boy. This meant getting the jumping physics “just so”, or the game would be crap. This is a collection of my thoughts on what makes a good … Continue reading →

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Wot I made in the Meta Game Jam

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Thomas

I made a dumb game called ‘Platformer Mixtape 2010‘ for the Meta Game Jam, and you can play it in your browser here. More than anything else, this project is to establish that, hey, I’m back! I’m developing full-time for … Continue reading →

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