More happy coding evenings and weekends for me means more juicy features for you. Well, that’s a bit of a fib, the latest version 1.3 is more of a tidy up and documentation phase. I’ve spent a few hours each evening this week putting together the Booty5 introduction and the Booty5 API reference and along […]
Booty5 the free open source HTML5 game engine has big update
That’s right, I’ve been busy coding away like a mad man to bring you a huge update to Booty5 the free open source HTML5 game engine which is available for download on Github. Changes include: v1.2 Changes: * GSAP dependency removed * JQuery dependency removed * Support for actor hierarchies added * Support for physics […]
Goji game editor for Marmalade 1.7.2b now available
Latest version of the free Marmalade compatible game IDE the Goji Editor is now available for free download Changes include: Added New Project dialog with support for creating wireframe projects Update to AppEasy Core to work with Marmalade SDK v7.4 Fixed export of extra app.icf settings Fixed missing app_id for Facebook extension when deploying device […]
Goji Editor the game IDE is integrated into Marmalade SDK tool chain
The Goji Editor has undergone some major changes over the past few months with the biggest change being tight integration into the Marmalade tool chain and removal for direct support for Gideros and Corona. If you are a Marmalade SDK developer and want to see a quick overview of the new Marmalade SDK integration features […]
Booty5 – Free HTML5 Game Engine
I’ve finally branched out into HTML5 game development, I’ve been avoiding it for years but finally took the plunge. Funnily enough my first creation with HTML5 is the Free Games Bandit, a service to help game developers get their mobile games noticed. I found myself actually enjoying working with JavaScript, CSS and HTML5. I’ve changed […]
Compile Programs Online
On my travels I came across a brilliant tool that’s very useful, especially for programmers that want to learn a new language. The tool is called Compile Online. The tool allows you to write code into the browser, compile and run it. The main advantages of this type of service is a) You don’t need […]
New to the Marmalade SDK?
So you downloaded the Marmalade SDK, but you haven’t quite got around to using it yet. Maybe you plan on developing full on native speed games? Maybe you want to develop apps that run across a large number of platforms? Or you just want to avoid XCode and Mac to develop iPhone and iPad games. […]
Free Games Bandit – FREE amazing new app discovery service for users and developers
I’m quite excited to announce a new free mobile games and apps discovery service called Free Games Bandit. Free Games Bandit was invented to serve two purposes: App discovery from the users point of view First and foremost, as an avid mobile app user and gamer I have a MASSIVE gripe with app stores such […]
Getting your app featured on Google Play – What to do and not to do
Looking at my recent app sales / downloads and feeling quite disappointed I sat wondering why none of my apps have yet been featured on Google Play. I searched around and around and finally found something that could explain why. A recent-ish (2012 to be exact) talk by Dan Galpin and Ian Lewis at the […]
HTML 5 Gotchas
On this page I will place all of the gotchas that I come across during my HTML 5 developments. IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount I got this error Firefox and a similar error in Internet Explorer whilst drawing an image to the HTML 5 canvas using drawImage(). The […]