The good folks at Zombie Cow Studios have just released a sequel to their spiffin’ comedy adventure game Ben There, Dan That! with a doubly spiffin’ comedy adventure game Time Gentlemen, Please! (and while those exclamation marks are part of the game titles, I would have used them in any case to convey the excitement ;D)
Having played through the beta, I can confirm that TGP is quite awesmoe: funny, witty, and stylish. And what’s this? Yup, I did the “previously on” art, too! :)
Check out the demo, or buy it here!
23rd June, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
Just a small update on PAWS: going swimmingly, but as you might have guessed from it not having been released yet, it’s taking a bit longer than originally anticipated. We’re sure it will be worth it, though, and we have a screenshot (with a rainbow) to back us up!
For those of you who are not members of the Indie Stone (and shame on you if you’re not ;) ), you missed out on seeing a sneak peek at a new PAWS screenshot a good while back. Click on the pic for full-size!
Remember, Indie Stone members see all this weeks before anyone else! (mostly because I’m lazy with updating, but still, it’s a reason to join!)
24th May, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - 4 Comments
Whew, it’s been a while! ;)
Crabshack’s just undergone a server change, so you may notice some missing pictures or funny symbols in the posts, but I should fix that over the next little while :)
But in more interesting news, Lemmy&Binky and I have started up a nice, spiffy forum for indie developers, gamers, and/or well-wishes to share knowledge, hang out and have fun, called the Indie Stone :D Check it out by clicking on the ladybug-shaped button (which I learned how to make at the Indie Stone, btw!)
Still unconvinced? Read this, and you’ll wonder why you’re even still reading this terrible blog instead of being at the Indie Stone! ;D
8th April, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
A wonderfully lovely review of an early build of PAWS from the review site XNPlay!
Paws is not only one of (if not the most) luscious looking titles we’ve played for the Community Games service to date but it’s also one of the cutest games that we’ve played in the history of all our game playing. It’s quite simply adorable.
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Each game type is just massive, massive fun to play. Special moves are easy to pull off and in general, the controls are so wonderfully responsive and just feel right that within moments the game becomes the epitomy of pick up and play. All this in a half finished game? It’s sort of boggling.
Aww, thanks Oddbob :D Check it out!
20th March, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
There may have seemed to be a considerable lack of updatage concerning Hatmaker lately, and I’m happy to be able to announce the reason why :D
Yep, it’s a screenshot from a game in the works with the lovely Lemmy&Binky! We’re keeping details under our hats for now, so I’ll just say it’s multi-player, and the characters will put a smile on anyone’s face :D The goal is to have this finished in 2-3 months, so expect more news soon!
Yay!
6th March, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
A description I’ve never used for any of my games before, and quite possibly will never have occasion to use again, but which I can use today: “award-winning”! :D
My OROW entry Beauties and Beasts has won the 2008 AGS award for Best Short Game! It was honestly a surprise and honour, as there were many quality short games last year. Thanks to all people who voted and played, played without voting, voted randomly without playing, and of course, lovely beta-testers Captain Binky and Nickenstien, AGS-maker Chris Jones, miscellaneous helpers Lemmy101 and Buloght, and The Ventures and DeVotchKa, whose music I stole ;)
If you haven’t tried it yet, why not click over to the games page and give it a download? Oh go on, it’s award-winning ;)
11th February, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - 4 Comments
Some might possibly recall I announced an AGS game about 2 years ago entitled The Hatmaker’s Tale. Of course, I bit off more than I could chew at the time, and the game was never completed. .. but what’s this? Yes, it’s back–and at a lower resolution! ;) But beyond the resolution, the story, art, and puzzles have undergone a major revamp, and it’s something I’m truly excited about working on and, one day, sharing with you :)
Tom Clifton is a just a shy squidget living in the peaceful kingdom of Slimenia, toiling in his uncle’s bookstore while dreaming of a more exciting life… but little does he know a special book delivery to the royal castle will start an adventure he never imagined.
As work progresses I’ll have updates on this as well as any game-related musings that are might be interesting enough for other people to read ;). Try out the RSS feed on the top-right there! (Really. I don’t know if it works, so I’d be glad if people let me know ;D)
25th January, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - 2 Comments
Well, I was originally going to post almost all my old content back up, but the I figured, new site–time to start off all nice and fresh! So in the end I only posted a select few pictures from the last year or so. A more complete list of old pictures and pixels can be found here and here.
So now that the old content’s out of the way, what’s this new site about, then? Mostly my art and game development logs, with the occasional book review (I just can’t seem to give those up, even if they don’t really fit the point of the blog ;)). While there will be no regular schedule, I’m hoping that updates will be frequent enough that there appears to be one ;)
In more newsy news, I’m currently working on a project that will officially announced in a couple of weeks, and then updates will really begin in earnest!
15th January, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
Is it me, or is it rather template-y in here? ;)
I hope to change that eventually (more specifically, when I have a handle on php which could quite possibly be never), but for now everything is going to go up as-is!
While I’m adding my old content to the new site, the previous site can be reached at http://crabshackgallery.com/index.html.
13th January, 2009 - Posted by MashPotato - No Comments
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