Narrative screens in Dave Dangerous

I have been asked how I created the Narrative screens in Dave Dangerous. So, if you're interested, please read on.

If you have been following my blog, you would know that a few months back I created my first Android game, and my first Java project. This would not have been possible without the great tutorials over on KiloBolt.com. I would strongly recommend you have a look.

Before the first level, I wanted to create a storyline. This was ... read more

Meet Thingy. I'm not sure what he is, just some abstract thingy. He is the character in my new game called Spikes Galore.

The game is available on Google Play at the moment.

It's been developed using the libGDX, which is a cross platform framework, so this should make porting the game across to iOS fairly simple. It will hopefully be in the Apple store soon. Watch this space!

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Not really anything exciting, but I have made an update to Dave Dangerous android game. It will now support Bluetooth gamepads. But the biggest part of this update is integration with Google's in-app purchase API's. When the application opens, you will now get the option to opt-out of the adverts for 60p. Will be interesting to see if this creates any revenue. Currently the application is serving thousands of adverts daily, but only makes around 20p a day !!

If you're quick, here are some promotional... read more

Over Christmas I purchased a new TV that runs Android. Just for a bit of fun, I made some minor code changes to the Trex Runner application that was released back in August. The application just uses a webview to run the javascript endless runner game in Chrome. It's not the smoothest experience, but then it is just javascript.

You can download at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nellyfish.trex... read more

Just released a minor update to Dave Dangerous. It now supports the ION iCade arcade cabinet. There is also some minor bug fixes and image updates.

If you have not downloaded it yet, please give it a go at play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nellyfish.davedangerous

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Now that I have a few games in the Google play store, I thought it was about time that I created a website. Why the name nellyfish? Well, I was struggling to think of a simple, easy to remember name. At the time, my daughter kept drawing what looked like a jellyfish, so it stuck. Unfortunatly, jellyfish.com was unavailable, so it became nellyfish.com.

The website is a simple one page affair. I used html5 and jquery to give a simple transition effect when the mouse moves over the images. It could take a few seconds to load the image... read more

My first full featured game is now in the Google play store. Join Dave in his quest to save his beautiful girlfriend, Daphne, from the clutches of Evil Steve! Fight through 40 levels of nostalgic platform mayhem. It's free and it's available on Android. Click the image below to be directed to the Google play store.

Well, for something that was origina... read more

It's been a bit hectic over the last few months. So much so that I have not had any time to keep my blog updated. I'm hoping this will change soon, as I should have some exciting updates on my android game developments.

This post if just a quick reminder for anyone that uses OneDrive. Microsoft have decided to restrict your OneDrive storage from 15 to 5 Gigabyte. You can stop this happening if you opt-in to keep the 15 Gigabyte by heading over to the onedrive url below. This offer is valid until the end of January.... read more

Have you reserved your copy of Windows 10, but not received it yet? Are you stuck on the 'We're validating Windows 10 for your PC' message?

This is the largest software roll out in Microsoft's history, and because of this they are being a little cautious by staggering the installs. Microsoft still recommend that you wait for the upgrade notification, but I'm getting impatient after 3 months! So if you're the same, here is a little trick to force the upgrade.

Run regedit to ... read more

Bit of an unusual article today. If you follow my blog, you will know that I bought a Mac Mini a few months ago. Over the last few days I have been trying to pickup the elusive Ikea Napkin holder. It makes a great vertical stand for the Mac, for less than two pounds! But seems to be near impossible to pickup anywhere. So I have made my own version...

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