Month: April 2016

Doctor McTeague


Doctor McTeague, from Erich von Stronheim’s silent classic, Greed. 

Barista! Post Mortem Part 2

In part 1 I took a high level overview of the game. In this part, I’ll get to why I shipped the game if I recognised that it wasn’t that great. Why not try to make it better first?

It is impossible to over-emphasise how important finishing something is for two important reasons. One, the purely practical one of learning what’s involved. Icons, screenshots, videos, descriptions, metadata, marketing—there’s a lot of work and knowing what’s involved lets me plan better for it in future.

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Barista! Now Available!

An illustration of a Barista having trouble keeping up. Coffee is spilling everywhere.

My new game, Barista!, is now available in the App Store!

Barista! is a fast-paced coffee creation game. Can you fulfil all of the orders and get to the end of the day before your Jim fires you?

Orders appear on the blackboard and you’ve got to get ’em made before the time runs out!

With four different types of drinks with various combinations of cups, espresso shots, and mixers, can you harness the power of caffeine to keep track of it all and survive the day or will the pressure grind you up like so many medium roasted beans?

* Four different drink combinations with up to 3 shots per drink to keep you on your toes!
* Bonus Busy Days where you can double your earnings—if you can keep on top of things!
* Up to four orders at once to really test your cool under fire!
* Many levels of coffee-making mayhem!

Created as part of my 100 Hour Game challenge, it ended up taking me around 160 hours to get it to finished product.

This is actually pretty good for me. Usually projects take 2–3 times longer. This only took 60% so…win!

I’m excited to finally get this out there. I’ve learned a lot during this process and I’m eager to take what I’ve learned and get going on my next game.

Barista! is available in the App Store.

Button to Download Barista! On The App Store

Gramps S01E10: Home

  

And with this arrival home, we have reached the end of Gramps season 1, for which Kirby is grateful.