Rotwang from the 1927 film Metropolis.
I have tried to capture the standard expression of a human being engaged in the act of Doing Science and, I think you’ll agree, I think I’ve been successful. This is, I think, how most people engaged in the act of Doing Science look.
Un Chien Andalou is a wonderfully bizarre 1929 surrealist short film with a screenplay by Salvador Dali. If you’re a fan of Night Vale or Twin Peaks, there’s a lot in this film to like.
In this scene she’s staring intently at clothes laid out on a bed, willing a man into existence to fill those clothes with the power of her mind.
This is probably the sanest scene in the film.
The alternative title for this sketch is “cocksucker”.
Doctor McTeague, from Erich von Stronheim’s silent classic, Greed.
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.
Last week I released my new game, Barista! It’s free and available now on the App Store. Today I take a detailed and critical look at what I made and attempt to extract some actionable lessons from the project.
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.
