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RubyWeekend #3 Starts Now: "A Tiny World"

almost 3 years ago by jacius on Rubygame: The Blog - Home Comments.
The theme for the RubyWeekend #3 game contest has been announced: A Tiny World! If you’re participating, you have until June 28, 23:59 UTC (72 hours...

RubyWeekend #3 Game Concept

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
RubyWeekend #3 kicked off about 8 hours ago, and I’ve been pondering game ideas since then. The theme is “A Tiny World”. I was having trouble coming...

Droplet Thoughts (Day 2)

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
I’m calling my RubyWeekend #3 game “Droplet”. I will not proceed to ramble about it to help my planning. And you get to read the results, you lucky...

Droplet - End of Day 2

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
A quickie progress update and screenshot of my RubyWeekend game, Droplet. What’s working: You can click to make a new plant at the nearest pointThe...

Droplet - End of Day 3

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
What’s working: Plants have a limited number of generations, so they don’t start to slow everything down. Plant colors, branch length, and various...

Droplet

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
I’m pleased to present my entry to the RubyWeekend #3 game competition: Droplet. From the README: Droplet is a small musical toy created by John...

Vote for your Favorite RubyWeekend #3 Entries

almost 3 years ago by jacius on Rubygame: The Blog - Home Comments.
The entries for RubyWeekend #3 are in, and it’s time to vote! The entries are (in order submitted): Ant Frenzy by Garepjotr A Tiny World by ippa Mite...

Droplet Post-Mortem

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
This is a look back at last weekend’s RubyWeekend #3 game contest and the process of developing my entry, Droplet. You can read more post-mortems from...

Nice-FFI 0.1

almost 3 years ago by jacius on blog.jacius.info.
I’m pleased to announce a small helper library I’ve created, Nice-FFI. It sits on top of Ruby-FFI and makes certain things easier and more convenient...

RubyWeekend #3 Winners

almost 3 years ago by jacius on Rubygame: The Blog - Home Comments.
The winners of RubyWeekend #3 are… Ant Frenzy by Garepjotr (10 points) A Tiny World by ippa (9 points) Free Radicals by shawn42 (7 points) Mite Makes...