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3rd of Mai 2017 – The End – Release released

3rd of Mai 2017 – The End – Release released

Release programming is finished. All parcels have been packed and were brought to the post office yesterday. TODAY actually the first one arrived – so I deem this is the time, this is the place – Release is released to…

By Malban | May 3, 2017 | Uncategorized | 26 Comments |
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29th of April – Uff! -> Done!

29th of April – Uff!  -> Done!

Man – I never did – and probably never will again – three updates to a single blog a day. Anyways – just some photos – I let them speak for themselves: (all cards tested – they work – will…

By Malban | April 29, 2017 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments |
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29th of April – Damn – I can’t give up…

29th of April – Damn – I can’t give up…

One score number blinks for one frame quite a bit to the upper left. You see that? That’s from the video I posted yesterday. GLITCH! I went on another hunt. Sorry glitch – I said you were a feature –…

By Malban | April 29, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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29th of April – nearly the End!

29th of April – nearly the End!

As of today – I declare the programming of Release finished. If there are any bugs left – they are hereby declared features! (Might be that I remove some features in future updates though 🙂 ). What does this mean?…

By Malban | April 28, 2017 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments |
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23rd of April Philosophy change…

Nothing all too big. But some small changes. I am not dead set on 50Hz ALL the time anymore. One of the last things that were not implemented in the spirit of our iPhone ancestor were different explosion types. I…

By Malban | April 23, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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21st of April – Getting somewhere

21st of April – Getting somewhere

The last couple of days where finetuning, bug inserting and bug extracting :-). Some homemade problems that had to be rectified (like losing again some sources – and forgetting what exactly had been done). Anyways quintessence – Release draws near…

By Malban | April 21, 2017 | Uncategorized | No Comments |
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19th of April puzzle completed

19th of April puzzle completed

More than two weeks without a post about Release… Well – it isn’t that I didn’t do anything Release related – but the things I did were not ALONE Release related. I did many things music related. As the last…

By Malban | April 19, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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2nd of April a new ym player…

2nd of April a new ym player…

In German there is a saying: Aus der Not eine Tugend machen. I guess a close translation would be “Making a virtue out of necessity”. Coming home from a short weekend stay at a friends place – I got an…

By Malban | April 2, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments |
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31st of March II – 32632

31st of March II – 32632

Beta 5 – had been for download. The bin file was 32632 bytes long, missing still: final music some soundeffect options menu some texts I am not sure what I will do – optimizing is well and nice – but…

By Malban | March 31, 2017 | Uncategorized | 9 Comments |
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31st of March – Game Over

31st of March – Game Over

Today was nerve-wrecking. I only wanted to do some small stuff – but I discovered a couple of bugs in vide – that needed fixing. Than I went glitch hunting again – and again unsuccessfully. It’s not the stars, it…

By Malban | March 30, 2017 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment |
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