Pat Kemp

This weekend I participated in Global Game Jam 2010, and man it was a blast. I worked with two great guys, Alexander Jhin and Matt McKnett. Together, we put together puji. Powered by Flixel and featuring music from Dan-O at DanoSongs.com. Play with 2-3 people on a shared keyboard.

Hey guys, check out my latest Flash game Station 38. I made it using Adam Atomic’s excellent Flixel framework. Music by my buddy Lang Kirchheimer.

I’ve been wanting to play around with Flash’s bitmap rendering for a while, and I finally made the time this weekend. Here’s what I came up with after a few hours:

(click around in the black square.)

The bitmaps draw really fast and allow for some interesting effects. I’m looking forward to toying around with it further, and maybe implementing what I learn in a larger project.

I thought I’d post an update of the game I’m currently working on in my ample spare time. The working title is Samurai Code, and it’s kind of an arena-style shooter with sword fighting instead of shooting. Download the current version here.

So, keep it mind it’s a work in progress. It’s still pretty buggy, the art is really derivative of Geometry Wars, there’s no sound or music, and the levels are too few and need tuning. That said, I think it’s fun and I thought I’d put it out there for people to try. Let me know what you think.

Here’s a demonstration of some work-in-progress Actionscript 3.0 code of mine. There’s a fully customizable particle system in there, as well as a specialized lightning effect. Click in the box:

Uploaded 2 other Flash games to my games page. I’ve really got a drag-and-release motif going with those things…

In other news, I am currently looking for game dev work, and hopefully a couple friends and I will be getting a side project underway.

My friend Jimmi has recently put out a new release of his multiplayer, Flash-based board game Quadradius. It’s got sweet new features like a lobby, membership, and stats. Jimmi has dubbed the game presentable enough to really advertise it, so I thought I’d help him out by exposing it to the 3-4 people who read this blog per month. The game is really fun, and I heartily recommend it. Click this logo to check it out:

If you tell Jimmi you know me, you might be able to score a free membership!