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Tales of a Silent H
For whatever reason, I was inspired to start playing with logo designs. There’s no new decisions to be seen here in this post, just some ideas I’m playing with (and rejecting). I actually used to make...
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Eighty Five Percent
Alright, time to get back in to the routine. It’s been two weeks since the last post. Last week became an impromptu holiday for me — I am a Canadian living in Canada, but I deal mostly with US...
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Five years as a full-time Indie
The exact timing is a little off, but I today just renewed my business license. Yes, 5 years ago July I left my job as Technical Director at Big Blue Bubble (now one of Canada’s largest game studios …...
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SOS: Save our Smiles (for WP7)
Hi. I just received a 2nd e-mail informing me my “Microsoft Windows Phone Marketplace developer account” yearly membership needs to be renewed. That costs $99 USD, and I think I paid $129 CAD. I made...
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So much for that
Hey, well that didn’t work. Smiles for WP7 after a couple weeks. Note, that's cumulative... which means total overall Or according to my data: 9 trial downloads, and 1 sale since. There was some...
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Ending Smiles
Yes, you read that right. It is ending. For real. June 23rd is the 3 year anniversary of Smiles (as in, starting the game). I have finished every single port of the game that I had planned on doing...
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Introducing: The Indie Indie Conversation
Hello there! I figured now was a good time to talk about a project I’ve been involved with for the past couple months now. Something we like to call, the Indie Indie Conversation. The conversation is a...
View ArticleConversation: Business and Fear
From Monday, Gianfranco (whom I abbreviate as GB) was concerned that some of the guys might have been fear-mongering after a recent set of very sad sad videos. That catapulted me in to a rant about…...
View ArticleI might win something…
The latest in the world of Mike, I might win something again. I’m less than an hour away from finding out if it’s true, so here’s me killing minutes as I wait.
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Nope, not this time
No sir. Do not pass go, do not collect $50,000. However! All is not lost! I am still eligible for a the $10k “Developers Choice” award, which means you, you developers! Visit GameTreeDeveloper.com and...
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I am running a Synology NAS now
Last week, a drive in my server died. These drives weren’t really that old, but were Seagate’s from the drive failing epidemic a few years back. I bought 6 drives around this time, 4 for the server in...
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AppDailySales, and running on Synology NAS Devices
Continuing my prior post where I talk about my server replacement, a Synology NAS (DS211j). In essence, a cheap, tiny dedicated Linux box featuring an ARM CPU and custom web UI specially designed for...
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One more prize for the road
Progress on the tech for my upcoming game “Alone, The” has been a little slow the past couple weeks, due to Ludum Dare, a nightmare of server issues (both LD and my own), and my upcoming move (OMG...
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The Synology NAS, two months later
NAS time, again! Like before, I’m collecting my notes and thoughts all in one place. Two months later Why have 1 when you can have 2? After winning the GameTree prize, I decided I should have 2So...
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Reinventing
Enough of this non-game talk. The past month has been extremely good for progress. I did not meet my goal for the month, but I’d be silly to complain. Yadda yadda ya. Against my better judgement, I’m...
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Because We May Sale
Because We May, a grandiose cross platform mega sale is on right now. Android, iPad, iPhone, PC (Desura), and Blackberry Playbook versions of Smiles and Smiles HD are all heavily discounted and...
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The Rebranding of Sykhronics
This past weekend I began a process of rebranding my company. Shortly after leaving my AAA job in 2005, I created this logo. Thing is, that’s not even one of the better logos I used, it’s just the most...
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The New Cards
Ordered from Morning Print. White plastic, thin, nice and vibrant, and practically indestructible! Them biz cards are flexible. vine.co/v/bXpZAKjLgDW — Mr The Mike Kasprzak (@mikekasprzak) March 1, 2013
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Evaluating Modern Middlewares
The following is some rambling. I have a point I’m trying to make, but I’m certain I don’t make it. My fingers kept moving, and this is what resulted. You can kinda get an idea what sort of madness is...
View ArticleI am retiring from Indie Game Dev
It’s true. After 10 years, I’ll be wrapping up my games business. Later this year, I’ll be moving on to other things. I am still going to be around. I’d still like to attend GDC in San Francisco every...
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