http://www.pinchiewinchie.com Game design, virtual worlds and other random nonsense. (Matt Dominianni's blog.) Fri, 20 May 2011 21:57:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently used FlashBuilder 4.5 to package one of the AS3 games I designed for the Android Market. When I started on the game, it was immediately following Apple's announcement that it would be possible to create iOS apps using Flash, so I made sure to use pure AS3, and no ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2011/05/squirrel-assassins-on-android-market/ I chose Ghost Recon as my first 3DS game because it seemed to be the most in-depth of  the launch titles. I'm not very far along, but I'm impressed with the game's use of, and reliance on the 3D viewscreen's ability to show depth and form. The game looks great, and ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2011/03/3ds-ghost-recon-quick-review/ Here's a fun game I designed and programmed with the Box2D library for AS3. It features the voice of Tim Omundson from the USA Network series, "Psych." Having access to great talent is one of the best parts of working for a TV company, and USA is really great about encouraging ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2010/12/squirrel-assassins/ Two games I worked on this year are now online. Monster Match is a game I designed and programmed for Character Arcade, a website owned by USA Network where I'm on-staff. The team there is very talented and this is a really fun game thanks to their input and efforts. It's the ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2010/10/two-new-games/ http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2010/09/qr-ftw/ Seattle game maker, Valve Software has released updates for all 9 player-types in my favorite cartoon shoot-em up, Team Fortress 2. At $20 for the initial purchase and no recurring fees, Valve has kept the TF2 fan-base growing over the past two years by releasing free updates. New weapons and ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2010/07/tf2-is-the-kickasso-of-games-as-a-service/ This is really cool. I don't know the whole story yet (and there may not be much of one,) but Patrick of Patched Reality is at the ARevent conference in Santa Clara, and he sent me a message saying that Will Wright played the AR game that Patrick and I ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2010/06/will-wright-played-my-game/ I have completed development for the new card game I designed, Laugh Riot! This is a project I started working on many years ago, so I am really excited about it. I think it's a fun game, and so far, all the playtesters have had a great time, laughing their asses ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2009/10/laugh-riot-the-comedy-improv-card-game/ I recently completed the game design and implementation of a new Augmented Reality puzzle game for A&E television. I worked closely with the extremely talented programmer Patrick O'Shaughnessey, who I have worked with on-and-off since the mid-nineties. We did the project for a new agency called Circ.us. It's an innovative project, ... http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2009/08/augmented-reality-puzzle-game/ Supposedly leaked, but it's a promotional video for a game that's been out for a year. I doubt Valve will mind. http://www.pinchiewinchie.com/2009/05/tf2-meet-the-spy-valve-gives-pixar-something-to-worry-about/