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Awesome Decal!

James posted on in Art · Comments Off

Much kudos to Malfunct, who used the Dishwasher wallpaper I made to skin his laptop using skinit.com. Looks excellent! View the full post on Malfunct’s page.  He’s got the hi-res art there if you want to try it out on your own machine.  Unfortunately, my laptop is a bit off-brand,… Read More

Crazy Modes

James posted on in The Dishwasher · 18 Comments »

It’s about as good a time as any to go over the game modes in The Dishwasher.  Everything’s still being tweaked a little bit, but for the most part it’s all pretty much locked in. Dish Challenge.  Fight off wave after wave to compete for the highest score.  This is… Read More

Status Update!

James posted on in Developing, The Dishwasher · 15 Comments »

To divert your attention from the late night rant below, here’s a Dishwasheriffic status update: The Dishwasher has a million, billion bugs.  I’m fixing them all very quickly. The GDC build of The Dishwasher was sort of slow.  The frame rate hovered around 30.  This has been fixed–it’s now a… Read More

Focus Groups are Driving us into Oblivion

James posted on in Games, Reviews · 1 Comment »

No, not that Oblivion. I have to wonder how “marketing” efforts from 100 years ago would have stood up to today’s. People made things they thought people would like, they marketed them in ways they thought would appeal, and everyone went on their merry way. Today, we have focus groups,… Read More