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The world is in a wierd place at them moment. Covid-19 turned everything on it’s head and many things are different, some good and some bad. I loved that I got more time to spend with the family and the weather here has been great. The slowing of pace was definitely a welcome change and,Continue reading “The Penguin is tired…”

From the monochrome glare of “Computer Space” and “Pong” (Alcorn, 1972) in the 1970’s, to the complex beauty of 2020’s “Eastward” (Eastward, n.d.), the pixels arranged on the screen have been an integral part of transporting the player to the amazing worlds of video games. I am going to explore the brief history of Pixel Art.Continue reading “Timeless-The Evolution of Pixel Art”

In this essay, I plan to explore various areas of benefit within the area of computer games. I aim to first look at some social benefits of games. I will look at how multiplayer games, conventions and competitive scenes, link people with common interests allowing them to socialize, perhaps more than they would do otherwise.Continue reading “The Positive Impact of Games”

So after a rollercoaster couple of weeks, working from home, the first demo of the game is ready! Head over to https://bravepenguin.itch.io/crystal-warriors, to give it a try and feel free to leave some feedback. I had planned to start a devlog, but as I’m already having to do this for the college, it just feltContinue reading “The Game Demo is up!”

It’s been a while, since my last post. First of all, Christmas was super busy for me, so I didn’t have a lot of time to do a lot outside of family business. I had put a hold on personal projects (outside of pixel art), due to the incoming Final Major Project for my collegeContinue reading “A crazy world…..”

I began my college experience with mixed feelings. Firstly, I was 32 years old! How was I going to cope, after being out of education for so long? My finances were still not where I would have liked them to be, so that was another worry. By this time, my son was in his finalContinue reading “A Brave Penguin Ventures Forth”

I had originally planned to start this blog with my journey as a mature student and my initial forays into Games Development, but thought that I had better delve into my background a bit in order to fully explain why I waited so long to study an area that I was passionate about since secondaryContinue reading “Background”