Category Archives: normal entries
The Future of Ruckingenur
So here’s the deal: you all seemed to really like Ruckingenur, but there weren’t enough levels, and that’s a problem. A lot of you have suggested that I release a level editor but, as it currently stands, I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon. Why? Because almost all of the effort that […]
Thanks, Everyone!
Thank you to everyone who came here from Hackaday – in the past two days, I’ve had over 3000 downloads of Ruckingenur II, along with about a thousand combined downloads of my other games. Your comments have bolstered my spirits and my faith in the notion of Games for Engineers, a niche that I’m happy […]
Spah’s Sappin’ Mah Sentry!
My new office is pretty boring and empty, aside from the five computers and their accessories scattered around. Thinking about decorations, it occurred to me that I had just about all the parts I needed to build my very own Electro-Sapper from Team Fortress 2! It didn’t occur to me until after I started that […]
World War Failure!
I playtested my new tabletop game, World War Awesome!, last night. It wasn’t very satisfying. It all came together into a fairly complicated and bulky game, which I think would have been okay if playing it resembled having fun. The Superpanzers, the only mechanic that I really liked in the game (and happened to be […]
Settling In
If you’re privy to details about my real life, you’d already know that I recently moved to Seattle. If you’re not in the know, I recently moved to Seattle! It’s been a little hectic with moving stuff from storage and putting together Ikea furniture and playing TF2, but I managed to get some work done […]
Ruckingenur Movie Props
In case it wasn’t apparent from the trailer, I’m currently working on a sequel to Ruckingenur – Ruckingenur Two. I decided to tell the story with video cutscenes, so I needed to make some props! They’re most definitely just stacked cardboard with art from the game glued on top, but they seem to work pretty […]
Coming Soon, Summer 2008
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Rebar Knife
I made this a while ago, but never actually got around to posting it. I was trying to make a “sword” out of a continuous piece of rebar, but the handle ended up melting off in the fire. Oops. So, I flattened the bottom out and punched some holes through with a pointy steel rod, […]
Mushroom Screws?
Like some sort of stoner, I was playing with a screw sitting on my desk when it occurred to me that they sort of look like mushrooms! I’m sure I’ve made things that were a bigger waste of time?
Edward James Awesome!
I’ve been in the habit of making my own tee-shirts for a while – over the years, I’ve used iron-on transfers, stippled acrylic fabric paint, and even spray paint, although that didn’t work very well. I’ve been sort of fed up with not being able to make proper stencil shirts, though, so I bought some […]