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Okay, okay… you can stop harassing me. I’m also on Twitter now.
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gr.jakko
2009 is already great!
Beside the joyful fact that in 2009 Pocket Town Hero will see the day of light, I just noticed that Secret of Mana was released on the Wii Virtual Console.
!fanboy alert, you can stop reading now!
As a Dutch seventies kid, SNES and MSX ruled my teen years. And Secret of Mana was, and still is, in my top ten of best games ever. So after downloading and playing it for an hour or so does it still hold up? Surprisingly it does, I’m having heaps of fun and can hum all the melodies along, it is fantastic to relive the game in front of a television again.
Mind you, it is a game from another era and there are a few hardcore annoyances to deal with, but nostalgia and Wii’s ability to save and stop the game at any time compensates more than enough.
So does this have anything to do with the development of Pocket Town Hero? Of course it does! Since SoM is a personal favorite, I must’ve been influenced by it in some way, don’t I.
gr.jakko
Almost done chilling out
Today I walked around the Iron Man (a local man-made lake), the weather was nice and crisp. I was glad I wore my woolly hat and gloves though, zero degrees centigrade and the strong winds can raise the discomfort level rather quickly.
Usually I don’t like winter, but on days like this.
I’m enjoying the last moments of peace. Tomorrow I have to catch the Daily Grind Express again.
gr.jakko
Merry Christmas
A bit of color
I just added a bit of color to the site, you know, to cheer it up a bit. In the coming weeks there will be more changes, besides games I’ve got a couple of side projects going on and at least one of them is bound to end up on the website.
But what about games? I’m currently working on the concepts and at some point in the near future I will pick one and production will start.
gr.jakko
Progress is good
And suddenly there was a bit of color and uniformity to the site. No content yet, but that will come at some point. Right now I’m happy with a little step like this. It might seem small from the outside, but the changes mean the software to manage the site was bought (and understood a bit) and the first structure was laid out.
Now onto the next task.
gr.jakko
First day at the job
Today – the 1st of September 2008 – is an exiting day. It’s not that the weather is particularly great or that my pants are more comfortable than usual. No, its the day PebbleBug Studios sees the day of light, the place where I will spend most of my waking hours.
Now let’s start building games!
But first, I need to procrastinate a tiny bit more…
gr.jakko