Bret Airborne
Bret Airborne, 1 month later – Stats and thoughts
May 19th
I won’t call this a postmortem as really I feel it’s a bit too early to use this word. Let’s say that it’s just a picture I’m taking a bit more than a month after the release of Bret Airborne. I’m not even sure I’ll one say write a proper “postmortem” with the typical “what [...]
My journey from working on MMOs to releasing a match-3 game
Apr 12th
Yeah I know. *yucchh* match-3 games … I believe in some countries people must exile themselves after building such game.
Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t a fan of match-3 games either. I never understood why so many people got excited about sliding gems around just for the sake of sliding some more gems around. I’m not one [...]
Bret Airborne beta update – Mac version now available
Mar 15th
The Mac version of Bret Airborne (still in beta) is now available! I supposed that I should specify Mac OS X. Anyway the best way to make sure the game works on your Mac is to try the demo:
Download the demo on: http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Have a PC and a Mac? Well I have good news for you! [...]
Bret Airborne update – Complete campaign … well sort of
Mar 8th
Get your alpha copy to see the new update or try the demo on http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
The campaign is “complete” in the sense that you can now reach the end but there’s still tweaks, fixes and stuff like that to do but it’s actually possible to complete the campaign!
Update notes
Campaign
Campaign can now be played from beginning to end [...]
Bret Airborne update: Story and building towers
Mar 1st
Get your alpha copy to see the new update or try the demo on http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
This new update finally introduces the notion of story in Bret Airborne. Why are you fighting balloons? Why are you building towers? Well those questions are starting to be answered. Still a work in progress but now it’s more than just shooting [...]
Bret Airborne alpha update v0.0.5
Feb 22nd
Get your alpha copy or try the demo on http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Finally you get to see what will be the campaign or story mode or the non-instant duel mode or whatever you like to call it. I’m not set on a final name yet as I’m thinking on adding more modes so just calling it “campaign” might [...]
Bret Airborne alpha update v0.0.4
Feb 15th
As always you can download this update if you pre-ordered the game by launching the game and clicking the “Download update” button appearing at the bottom right of the screen.
You can try the demo (newly updated so it’s way more stable than before) and pre-order the game by visiting http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Update notes
New game mode: Gauntlet of challenges
You [...]
Bret Airborne alpha update v0.0.3
Feb 8th
As always you can download this update if you pre-ordered the game by launching the game and clicking the “Download update” button appearing at the bottom right of the screen.
You can try the demo and pre-order the game by visiting http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
Update notes
Left FPS display in the top left corner. It should usually remain over 50, [...]
Bret Airborne dev diary – Tech and resources
Feb 3rd
Here’s the first entry of what I hope will give you an interesting peek behind the curtain of the development of Bret Airborne. I’ll do my best to cover as many aspects as possible but feel free to send me suggestions if you’re curious about a particular point.
This first post will look at the tech [...]
Bret Airborne alpha update – Still time to pre-order!
Feb 1st
Just in case you don’t know what is Bret Airborne and/or wish to pre-order and play the latest build: http://www.machine22.com/bretairborne/
The first alpha update to Bret Airborne so to update your copy just launch the game and click the “Download Update” button to get version alpha 0.0.2.
Update notes
Fixed a lot of bugs … a lot. The [...]
