Make sure to check out Cycho -- a more recent and more polished version of my GGJ 2014 project.
If you're like to learn about the original Global Game Jam project, then read on!
I'm very pleased to announce my first commercial video game release! The Legend of Equip > Pants is a pantsventure RPG taking place in an alternate universe where an old man in a cave would hand Link some wooden underwear instead of a sword (if there were old men living in caves). The game unveils itself as a series of brief episodes, because who has the energy to stay invested in 40 hour long RPG plots anymore? I sure don't.
Currently available for free for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Coming soon to Windows/Linux/Mac on the Chrome Web Store. GoGetYourPants.com
Please try it out! Episodes 1 and 2 are now playing.
I had the joy and privilege of working on the Beemo - Adventure Time iOS app. I'm a huge fan of the cartoon, so this was a special project for me.
The app was produced by Cartoon Network and designed by Ham in the Fridge. My company Zachstronaut LLC was hired by Ham in the Fridge to program the app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Infinite Scroll aka Endless Scroll sucks. It's that feature where you can scroll down forever on Twitter or Facebook and more content keeps loading. It's a brilliant UI idea in theory, but it creates all sorts of obnoxious problems for the user in practice... like breaking the Back button, and creating mortal dread around clicking things for fear of losing your spot...
I presented a session at MinneWebCon 2013 titled "Fixing the UX of Infinite Scroll" (view the slides). In the presentation, I think through the User Experience issues we need to address, and I dive into the HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript features we can use to code up a better Infinite Scroll... one where you don't lose your place when there is an error or when you click a link or your Back button... one where you can skip back in time fast without having to scroll forever... an infinite scroll solution that embraces the web and how browsers work!
I integrated my Infinite Scroll fix ideas into a basic install of WordPress. View the Proof of Concept Demo. It's a little rough around the edges, but a solid demo nonetheless. The fix largely comes down to using scroll events and the HTML5 History API.
Here's my main.js file with patch code for jQuery/WordPress Infinite Scroll.
I participated in the 2013 Global Game Jam with many other folks from IGDA-TC. I teamed up with Will Buck and Scott Lembcke to make a game called Operation Party.
Operation Party is a realtime multiplayer party game, inspired heavily by our collective admiration of the incredibly fun game Space Team. Our game was built in HTML5 with reasonable support across desktop, iOS, and Android making it pretty accessible for a large group to play together in a room. The server is written with Node.js, and the networking is done with Socket.IO (a wrapper for WebSockets.)
Will and I focused on the game engine and networking, and Scott put together some really silly and fun interactive widgets (that play best on a touch screen). Barry helped a ton by cranking out the artwork for us. Not too shabby for a weekend's work!
The code is available on GitHub.