Come see us for high quality buttons and our solitaire game MahJong House.

I had a fantastic time despite a few hiccups (fire evacuation!), and it was wonderful seeing everyone. We had a fair number of cosplayers (and just people wanting a souvenir) come by for their photo buttons. Next year I promise we’ll have a good stock of colors for the decorative rings so no one misses out!

There was a great response and feedback for MahJong House as well. Thank you to everyone who not only purchased it, but came by to give it a test drive. Your feedback only makes it better!

Mitsuwa was awesome, I finally got to try the dim sum shop and had some steamed buns. They were very tasty, and I can see why they are either busy or sold out when I’m there.

Not long after we came back from our honeymoon, it was time to get everything together for Youmacon. It was a great weekend, lots of our fan/customers coming by to see the new designs, and a few new people too. I got to draw a squirrel, a goat with a monocle, a wolf, and will forever be haunted by the epic man nipples. (You had to be there…)

We had an even greater response to the current release of the game, which made me float with happiness. Thank you to everyone who tried, commented, and (yay!) bought a copy!

As Chris mentioned, the next release will be Linux, and shortly after that we will start putting out some of the expanded rewards and tiles.

I am also oh so excited to announce that I have been accepted on staff for ACEN. I will be assisting with both the website and Artist’s Alley. This delights me to no end; as many of you know, I am a people pleaser, and to be part of the workings the make ACEN what it is for so many just really makes me smile.

Of course, this doesn’t give me any slack on keeping you guys entertained with more humorous buttons each year, and fret not, as I am hard at work with quite a few new designs.

Please look for us next at Animarathon in Ohio.

Work on 1.7 will commence as soon as 1.6 is finished for Linux and launched.  This will mark the first official Linux release.  I hope to have it live by the end of next week.

The big changes will be coming in the form of a remodeled room, several new reward items and most importantly a character interaction element.  This is the biggest change to the game since it’s inception and will bring both meaning and purpose to the reward system.  It will also help to flesh out the house and it’s occupants with story and artwork, which brings us to the current stage of development.  I am currently working on the character design.  This is a slower process than pounding out code and will delay the release of the 1.6 update by several weeks.  I do plan to publish the new version before the deadline for the IGF contest as I will be competing this year with MahJong House.  I’ll make sure to post more updates as artwork and story begin to develop more.

After poking around and signing up, I found I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a very well made site, and shock of shocks, it works as advertised! You can find me at: http://raptr.com/disjointedimages

One of the downsides to developing a game, is that actually getting to play any is difficult. I’ve got quite a few recent and/or soon to be released games that I’d love to sit down with. Hopefully you’ll see my status update as I get that chance, along with further reviews here. Here’s my short lineup:

Tales of Monkey Island – C’mon! A new Monkey Island game?! I love it right there, at the title. Seriously, though. It looks like a great setup, and nice to see developers from the previous games on board. Even better…

The Secret of Monkey Island – Special Edition – A revamp and release of the original “started it all” Monkey Island game.

The Beatles: Rock Band (9-9-09) – This just goes without saying. First, it’s the Beatles. An amazing selection too from the Abbey Road album. By far, Rock Band has been the best return for my money hands down. I have the ION drum kit, and a lot of DLC music too, and even with that extra investment, I still find it worth every penny. So I have no qualms picking up a standalone game to be able to have that kind of fun with some of my favorite music.

Forza 3 (10-27-09) – A really nice looking game, and it’s been a while since I’ve had a new racing title. I look forward to this one.

Grand Re-Opening!

We have a new account system too! Now you can choose an easy to remember username.

You do not have to create an account to make a purchase, but by doing so, you will be able to save your shopping cart, and have all of your billing and shipping information pre-filled whenever you come back. You’ll also be able to receive exclusive updates and discount specials.

The good news is that all of our pages should be updated soon, including the launch of a new store front powered by Ubercart (review coming soon).  The bad news is that by working on the code I have renewed a burning hatred for Internet Explorer 6.  It’s complete inability to render even the simplest of CSS properly is enough to make me and the vast throngs of web developers spit fire!  That being said I believe we have fixed all of the things that are broken in IE6 (as long as you have javascript enabled) and can now claim full cross-browser compatibility.

I can’t wait to go live with the new shopping cart system.  It is a vast improvement over our current osCommerce based site, and allows for easy customizability.  Best of all it will now carry the same look and feel as our main site, a feat that would have taken untold volumes of effort and possibly a ritualistic sacrifice in osCommerce.

Now that we are close to finishing up this overhaul of our sites I will be able to get back to improving MahJong House!  We have lots of updates planed for the game, but I’ll leave the specifics on that for another post.

The new cd jacket cover art is done. Can’t wait to see it printed.

I understand there has been some trouble with the checkout, and paypal not properly showing everything secure. This is NOT affecting your info! It was just the picture displayed in the top header, and has been fixed. Thank you for your understanding, and if you hesitated before, please try your purchase again.

I want to thank everyone who came by and played, and gave feedback.  I love seeing the reaction to the camera system in the game (our 3D “tilt” is not what people expect in a casual game!) and the announcement that upgrades like tiles and bonuses will be at no charge.

I plan to have the next update up soon for the demo and the full game.  Those of you on the mailing list, keep an eye out for the upgrade files!