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Spirit of the Indie

OldSkool talks to NinjaBoy about why he's stuck around all these years. He tries to impart a small bit of the core Indie spirit to the new Torque user, and maybe some wisdom.

Author Dave Young Date 01/31/2011 (7:44 am) Comment 10 comments

New Torque User Experience

Let's try to make sure all the new users have a nice welcome and steering in the right direction, so *this* does not happen!

Author Dave Young Date 01/29/2011 (6:32 pm) Comment 33 comments

Game Dev Needs Analysis Survey Results

Here are the results of the survey we ran this fall! Thanks for your participation, and have a peep at what your fellow devs are thinking!

Author Dave Young Date 12/17/2010 (9:28 pm) Comment 4 comments

GG/Torque Memories

Times are changing, and whether or not Torque finds a new owner or this community persists, it will be different. This is a small list of the things that I remember about working with Torque.

Author Dave Young Date 11/12/2010 (1:28 pm) Comment 5 comments

Game Dev Needs Analysis Survey

Engine war? Missing link? Nope! This is a survey which will help to shape our future as game developers. Please take a minute and have a look!

Author Dave Young Date 09/28/2010 (4:47 pm) Comment 10 comments

Farewell, Ashtara

This is a farewell post for a dear friend and partner, Ashley Kelley. She passed away in late October in her sleep, no doubt having some spectacular and beautiful dream.

Author Dave Young Date 11/14/2009 (12:46 am) Comment 23 comments

New GG/InstantAction CEO?

New gamasutra story, though it is unclear if it means just IA or GG also, or IA's offices in Eugene. Does anyone know more about this yet?

Author Dave Young Date 07/16/2009 (9:24 am) Comment 15 comments

[iTGB] Ninja Rally Released!

Ninja Rally is my first ever TGB title, and I used the iTGB engine to create it. There were a lot of hurdles to overcome, but we did. After 3 review cycles and 2 rejections, the game is out!!

Author Dave Young Date 04/30/2009 (8:36 am) Comment 5 comments

First iPhone Game Release! 3D Hack n Slash

This is my first solo game release ever, and my first iPhone game. CastleGuard has been approved after 8 days in review.

Author Dave Young Date 03/14/2009 (8:23 pm) Comment 19 comments

Ingame User Content: Photo Uploading

I continue working on Cubekind here and there and it's been kind of my innovation proving ground. I keep thinking up things which are technological hurdles, and then brainstorming ways to solve them....

Author Dave Young Date 07/25/2008 (12:54 pm) Comment 5 comments

Cubekind: Dawning Soon!

Warning: Picture Heavy! It's been awhile since I posted a blog of what I've been up to. I have a few projects I've been working on this year; a pretty sweet client project which I'm sure will debu...

Author Dave Young Date 07/09/2008 (12:20 pm) Comment 8 comments

Combat Starter Kit goes to GarageGames QA!

Shattered Glass Many a shot has rung out from the weary speakers of our CSK development team since we released the Combat Starter Kit. Many a shard o' broken glass still litter neighbors' driv...

Author Dave Young Date 06/04/2008 (12:52 pm) Comment 17 comments

An Easter reminder

OK, I'm lucky enough to welcome many of the community as my family, but I admit I've been lapse with pics and personal things. While transferring pics from my camera yesterday I stumbled into this on...

Author Dave Young Date 03/23/2008 (4:13 am) Comment 15 comments

Combat Starter Kit Update 1.01

Since our launch in January, the [url=http://www.mydreamrpg.com/orders/browse_products.php?category_id=14]Combat St...

Author Dave Young Date 03/18/2008 (6:15 pm) Comment 6 comments

RPG Series: Character Creation for AFX/AFXA

We have finished porting over the course into the ArcaneFX for TGE product, and have created a single course containing information needed for both AFX and AFXA. Easier that way, if you upgrade your ...

Author Dave Young Date 03/04/2008 (7:46 pm) Comment 4 comments

A moment of silence for Gary Gygax

This is some of the saddest news I've ever heard: http://www.newsweek.com/id/118775 When D&D 3rd Edition came out, I stood at GenCon and approached him in his bo...

Author Dave Young Date 03/04/2008 (2:09 pm) Comment 28 comments

RPG Series: Char Creation Course Preview

We've had a lot of inquiries for a course preview for the newly launched [url=http://www.torqueschool.com/index.php?option=com_joomla_lms&Itemid=34&task=course_guest&id=54]RPG Series: Character...

Author Dave Young Date 02/23/2008 (9:29 am) Comment 8 comments

Combat Starter Kit 1.0 Released

No one's on the bridge. Using the trees and larger rocks as cover, you weave through the foothills until you reach the foot of the bridge. Looking around, it's clear but once you're on the br...

Author Dave Young Date 02/13/2008 (11:00 pm) Comment 80 comments

RPG Series: 160pg Character Creation Course

RPG Series: Character Creation for AFXA [quote]The heroes of the world desperately await to enter your ga...

Author Dave Young Date 02/08/2008 (1:27 pm) Comment 18 comments

TorqueSchool Promotional Pricing Ends 9/30

[url=http://www.torqueschool.com][/url] The end of September is upon us, and we are only two weeks away from beginning our ...

Author Dave Young Date 09/28/2007 (5:27 am) Comment 0 comments

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