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Tag Archives: PSP
Review
As an independent developer, it really hurts when you read a negative review of a game you’ve written. After putting in months (or years) of creative energy and effort, you tend to get quite emotionally tied to what you’ve created. … Continue reading
NGP
Sony have just announced a new PSP, codenamed ‘NGP’, or “Next Generation Portable“. I expect it will be renamed at E3 this year. Most of my Black Lab Games-related focus over the last few months has been on minis – … Continue reading
2010 Postmortem
All-in-all, I think 2010 was a pretty good year for Black Lab Games. Some good things were achieved, but their were a few things that could have worked out better. The Good 1. Star Hammer Tactics released on Xbox 360 … Continue reading
Couldn’t think of a name for this post – General update
It’s been a while since I last posted about what is going on at Black Lab Games, so I figured it was about time. This blog has been pretty quiet lately, because most of my time since the release of … Continue reading
Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 is now available in Europe (and Australia/NZ). Also, new video!
Star Hammer Tactics is now available for the PSP *and* PS3. OMG!!!1!! Presently, it’s out in Europe and Oceania (meaning Australia and New Zealand basically). (A full list of countries can be found here) If you’ve been looking for a … Continue reading
Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 available in Europe and Oceania from July 14th
I’m excited to announce that Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 will be available in Europe and Oceania from July 14th. That’s next week! The complete list of countries is: Australia Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece … Continue reading
Using AI to find bugs
I wanted to share a technique I recently used in developing Star Hammer Tactics to find crash bugs. (BTW, this post will probably be more interesting to developers, especially programmers.) A few weeks ago, I thought the game was finished. … Continue reading
Paul’s Picks : Coconut Dodge
One of the awesome things about being a game developer is market research. By that, I mean when a new game comes out that is getting some attention, it’s usually worthwhile checking it out to see what all about, what … Continue reading
Beta, and the forgotten tasks of self-publishing
I’m pretty excited to say that Star Hammer Tactics for PSP has reached beta. All of the games functionality has been written, all of the artwork created, all of the sound effects are making sounds… So, what now? Well, testing … Continue reading
beta, PS3, PSP, self-publishing, Star Hammer Tactics
Posted in Game Development, Star Hammer, Tactics
Development updates
I thought I’d share the latest word on the various games in development at Black Lab Games: Star Hammer Tactics for PSP/PS3 minis has been the main development focus of BLG over the last few weeks. It’s progressing really well. … Continue reading
minis, PS3, PSP, Star Hammer, Star Hammer Tactics, Xbox 360
Posted in Game Development, Star Hammer, Tactics
