Long week and GoGo Digger on the MAC

Hello everyone,

  Well it’s Friday again and that must mean that it’s time for another update.

  It’s been a long week for me this week and by the looks of it the next couple of weeks are not going to be any better for me.
  The big news is that I have gone out and got myself a MAC (well off e-bay, but it’s the same thing) so expect to see GoGo Digger on the MAC soon (all been well for the end of next week).  It’s totally emptied by bank account now, but I’m hoping with the ability to release games on the MAC as well as the PC, it will be able to pay for itself as that’s the only reason I’ve bought the MAC to be honest.
  I’m still playing Galaga Legions on the XBLA and still really enjoying it a lot (it’s great for a quick 20 minutes blast now and again).

  I’m still thinking about doing stuff for the iPhone (part of the reason for getting the MAC), but I’ve already spent £500 on the MAC and it’s going to cost me another £400 just for the updated development software and then I’ve actually got the iPhone to buy on top of that, so I’m not sure it’s actually going to be worth while to develop for this format at the moment as it will take a while to recoup the investment and I don’t have that kind of moeny to spend at the moment.  Maybe after we have a couple of games out already and if they do well, then we could move onto the iPhone as well.

Weekending 29/08/08
GoGo Digger:
  I don’t think there’s been a lot happening on the GoGo Digger front to be honest with you this week.  I keep googling “GoGo Digger” every now and again just to see if there’s any new reviews, but that’s it.  Isaac has just sent me the MAC build for me to test when my MAC comes sometime next week, so if it works okay without any problems you should be able to download it by the end of next week (I’ll have to have a look for an installer program for the MAC as well I guess).

Lucky 7:
  Just got an e-mail from Isaac this week about Lucky 7, by all accounts he has been hammering away at Lucky 7, sorting out the bugs and he said he would send me over a new build during the weekend, and trust me when Isaac says he’s been working hard at something, he really has been working hard on it.  I’m sure the guy doesn’t sleep.

Shuffle Blocks:
  I’ve not had that much of a chance to really work on Shuffle Blocks that much this week.  I have modelled and rendered out a few of the trade items which took a lot longer then I expected it to.  This was partly due to the fact that I messed up the plugin Light Wave uses for rendering out hair and it took me a re-install to get things working correctly again.  Anyway, I’ve got about half of the item’s rendered out now and I’ve just noticed that a lot of the items are food and drink related (I think that that says more about me then I would like it to)
  I’ve got a few things I need to do over the weekend, but I’m hoping to get the trade items finished over the weekend.

 All the best,

Mike Moore.

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