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![Rarely updated](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
I had been really good about keeping this journal up to date over the summer. Right now I'm so busy trying to finish up Epoch Star. I don't seem to have any time to blog any more. Apparently I passed 6000 downloads on GDS last night, so I thougt it was about time for another entry. I've been tr…
![Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
Epoch Star was selected as a finalist in the Guerilla Gamemaker Competition. I'm pretty exceited to go to Park City for the event. Has anyone been to the Slamdance festival? Anyone planning on going? Does anyone have any idea how large the festival is? I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm very…
![Trailer?.. Help me.](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
I've been asked to do a trailer for my game, including some of the gameplay... I have no idea how to do this. I'm not sure how to record gameplay to an avi. Any suggestions would be helpful... I'm supposed to have it done by Friday. Anyone have any suggestions? I could use a little help.
![Bugs Bugs and more Bugs...](http://www.epochstar.com/image-archive/Epoch_Star_Bugs/Mouse_over_wormhole_display_not_working_bug.jpg)
While testing Epoch Star I'm fighting my way through what seems to be an endless supply of little annoying bugs.
My mouse over display just stopped working on my Jump Gates. It's a little hard to tell from this screen shot, because it didn't pick up my mouse cursor for some reason:
Also, when the pl…
My mouse over display just stopped working on my Jump Gates. It's a little hard to tell from this screen shot, because it didn't pick up my mouse cursor for some reason:
Also, when the pl…
![It's been a while](http://www.epochstar.com/image-archive/Epoch_Star_Screen_Shots_November_2005/Cropped_dark_mandralor_arrive.jpg)
I haven't been posting much recently because I've been working though bugs trying to finish up Epoch Star. A lot of the missions past Act 1 needed a lot of work, and I keep running into bugs and enhancements I want to work on. Also I need to spend some more time reworking the Mission screen. I'm…
![Epoch Star hits 4K downloads on GDS...](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
Also, Asteroid ES looks like it will probably pass 1000 some time today.
Hurray for hogging GameDev Bandwidth [grin]
Hurray for hogging GameDev Bandwidth [grin]
![New Image Archive](http://www.epochstar.com/image-archive/Epoch_Star_Screen_Shots_October_05/Giant_Xengar_habitat_ship.jpg)
I started an Image Archive for October screen shots. I haven't made many changes to the engine since september, but I'm taking some decent screen shots as I'm testing the game.
Here's a couple newer screen shots:
Here's a couple newer screen shots:
![Bright White Problems](http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/7526/white22pn.jpg)
Someone is complaining that when they upgraded to the newest version of Epoch Star they are getting some funky bright white light effect:
Apparently this wasn't a problem for them in earlier releases. I'm not sure exactly what I changed that would cause this effect.
I may have to inquire on some for…
Apparently this wasn't a problem for them in earlier releases. I'm not sure exactly what I changed that would cause this effect.
I may have to inquire on some for…
![Epoch Star v.0.70.03](http://www.epochstar.com/image-archive/Epoch_Star_Screen_Shots_September_05/Pirates.jpg)
It's been a while, but I've finally got a new version of Epoch Star out on GDS. There's still a couple empty systems, and many improvements to still make, but it's fairly solid.
Here's some screen shots:
Here's some screen shots:
![Alien Invaders Attack](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
I put together my first Dark Basic game over the weekend.
It's called Alien Invaders Attack.
Check it out if you get a chance: www.sci-fi-game.com
It's called Alien Invaders Attack.
Check it out if you get a chance: www.sci-fi-game.com
![Passed 3200 downloads some time today](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
Passed 3200 downloads for Epoch Star at some point today. I've not been working on it recently. I think I'll start up work again this weekend. The past few I've been playing around with Dark Basic making a space invaders game. It's a fun little language, but I've gotta get back to trying to fin…
![GameMug.com](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
For grins I decided to turn my domain www.gamemug.com into a freeware / shareware game download site. I wanted to help out my page rank... and there was nothing on the site so I figured it couldn't hurt. I'm curious to see how many of the pages Google will index.
![Dark Basic](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
My brother has been adding more and more missions to Epoch Star. I just got my $20 copy of Dark Basic in the mail. I'm a little disappointed with it. It seems much more limited than I had hoped, but it was fairly inexpensive so I thought I'd give it a try. I may try to throw together a little g…
![Search Engine Friendly directories](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
I found a few listings of Search Engine Friendly directories. I've spent a bit of time the past few days adding to them. Most of them have PR0, but I figure every little bit helps.
http://www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php
http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.php?rock=seo-friendly.php
http://www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php
http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.php?rock=seo-friendly.php
![New Version of Epoch Star.](https://uploads.gamedev.net/profile/photo-thumb-51733.jpg)
version 0.68.02 of Epoch Star is now available for Download on GDS and my web site.
Primarily art upgrades and some bug fixes.
Primarily art upgrades and some bug fixes.
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