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Here's a small video about the current version of the game I'm working on. Graphics done by David Gervais.

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Back to the keyboard!

Waiting is over ... new AGK version got released today. Now the project compiles again. Working on the project again (level editor on hold until needed or game released ;) ) Got a nice idea for the name of the game, just saved some domain names for it. More on that later. Currently working on the game engine again. Then I'll decide how the game levels will look like and how the whole thing works. Still so much stuff to do ...

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Bitmap Font Creator update 1.2.0

Just updated the Bitmap Font Creator.

Changelog:

1.2.0 - 21.09.2011: - added "power of 2" export option - added character offset setting (sometimes characters need more space then calculated, depends on used font) - added "show size rectangles" in preview window - added tabs to mainview -> more space for new options - changed the overall skin - experiments with outline fonts currently produce errors -> disabled until stable Download: http://www.flipheads.net/download/BitmapFontCreator.zip

If there's anything usefull missing just tell me and we'll see if it could be added. With the new GUI there's plenty of room for new stuff.

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Still waiting for updates ... time for more tools

As AGK still suffers from a nasty compiler bug (when your projects gets to big) I decided to work on a new tool for it. Currently we've the Bitmap Font Creator so why not create some sort of Map Creator.

As soon as I've something to show I'll post it here (and on the AGK forums).

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Today is day 8

(Not really on topic) Today is a great day.

First we got the opportunity to test Windows 8 (http://dev.windows.com/) and now there is VMWare Workstation 8 (http://www.vmware.com/de/products/desktop_virtualization/workstation/overview.html).

Currently downloading both and get excited to test the new stuff.

This brings me to another "8" ... I need more RAM ... 8GB is really not enough.

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Bitmap Font Creator update 1.1.1

Just updated the Bitmap Font Creator. Now custom brush types are improved and some other minor tweaks.

Changelog:

1.1.1 - 12.09.2011: - added new "update" button to update the current preview (usefull for custom brushes) - added new placeholder for AppPath to custom brush code compiler - updated texture sample of custom brushes Download: http://www.flipheads.net/download/BitmapFontCreator.zip

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New game project

Currently working on a new 2D game for Windows/Mac/IPad and Netbooks.

I started to setup the new codebase and created a small prototype of the game. It works quite nice at the moment but the compiler throws a buch of bad errors at me. I've to investigate the problem further. As soon as I've something to show about the game, you'll read it here.

Over and out ...

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Flipheads on tumblr

Just setup the tumblr account and trying to figure out how to connect it to the facebook page. ... So this is a little test message :) ... any tips how to setup the connection properly? (It won't post on the fanpage :( )

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Bitmap Font Creator Screenshot

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AGK Bitmap Font Creator for free

Yesterday I created a new tool for AGK (App Game Kit). With this small tool it's now possible to create bitmap fonts and save them as PNG image file. These images along with a special text file can be used in AGK as custom fonts.

Here's the download link:

http://www.flipheads.net/download/BitmapFontCreator.zip

Hope AGK users will find it interesting.