Don't press that button! Publishing my first Android game...

So 'Eek! It's a Bomb!' is ready for Android publishing. I upload the game, graphics, description, age rating etc to the Google Play Store.

A button appears; 'Publish'. What's going to happen when I click on it, I wonder?

Funnily enough, the game gets published, that's it. No waiting for approval, no committees, panels, quality control or questioning of self-worth.

It can't be that simple, can it?

Is this some kind of a joke?

What sort of indie developer totally trashes his website with an HTML5 joke? I guess that'll be me then...

www.potassiumfrog.com

Personal web page

Rabid-eyed visitors to colin-jones.com will notice a new, streamlined web design with an autosizing background.

Who knows what browsers it will run on, 'not I' said the fly. 'You do', said Voodoo.

Happy birthday to me, have an iPad game for freeeeeee...

Hmm... things seem to be going strangely to plan.

From Sunday - 30th September (my birthday) 'Eek! It's a Bomb!' will be available for the iPad in the app store, for free. And yes, it's a proper new game filled with loads of fiendish levels, fabulous graphics and a soundtrack by Ace Muso Josh Woodward. In fact, if you don't like it I'll give you your money back. (See what I did there? It's free, hahaha. Sorry, I'm a little excited).

I'll soon find out if it was a good idea to give it away as a birthday present to the world (that's you) from me. Since you're reading this, however, why not download it from Sunday, leave a review, tweet about it, tell your friends, etc etc.

All you have to do is search for 'Potassium Frog' or 'Eek! It's a Bomb!' in the app store, and have some fun.

Sturgeon's Law

When there's so much to look back on - the temptation is to rehash/refine. That's partly why 90% of everything is rubbish, and is not where it is at.

nostalgia...

… isn’t what it used to be.

A long-running list of things I’ve seen in my lifetime now includes:
microwave ovens/personal computers/mobile phones/color televisions/drive-by shootings/brainwave entrainment/digital entertainment format wars/infinite possibilities/reality tv/laminate flooring conventions/blogs/the birth of disco/the death of disco/satellite tv/.coms/talentless television talent contests/recycling attendants/flat-screen televisions/5-blade razors/boredom-on-demand

Last days of Data Wars

There's something quite liberating in moving your website from a dangerous self-hosted site to a fluffy cotton-covered fireside of joy. No more updates, widgets, or database wars for me. Until the next time, that is.

Now, later or even later still colin-jones.com should be populated with all my tweets, blogs and other rantings and a huge background drawing.