ANNOUNCEMENT: Our quest has ended, and Paladin has shut down operations on May 1st 2024. Thank you for your support over the years! ❤️
This isn't about breaking physical stuff nor it is about trying to break software. No, it's about getting broken mentally. As Nick said before, creating a game in 2 weeks changes game development, a lot. As Jimmy Pataya was my first as a game designer I...
Well we did it, Jimmy Pataya has been submitted to the App Store and is "Waiting for review" at this very moment. Like every deadline, it was a though one. Not only did we have to fix some performance troubles, we also had to create and implement the...
Today we were surprised to find ourselves on nu.nl, the largest online news portal in Holland! The article writes about a leading party in The Netherlands, PvdA, who state that the Dutch games industry should be supported. Frank van Heemskerk, representing PvdA, says it is an important...
When we decided that we would try to build an iPhone game in two weeks, we knew it would be tough. We knew it would involve doing a lot of technical research, creating a lot of designs and making a lot of tough decisions. Lukas...
Let me start a with bold statement: Apple Macs suck. To be more precise, I don't like OS X and I don't care about cool window animations, fading etc. I'm the guy who likes Windows and still uses the classic theme. Anyway, that's not what I wanted...
Last Friday we put all the artwork and gameplay we had so far together to create a playable demo. The idea was to let a couple of testers play the game and listen to what they had to say. Like always, there were both positive...
Things are moving smoothly now. We have a test application working on our iPhones, including main menu and gameplay loop. There's motion control, rings to fly through, colors to select and match, obstacles to avoid...
Paladin proudly introduces the main character for our new iPhone game. Meet Jimmy Pataya! Jimmy's a cool guy. He practices all extreme sports, preferably mixed together. Started basejumping at age six. Started basejumping on a motorcycle off a cliff at age eleven. Broke more bones in...
To make up for the radio silence yesterday, here are a bunch of pictures of the design and development process. Niels and Lukas are checking out some of the thematic designs. Lukas is setting up collision in our favorite programming environment, Unity. We describe everything that needs to...
Whenever you are developing on a platform which is completely new to you, you have to start with getting "Hello world" on your screen. It always gives you that nice little feeling of 'Victory!' when achieving that. Since we at Paladin don't make an exception to...