gamejam.org: Member : Psychopsam

Short bio:
- Evil cowboy game programmer with a penchant for digging up old game mechanics and reviving them in 3d.
Fave games:
- Defender
  Elevator Action
  Bosconian
  Vanguard
  Qix
  Frogger
  Scramble - ohh might make this in 3d!

Member: Psychopsam

Last login: 82 days ago

Diary Entries
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team EventHorizon. (Instructions for RC 0.1 - both Mac and Win) (304 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team EventHorizon. (WIN RC 0.1) (304 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team EventHorizon. (MAC RC 0.1) (304 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team EventHorizon. (Working version 1 ) (304 days ago)
Psychopsam movie here... http://www.drewfx.com/gamejam/GameJam_0001.wmv (306 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team EventHorizon. (306 days ago)
Psychopsam is over-awed with procrastination - too much ambition, too little time. (315 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RocketHands. (315 days ago)
Psychopsam wants my team to email him please. You both have my email - we gotta make a plan. (323 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team EventHorizon. (323 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team EventHorizon. (Reference art for game - artists please use.) (325 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team EventHorizon. (Liberate Tutame Ex Inferis - "save yourselves from Hell") (325 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team EventHorizon. (Event Horizon Game Idea) (325 days ago)
Psychopsam is making a game about what happened in the movie Event Horizon when the original crew turned the machine on. You know the snippets of gory video the new team saw of Hell? Yeah that's where our game is going. Should be a great journey, shared with friends :) (325 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team EventHorizon. (Reference art for game) (325 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new logo to team EventHorizon. (325 days ago)
Psychopsam has created team EventHorizon. (325 days ago)
Psychopsam also wants Simon to give us a weeks notice next time please :) (467 days ago)
Psychopsam has got the path finding done (will do for now) and is now focusing on shooting bad guys. (467 days ago)
Psychopsam is spending way too much time on path finding and not enough on finding the fun - gahhh! (470 days ago)
Psychopsam needs more time - please close the file uploads on Sunday so we can tweak after Friday's playtest. (471 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team NoTimeForPie. (472 days ago)
Psychopsam got the little rapscallions to follow the player. Now I'm going to try a bread crumb trail to get them to find the player if they turn a corner - as brainstormed with zoomunit - thanks :) (472 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Minerva. (472 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorldsRedux. (472 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Testing upload of MAC version RC1.0) (473 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team HangingAddiction. (473 days ago)
Psychopsam so theres a file lock down hey? I need to be able upload both my PC and MAC releases - Simon!!! (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (RC 1.0 PC - what is going on here? My files get deleted) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (RC 1.0 MAC Version - not going to put that word down :)) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam goes huh? Where are my files going? Oh well MAC version will be upload again tomorrow. (474 days ago)
Psychopsam didn't realise there could be only one offical FINAL so I uploaded the PC one as it got overwritten by the MAC version. (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (RC1.0 PC version - again [FINAL] ) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team SandboxSoftware. (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (MAC Version - same same - other RC1.0 is PC version.) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Meh - well you can shoot things :( ) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam is going to uploa what he has - but it aint pretty :( (474 days ago)
Psychopsam is in awe of MonsterWorks game. I just can't get the first boots????? (474 days ago)
Psychopsam 's game weighs in at 2.9Meg rar'd so things are looking good - pitty it's 2.9meg of absolutely nothing to play :) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam can't see a playable demo being finished tonight. :( Too busy doing other things, like having fun watching movies and playing games. I'll give it a good go though. (474 days ago)
Psychopsam is jealous of maxxor's programmer art :) (474 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team KranzkySoftware. (476 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (fear code 0.2, anxiety and fear particles, text and grime on hud gui.) (476 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (Monster emitts fear and girl is being effected by the fear. Grime full screen overlay as well.) (477 days ago)
Psychopsam is happy his team slaves away while he has been studying - oh and watching Dying Breed - pretty crap Aussie horror actually :( (479 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (the boy victim - placeholder so I can continue with my fear code) (479 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (early concept for girl victim - placeholder) (479 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (early concept for girl victim - placeholder) (479 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (one of the insane bad guys) (479 days ago)
Psychopsam noticed typo in last comment and puts it down to lack of sleep - ahh sleeeeeeeppppp! (480 days ago)
Psychopsam did more study and very little coding - however the fear code is coming long nastily!!! Muwah Ha HA! (480 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Minerva. (480 days ago)
Psychopsam Those screen grabs look awesomo LAGGED. (481 days ago)
Psychopsam Hey Sizzle - you know how you guys are going to put concept art on the walls at work? We need DoucheBag Dave up too in A2 so we can throw darts at him :) (481 days ago)
Psychopsam continues work npc, enemy and fear code. (482 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (Enemy Boss, Player and NPC. New tagline.) (482 days ago)
Psychopsam got SVN running and has uploaded rc0.3 to the repo. (482 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RockVomit. (482 days ago)
Psychopsam Cleaned up dodgy collisions and refined player sprite to move cleanly around level (482 days ago)
Psychopsam Need to fix font embedding. Doesn't end up in release. (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (Character can walk through maze and has some dodgy collision code. Need to cleanup extents of character.) (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Character control, scroll and col detect - MAC) (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Character control, scroll and col detect - PC) (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Sprite pack for mundi) (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team WritersINC. (483 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorldsRedux. (NPC behaviour) (484 days ago)
Psychopsam Make that - tonight - yikes! Friday already. Must sleep. (484 days ago)
Psychopsam Well I just finished my assignment - but I'm good to go from tomorrow night on the game. (484 days ago)
Psychopsam says to lloydkranzky - as soon as I've finished doing my assignment for uni I'm back in - another hour to go :) (484 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (Resident evil char in game with splodge shad (no - alpha)) (485 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (First pass-character -some frames ripped from Resident Evil. I added some tweens for the walk cycle.) (485 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Preview of Soundtrack for game - Copyright Masonik 2008) (485 days ago)
Psychopsam Bugger! Tried game on another computer - font wasn't embedded :( (486 days ago)
Psychopsam Thanks chrism -this is exactly what I need too :) (486 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (Second pass at scrolling map. Add font but need to resolve why it's so pixelated.) (486 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (First pass of tiles and font.) (486 days ago)
Psychopsam Woah! Everyone's been really busy! I gotta do the next step... (487 days ago)
Psychopsam RE: Tile engine. Found these - http://stendhal.game-host.org/wiki/index.php/Stendhal and http://arianne.sourceforge.net/?arianne_url=servers/server_marauroa - not sure if that help beetlefeet. (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorldsRedux. (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (First scrolling demo up and running - please test. - MAC Version - I have no idea how this runs. Please let me know what file works.) (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorldsRedux. (Example of scrolling tiles.) (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorldsRedux. (First scrolling demo up and running - please test. - PC Version) (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new avatar. (488 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Minerva. (488 days ago)
Psychopsam SPECIAL UPDATE - Tron 2 Trailer - TR2N leaked - http://mais.uol.com.br/view/h5082bgwusrr/teaser--tron-2-ou-tr2n-04026AC8895327 (489 days ago)
Psychopsam More sprite tools http://sysimage.250free.com "GlueIt" http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net "TileStudio" http://www.mapeditor.org/screenshots.html "Tiled" http://www.tilemap.co.uk/mappy.php "Awesome - Mappy (does 2d, hex and iso" (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorldsRedux. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam Util for importing image sequence to map sprite map http://sysimage.250free.com/glueit1.06.zip (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorldsRedux. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam Check this out guys - no need to draw your own sprites - huge db - http://spriters-resource.com/ (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorldsRedux. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team KranzkySoftware. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorldsRedux. (Game Idea) (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new logo to team RimWorldsRedux. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam has created team RimWorldsRedux. (490 days ago)
Psychopsam Hey do I need to create a new team or can I use my previous RimWorlds team? (490 days ago)
Psychopsam Go Nick, Go Nick, Goooo Nick! (580 days ago)
Psychopsam Thanks Simon - your support has been terrific. I'm so glad we got so much done. Awesome games guys - I would like everyone to hook up and play mine at work on Monday coz I thnk you will dig the game dynamic. I would love to do another but in a few months would be good. It was a lot of fun (and head-banging-wall action action). (580 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorlds. (Game Play notes for players.) (580 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new file to team RimWorlds. (Pong Pong RC3) (580 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (title screen) (580 days ago)
Psychopsam say "I'm coming in - guns blazin' ... " (580 days ago)
Psychopsam says "praise the Lord! Another victory - teleports work - moving on to 2nd last wall to bang head against" (580 days ago)
Psychopsam says "g'mornin' all - back into it!!! " (581 days ago)
Psychopsam says "Alright!! Major victory. Engine detects picking up 3 urchins will unlock door for you only" Onto teleporters next. (581 days ago)
Psychopsam says "woo hoo" after fixing bug and moves onto a new wall to bang head against :) All good now. (581 days ago)
Psychopsam says "a restart didn't fix it - going to Winmerge - must be a recent change" (581 days ago)
Psychopsam says (581 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Another angle on Room 2.) (581 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Room 2 in Constructor. Might add some orange lighting.) (581 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team beets. (581 days ago)
Psychopsam is tired of being beaten by this dodgy engine. If a restart doesn't fix it, I'm going to bed. I think I jinxed myself with the previous diary entry. (581 days ago)
Psychopsam agrees with lloydkranzky :) Something is starting to happen. My game is appearing. (581 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team GamePride. (582 days ago)
Psychopsam know the last night is going to be full on. Started making levels now and setting up goals for the players. (582 days ago)
Psychopsam hates deadlines and everything they represent. Why is the program still crashing!!! Gahhhh!!!! (582 days ago)
Psychopsam has got box the react under physics!!! Except they're too heavy to move :( I sympathise Dodgy - I have all the features to go in but still haven't implemented them. Tomorrow .... that will be the day! (583 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorlds. (Multiplayer results) (584 days ago)
Psychopsam has spent the evening doing a web multiplayer test and researching physics using rigidbodies. Hopefully the system remains stable during each level because it's easy for the numbers to get out of range very quickly and for no good reason. (584 days ago)
Psychopsam @beetlefeet - but you do have the 24 party at the Bakery to finish up. (585 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team FirstEmpire. (585 days ago)
Psychopsam finally got the client / server messaging working for the GUI - phew! Stupid client-server crap! (stupid monkey) Next comes a interweb playtest and then onto adding levels. Simon says he might be able to persist some data for me too :) (585 days ago)
Psychopsam here's a free professional quality installer for your game to make deploying easy. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php - it's called Inno Installer (585 days ago)
Psychopsam see my post on RimWorlds for instructions (586 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorlds. (Build RC1) (586 days ago)
Psychopsam the game works for 45 seconds. Shoot targets for a score. But on the host seems to track the onscreen score properly. Press F2 for an update score. At the end of the match everyone's score is right just not during the game. Hmmm (586 days ago)
Psychopsam here's the link http://www.drewfx.com/gamejam/setup.zip (586 days ago)
Psychopsam has a build ready, though the on-screen scoring doesn't work on the clients. The final game scores are accurate. (586 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Meterade. (587 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorlds. (587 days ago)
Psychopsam The bullet where set to bounce until armed after 1 second, which meant we had to shoot each other from a distance. Shooting each other up close was almost impossible. This gives me some ideas.... hmmm... (587 days ago)
Psychopsam had a successful multiplayer test last night. Three players joined and duked it out in a simple room with targets to shoot. (587 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team OneTwentyThree. (589 days ago)
Psychopsam spent half an hour getting the mission tracking and timer code up and running. (589 days ago)
Psychopsam likes be able to use the assets he bought ages ago to drag n drop into his game to make it look pretty. He also wonders why he has to diary in 3rd person??? (590 days ago)
Psychopsam will try to upload a playable demo Thurs nite. (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (I like this grungy wall - the room needs more slime.) (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Not sure I like this roof - but sure looks menacing.) (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Now that's a big door! Needs more depth around edge - might model that in.) (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (I want to enhance this with glow and add more depth to the lights.) (590 days ago)
Psychopsam also added normal maps for almost everything except the floor which causes a TGEA bug I wont be fixing any time soon. (590 days ago)
Psychopsam I've got the door detect, bouncing bullets (yes it's pinball quake) and target hit detect coded now. Onto spawning the bad guys. (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team beets. (590 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team teamdeltastrikeforce. (591 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team FirstEmpire. (591 days ago)
Psychopsam crap... I'm all SDK'd up and ready to compile!!! (591 days ago)
Psychopsam is all SDK (591 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team OneTwentyThree. (591 days ago)
Psychopsam will try his best to ignore negative feedback! (591 days ago)
Psychopsam is going Gahh! Need to make engine changes on my lappy so had to download WSDK, Express C 2005 and DirectX - will hopefully upload a playable demo tomorrow. (592 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Metastorm. (592 days ago)
Psychopsam Must sleep!!! (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Showing some assets I own to pretty the scene up. The panel in the background is the exit.) (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new blog on team RimWorlds. (Game Idea #1) (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team DodgySoftware. (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team RimWorlds. (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team Sandbox. (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team NoTime. (593 days ago)
Psychopsam has posted a new comment on team beets. (593 days ago)
Psychopsam I think I'm last to bed :) Uploaded some work in progress. (594 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Another view of the test room.) (594 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (Testing lighting and prefabs.) (594 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team RimWorlds. (The start of a game - shooting targets.) (594 days ago)
Psychopsam Laptop died :( Now trying on new lappy with Vista. Yikes! Prelim tests okay. (594 days ago)
Psychopsam I'm now working on some prefabs to make rooms out of. Thinking of a Running Man game right now. (595 days ago)
Psychopsam Signing off for now. I have 6 ideas!!!! Woo hoo! (595 days ago)
Psychopsam has updated their profile. (595 days ago)
Psychopsam Well here I am still trying to think of a game idea... hmm - nice screen shots Simon! (595 days ago)
Psychopsam I have decided that in order to finish this game, I am going to design one that I "think" I could write in an hour (knowing full well it always takes 8 times longer). Then I will have enought time to finish it :) (595 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new team logo. (595 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new avatar. (605 days ago)
Psychopsam has updated their profile. (605 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team <a href="/teams/RimWorlds/">RimWorlds</a>. (Out there in the void an evil thought emerges and becomes my next game. Muwah Ha HA!!!) (605 days ago)
Psychopsam has uploaded a new screenshot to team <a href="/teams/RimWorlds/">RimWorlds</a>. (605 days ago)
Psychopsam Commented on themes, additons and jam duration. (605 days ago)
Psychopsam Created team name RimWorlds (618 days ago)