http://www.patb.com ... because game art is engineering Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:27:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the spring and summer of 2010 I worked at 2XL Games as a programmer on the team porting 2XL Supercross and Trophylite Rally from iPhone/iPod to PC. Along with the varied work that is inherent when porting a game from one platform to another, one of my jobs was ... http://www.patb.com/?p=430 One of the big dreams of my professional career was to be at the ground level of an independent game studio, and Coin App allowed me to live that dream. I got to build a game with two of my best friends. But, as with many jobs in the game ... http://www.patb.com/?p=417 Since the first time I saw the 1UP Show video podcast several years ago, I dreamed to work on a game that would be featured on the show. Well, they shut down before I could fulfill that dream, but the spirit of the show lives on in CO-OP, a new ... http://www.patb.com/?p=351 For the last six weeks we've been releasing new screenshots of Max Blastronaut every Friday on coinapp.com, and, if you haven't seen them yet, you are missing out. In addition to the weekly screenshot posts, we now have dedicated screenshot (screenshots.coinapp.com) and video (videos.coinapp.com) sections on the sidebar of the ... http://www.patb.com/?p=225 The Dream Build Play 2009 winners have finally been announced and we got 2nd place! In this year's competition, I think it's safe to say it would be an honor to sit alongside any game in the top 20. I'm amazed at what all the competitors have come up with. ... http://www.patb.com/?p=164 Although the Coin App crew wasn't able to make it to PAX this weekend to see our game on display in the Microsoft XNA booth, friends and community members have been taking pictures and videos of our game being played. Thank you all for sharing with those of us who ... http://www.patb.com/?p=162 It's finally public knowledge, Coin App's first game, Max Blastronaut, is a finalist for Microsoft's Dream Build Play 2009 game development competition. Out of more than 270 games that were submitted, we're now in the top six! In my book, anything that happens at this point is a win for ... http://www.patb.com/?p=161