Tobe’s Vertical Adventure is all I work on these days.  It’s almost done, like in the last 1% or sort. But what important is – the website is up. Well, almost. See it here

http://tobesadventure.squarespace.com/
And remember to bookmark it :)

cover art by sandara

So… Here’s a teaser for the game I’m working on atm.

Vertical Adventure is a simple 2D plaformer, except you travel… well, vertical. Obviously, like every other game today, there’s gonna be tiny twist to it, but you probably gonna find out for yourself when it’s finally released.

Credits:
Co – produce + Game Design + Artwork by Raymond
Co – produce by Lut
Programmer : Ikhwan, Yi Heng, Nicolas
Animation : Kelvin Gun
Music : Adam Alonso

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So you click in to find out more haven’t you… I thought so.

Here you go, buddy ;)

So yea… there’s gonna be Nana.

Love the wonderful fonts Pyron did. Check out his blog for full awesomeness.

P.S. The man’s a sinner for not converting it to actual font : P

So… I’m not sure if I actually post this before I disappear. It’s a mock screenshot for a simple Iphone shooter… which died in conceptualizing stage. Apparently the whole cowboy thing wasn’t the most popular theme.

The game is suppose to be like a space invader,  with invading enemies and random covers which can be destoryed.  I’m not gonna go into details, but just sharing the art.

My latest games, Galactic Commando and Straw Hat Samurai 2 was recently invited be shared at the Singapore Game Box, located at E2Max, 9th floor of Cineleisure.

Singapore Game Box (SGGB), is an initiative and platform for local games. Player get to play whichever game that’s there and…well, it’s free of charge. And free is always cool for the gamers.

As for being a developer, I’m just amaze by how much the industry has grown over the years. Though many of today games might still seem weak in comparison to what they have in European countries, I’m expecting to see much more awesome indie games in Singapore soon. As for now, you can always check out Carneyvale from Gambit, Nabi Studio’s Toribash and my latest favorite, Ratloops Mightier.

But back to Singapore Game Box. I was excited to find out about the event, so I decided to provide some help with the event logo…
Ideas behind the design inside

Problems and restriction:

• To bear slight resemble to E2Max’s logo.

Solution
Well, as we can see, that was all I was given. And when you have no restriction/ problems to play with… you have to find it.  I came up with a few keywords (game, fun, toy) to help me out.

• The keyword “Fun” and “Toy” were combine and expressed with the cubes. They were actually made to look like alphabet blocks that children plays with.
• Alphabeth blocks also ties in with Singapore Game Box.
• Pixel font was use to portray Games. However, it was later changed for readability sake.
• Colors of E2max logos were also used to keep the 2 logos in tone.

Well. That’s about it. I have a few earlier designs that were rejected, so maybe when I have the time, I will post it here for case study again : )

Lastly, check out more about SGB at E2max’s website, or better still – pay a visit and try the games :)

I can’t exactly recall when did it become a trend for people to make MJ jokes. They all seems harmless until he passed away… and then the musics and videos starts playing… and then you remembered how awesome the man was… and how you secretly dances along in your bathroom with your naked ass.

My biggest memory of the man was less of his performances, but amazingly, more of his game, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. A game made for the Sega Genesis and release back in 1990, it’s one of the few games I manage to beat as a kid.  It had a very simple concept, you controls MJ to walk around, sprinkle fairy dust, finding/saving childrens and dancing the bad guys to hell. But it’s a really bizarre concept when you think about it now, and it definitely stand out from the crowd.

I played the game again today on emulator for old times sake… and perhaps my little goodbye to the times I spend playing the game as a kid.

Goodbye, MJ.
Goodbye, sweet 90s.

There’s a review of Galactic Commando from Flytrap games, and you can read about it here.

Anyway, It sounds like the guys at Flytrap does enjoy the game, and rates it “the most polished puzzle-platformer we’ve encountered in months”, and I must say it’s alway good to know someone enjoying what you’ve done.

But what about you? What do you think?
Yay, or nah? and why? I’d love to hear : )

PS: Just realized that they rated us 3rd, in the top 10 free games (6th-10th July)

So I mentioned that I’ve been working on a game all along, and this is it.

Galactic Commandos

Hear me rant after the jump

For those of you who have been following my blog (when it was still active), you probably know it as PAPA, Protectors of Mother Earth. Well,  yea, I thought it was a much cooler title too, but you can probably never google that.

For a start, I need to confess, that I completely left out what I think is the most important section – credits.

Raymond (my ego is making me write this), I did the game design, UI, artwork and surviving this
Lutc (SHS fame) for the programming, ideas, etc
Adam Alonso for most that you hear in there
Gun and Cheelong who steal the show with the crazy animation and visual efx
David (my big bro) for holding my hands across the road in a non-gay fashion
Donny, Dennis, KJ and Paul for…. various help? Especially feedback.
Chris, Paul (again) and Sihui for accompanying me to Japan, lol. Needed that so bad.
MDA and E4 for well… making this possible~
… And you. As Capcom would have said in the early 90s – But really, because I realize that the viewers just came back daily,  despite staring at the same thing over and over again.

Anyway,  I sounded like I won some best actor award or sort, I know. And I also know that GC is not the most fantastic game out there too. But that’s okay, because it has been an awesome year,  I’ve met some awesome people, with even more awesome plans ahead.  I’m learning, and will be making  more games, on both flash and XNA and who knows what else.

When I find time again, I will be sharing my experience with the Invigorate initiative and hopfully some post mortem of GC, so yes, it might be another lie, but stay tune.

And for those of you who hit the jump, here’s a bonus pic for you.

Hi everyone!

Remember a couple of months ago, when I mentioned that the blog was not dead? And then a couple more months ago, I mentioned that there’s gonna be update? And of course, all those post I started saying how I hope things get more active around here?

Well, I lied… Sort of.
But not anymore – Thanks to whatever high being up there pulling my strings… or E4.

Rayteoactive is back with 2 games,
1, the highly anticipated sequel : Straw Hat Samurai 2 and
2, Galactic Commando (previously known as PAPA)
Check out the games, and give me your “YAH”.

I know the last post was made 2 months ago, but I was completely tied up with work….Street Fighter IV and my holiday in Japan. But nevermind that. Get ready for some update