I've been quite into writing another IF work. I don't really want to talk about it too much since I'm planning it as a competition entry and it's supposed to be secret. But it's meant I've put a few improvements to my engine - although it's not too bad in the first place. I'm fairly happy that it appears I can just write a new game, without too much effort - in fact, all it needs really is replacement text, and all the tweaks are done with inheritance.
I've also been looking at Android. Unlike the iphone, it seems that it's not impossible to develop an application for android on linux, although it's not as simple as for other phones. I think it's reasonable that I can write a game or two and get it into the Android store, so I'm tempted to have a go with colourshift and possibly pentrix. As a bonus, I'm due for a new phone soon, so I've been wanting to move to an android phone, too :)
Money at the moment is truly terrible - we're talking $15 a day from Mochi. This isn't particularly due to fewer impressions although they are dropping a little, but due lower costs for adverts. I have a feeling this is a seasonal thing - I can't remember offhand how it was at this time last year, but I have a feeling it's always lower in summer, and I'm fairly sure it'll be higher in september. So my plan at the moment is to hold off releasing games properly until then, although I may keep them on my sites.
Anyway, all in all there's progress of sorts, although it's not very quick. |
