Following on the heels of Scorpia’s and Coyote’s posts, I just felt the need to say how great long weekends can be for gaming. Especially game coding. I had a mess of spare time to myself over the weekend, so I was able to get in some quality gaming and coding sessions that I hadn’t had in some time.
I had an itch to replay Doukustu (Cave Story), so I downloaded it again and fired it up. It never ceases to amaze me. Such simple gameplay, and yet it’s so engrossing. Everything just seems to work well in that game — the graphics, story, interface, music, you name it. Even though there is never any direct communication depicted between the protagonist and the other characters, [More...] Read the rest