boxedlunchgames

moved blog

2010-09-19T15:50:00.001-07:00

hey everyone, i moved my blog. http://daraymanning.wordpress.com/

mockup and possibly learning flash

2010-07-12T16:14:00.000-07:00

hey everyone nothing much has been happening, i've basically been experimenting for a while, that mockup might become something but i can't gurantee it.
anyway, i signed up for the closed beta of stencyl, it seems basically like game maker for flash so that's good.
i'll tell you guys if i get picked.
also kwiklook blog is back! i used to love reading every review, and now that it is back, i can do that again.
if you want to check it out, go to kwiklook.blogspot.com

Test No.8

2010-06-28T15:07:00.000-07:00

a game for the make a game by it's cover competition. it's still in concept stage, but it's coming
follow it's progress at http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=13405.0

wow, baggage got three features.

2010-06-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

i've been looking around and this is the first time i've gotten any features by a bigger game review blog. but i haven't got just one feature. i've gotten three! all for baggage.
here they are:
jay is games
indie games.com: the weblog
play this thing!

baggage

2010-06-07T14:02:00.000-07:00

made this a few days ago, get to the baggage claim before your flight takes off.
you can double jump.
controls: arrow keys.

http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/baggage/2576/

2010-05-15T10:56:00.000-07:00

made a tumblr. it's not special but i can post bigger than tweet lesser than blog post stuff.
check it out: http://daraymanning.tumblr.com/

shirts

2010-05-11T14:49:00.000-07:00

i've been making graphics for a game with andrew brophy. he made shirts. buy one. awesome.
shirts: http://www.zazzle.com/hyper_jelly_faces_tshirt-235879919416040217
demo of the game: http://andrewbrophy.com/games/hjf/

party week!

2010-04-10T14:16:00.000-07:00

if you haven't already figured it out (and i'm sure a few of you have) andrew brophy has started a weekly game design site. Every week he comes up with a new theme which members of the site a game about, think ludum dare but longer and just for "the learning experience". This weeks theme is fighting, and as of writing only me, andrew, and QOG are making one this week. so tell a friend and go to the blog to join in on the fun. Even if you don't join, follow it! i'm sure some interesting things will come out of every week.

I myself am making a game based on arguments, if you want to know more about my project or other projects go here.

oh and in other news, i've made a small demo for duck! but it's only at braingale until i make a better one go here to play it!

really?!

2010-03-30T16:13:00.000-07:00

today in my sixth period art class when i was working on some print making project, my teacher walked up to me and told me to look at the computer. Now because she's pretty nice she was letting a group of kids on it. But when I walked over there i saw what they were doing. PLAYING MY CRAPPY OLD GAMES! now those of you familiar with them ( aka none of you ) you would know about how bad they were. Oddly enough they loved them alot! Now the majority of the class wants copies of my games and to tell the truth i'm surprised.

Not only that but some of them want to know how to make them. Now while i can almost gurantee barely any of them with it, i'll try to keep you updated on what they make.

art practice

2010-03-28T10:05:00.000-07:00

as you can see, i'm getting much better.

challenging! : two hard platformers.

2010-03-21T14:14:00.000-07:00

you know what guys? I think I'm going to start telling you about whatever hard games I can find. You wanna know why? These are often the best games out there and are usually some of the most creative out there.

To start you guys off, i'm going to show you two platformers that show you that you don't need much to make a platformer hard and fun.

Difficulty Maximal ( Gideon Simmons )

difficulty maximal is your average platformer which gives you one thing and does it right, difficult platforming.

to beat the game you need good platforming skills and patience, because this is a trial and error game. You are not going to beat this on the first try and I can gurantee it. Anyway, on to the gameplay. The game features a slightly difficult platforming control for this style of platformer, often you will find yourself trying over and over again on a single obstacle just because you always hold the jump button too long or too short. Also the fact that this game relies on rooms that are shown seperately can make the gameplay far more difficult than it could be when you are popping in and out of rooms. But even with these few flaws, this is a great challenge for all you difficulty seekers and definately worth a quick download.

4/5
DISCUSS

acrobutler ( Andrew Brophy )

acrobutler is the harder and somewhat shorter of these two platformers. It was created for The Butler Did It competition over at braingale(it placed 2nd) and it involves you trying to pass series of spikes to get the girl.

Like I said before, this game is hard, so hard in fact that the first level is the hardest first level I have ever played. Basically, you use your, i don't know ninja butler?, skills to hop, run, and wall jump past several spikes in each difficult level while your endurance against the pink background is tested. Seriously though, it burns! Anyway, the levels are all pretty fun and even at the first level test your platforming skills to the max. Another thing that makes this game fun is that a couple levels even have a very easy to get through side path if you are creative enough to get to it.

Really my only problem with this game is the death explosions. Now while cool, they are the same color as everything else and can clutter difficult portions of the screen, so you often will have to wait a bit before you can see that jump you've tried time and time again to beat.

4/5
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problem solved!

2010-03-05T15:57:00.000-08:00

finally! after try and try and try again, I got GM8! But because of this, and some serious tests at school I haven't gotten much work on duck done lately. But I've got all weekend to work on it so the delay should not be much longer.

bye. :|

help peas. :(

2010-02-20T13:30:00.000-08:00

me and my dad have both been trying to get game maker 8 pro on my laptop since it came out. sadly, that hasn't happened. why? for some reason softwrap won't accept my dad's credit card or even the two online gift cards we bought. So yeah i'm kinda screwed. Normally, i wouldn't need it because i have game maker 7 pro. but i have started duck! in gm8 and i can't switch from computer to computer like i used to.

basically what i am asking is for somebody to donate me an activation code for game maker 8 pro and send it to my email ( bxdlunch@gmail.com ).

What?! you think i'm going to not give anything in return and be a stinky mc poop face?
not at all. here's what i'm offering ya's.
- we will ~~hopefully~~ be able to repay you. edit: make sure you have a way for us to pay you.
- i will put you in the credits of duck in the special thanks spot.
- you will get the final build of duck a week before anybody else does.
- link to your blog on my blog.

To everyone thinking to donate, check the comments before you buy the code because i don't want you buying a code if somebody else has (that might suck.). and to anyone donating, post a comment on this post saying you donated so people know somebody has donated already.

thanks guys! ~Daray

by the way, if any problems where more than one person donates, only the first person will get the money, but if you are the second or third you still get credits on my game and stuff.

formspring

2010-02-17T15:32:00.000-08:00

really? no posts in this long? oh well. anyway i discovered this cool site where you can ask people practically whatever you want and the answers are displayed on their profile. like blogger, you can follow people and see some of the crazy stuff people ask.

http://www.formspring.me

mine: http://www.formspring.me/boxedlunch
quiteoddgames: http://www.formspring.me/QOG
andrew brophy: http://www.formspring.me/Overboy

makin' this a site baby!

2010-01-16T10:04:00.000-08:00

Well, kinda. Over the next week or so, I am going to make a few blogs that I can set up together like a regular website. This way I can put my games in one page, my main stuff in this blog, and game reviews in another. You will still get announcements when I make new stuff, but it will be eaier to find what you want because it will be on more organized pages.

duck!

2010-01-10T14:08:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time, there was a young duck and his name was duck. He had a girlfriend who was a platypus and they loved each other very much. But one day, (as in most relationships) she was possesed by a giant pretzel with cheese and she flew far, far away. duck was worried, so he embarked on a perilous journey through twisted and magical lands to find her. Because that's just what ducks do man. it's just what ducks do...

duck! is the result of two older projects of mine melding with some of my twisted drawings i do during spare time at school. It is essentially a puzzle platformer wherein you often go out of your way to help people so they can give you a lead on where your girlfriend is.

Pretty much every character in the game is from a doodle of mine and they all will be pretty damn weird.

This game is also going to have multiple endings which will depend on certain things you do or don't do in the game. So you might not complete the game on the first attempt.

Screenshot!

Currently I am working on the first chapter and I hope to have a demo out by late Feburary.

Keep checkin' back and I hope to make your mind asplode of weirdness.

DISCUSS.

2009: 100 Game Maker Games in 10 Minutes

2010-01-02T11:35:00.000-08:00

I'm on the list! :D #81
http://gamemakerblog.com/2010/01/01/2009-100-game-maker-games-in-10-minutes/

MODNAR SSOB by QuiteOddGames

2009-12-30T11:44:00.000-08:00

MODNAR SSOB is a colorful shmup from QOG. Basically the game is your average shmup, where basically you shoot bullets (automatically :D) to kill your enemies. But those enemies are randomly generated and made of several pieces. Each of these pieces will do something different, some might follow you like a turret, while others will just sit stationary and blast away. This element of randomization combined with the excellent bullet physics will make you spend forever on this game.

Now here's a warning for you, this game is very hard. So hard that I got to level 6 only once. ONCE! But the difficulty of this game is only a slight annoyance because you go right back to the title when you die, and it's pretty quick to get far. This difficulty also adds a raw bullet hell shmup experience that i have never seen.
When you play this game, you will find yourself often spending time in the corners and then when time comes, unleashing hell on your enemies. If not for the difficulty this would not be possible.

Oh and the music, I can't believe I didn't mention the music. This game easily had the best music out of all the entries in my competition. I sometimes walk through my house humming the theme song to this game. I played this game for the first time, and once I heard the music, I knew I was seeing something good.

Well anyway, here's what I think of this game on a catagory level.

Graphics: 3.75/5-They're nothing super impressive, but they are interesting.The bosses are made up of transparent squares, pixels fall from the top of the screen, and the colors are random.

Music:4.5/5-Amazing, an upbeat theme which you will whistle or hum awkwardly in public. If you don't like shmups, download the game just for the music anyway.

Gameplay: 4/5- The shooting physics and movement work great, but sometimes dying is a bit easier than you had hoped.

Replay Value: Practically infinite- This game has randomly generated enemies, and their shapes are not just randomly generated, their shooting patterns are too! If you don't believe me with it's replayability, I played it at least 35 times by now.

Overall, if you want the Spelunky of shmups download this game.

4.3/5

PLAY

Puke 2 by Zack

2009-12-23T11:40:00.000-08:00

Puke 2 is a shmup similar to cactus' ad nauseum 2 and it is a sequel to his original Puke. Basically you fight several different types of round enemies inside of a tv screen esque arena (which is a standerd graphic style with Zack's games) and when you lose too much health, you die. Despite these simple features, there's a catch. Your bullets are puke. Now why this might just sound like a gimmick, it's far from that. The puke sways from left to right as you move and it spreads out as you play, making the game a bit easier for you.

Now even though the puke makes the game a bit easy for you, the several different enemy types will keep you on your toes. Similar to cactus' game, you have several enemy types. For example,there are some enemies which shoot homing missles and there are enemies that shoot spikes all over. But these mix and match every wave, so you will deal with multiple types of enemies at once.

After so many enemies, you fight a boss. I'm not going to spoil it for you, but when you beat it you recharge health and go through a slightly harder second round. If this happens to be to hard and you die, you can submit your score to Zack's site and see how you rank among other players.

Now even though this game is great, it has it's few flaws. Whenever you kill an enemy, the arena turns that color. Although this is cool, it can get pretty annoying when an enemy of the same color is in the arena. This ends up causing difficulties in seeing the bullets, which is a pretty small but still annoying problem. Another very rare problem is just a small amount of lag on the final boss.

Now this game got second place for a reason, it's a great game and is overall a must play. Don't worry about the problems, they don't affect much so give this game a try.

Overall this game is a 4/5 .

Have fun and happy puking.

PLAY
PLAY THE ORIGINAL

Arena Shmup Competition Awards!

2009-12-22T13:52:00.000-08:00

Recently, i had a competition. The goal of it was to make an arena shmup which could be either a traditional shmup or a platformer shooter. I ended up getting quite a few entries and all of them obviously had a lot of work put into them. From around the start, two people submitted great games, better than the rest. They were so great in fact, that it was hard to pick a winner and a runner up. It's like picking between chicken and bacon, it can't be done.

But in the end, I picked a winner. They ended up having the game with the biggest replay value and the best shmup'n experience I have ever met.

QOG, you have won.

Here is a list of the users games and what place they made.

1st place: modnar ssob- QOG : A difficult but entertaining shmup where you blast the parts off of randomly generated enemies in order to kill them. Every part has a different function and the game has a very interesting graphical style.
2nd place: Puke 2- Zack : A fun game similar to cactus' ad nauseum 2, basically you puke all over enemies to kill them. Each enemy has a different power and there are online high scores. Kwiklook review
3rd place: Strootch-Kolj : A smooth, ambient shmup where three enemies spawn every few moments. Simple but it's beauty definitely means it deserves a try.
4th place: another one to die for- Zack : A poetic war shmup where you control a tank through the battle field.
5th place: retronauts- Indie games lite : A platformer shmup with a creative arena, online highscores, and it's in the dark.
6th place: bling- Spydog : An arena platformer shmup where gravity switches every so often, but it dosn't affect much. online high scores.

graphics awards.
1st place- strootch by kolj
2nd place- Puke 2 by Zack
3rd place- MODNAR SSOB by Qog

Sound awards
1st place- MODNAR SSOB by Qog
2nd place- strootch by kolj
3rd place- Puke 2 by Zack

Innovation awards
1st place-bling by spydog
2nd place-MODNAR SSOB by Qog
3rd place- retronauts by Indie games lite

Congrat's everyone for what you won for awards. By the way, Qog and Zack, expect your reviews in a few days.

Also to you who haven't entered PLAY QOG AND ZACK'S GREAT ENTRIES.

Some screens

2009-12-20T11:35:00.000-08:00

Legs!

2009-12-12T12:10:00.000-08:00

I just finished Legs, it is basically the world's tiniest playformer. It's kind of simple but it only has ten levels. I still think it's worth a go. Prepare for the weirdest crap you've ever seen.

PLAY

I need to stop with new things.

2009-11-26T14:35:00.000-08:00

It's November, I haven't started the holiday games like I planned, and I'm pissed off about it. I know I should have and I feel like I've let you and myself down. So I plan to only work on my current projects, even if it goes on till Feburary. Hopefully this will only leave me with my bigger major projects.

Here is a list of my current projects:

W.A.I.D.T.A.: a pretty decent sized puzzle game with platformer elements. It is a story of a creature who goes to see his friend, but when he gets to the train station, he finds trouble just getting a ticket.

The_tower:A lengthy platformer with many levels, around 150. It is about a hobo who goes into a tower to find a dollar bill.

Irving 2: A sequel to a two hour game I made. It will be generally the same thing as the first, only with 5 or 6 more modes and online high scores.Play the original

Legs: A very short platformer I have been avoiding for no apparent reason. It is low-res and pretty hard.

Freakists: A short puzzle adventure about accepting abnormality.

You can expect some screens soon, and you will see the shorter ones in a while.