SQUARE ART!

Posted by mazimadu on March 12, 2017, 5:04 p.m.

DONE!

A squarebugs webcomic, Again

Posted by mazimadu on Feb. 15, 2017, 4:57 p.m.

Is this site dead? Who cares…

Some years back I "attempted" to make a webcomic expanding the world of the Squarebugs. The art back then used Adobe flash as my program of choice to make the art. And the results were, less than ok. The people of this site did …

Sprite troubles: Vectors and Rasters

Posted by mazimadu on Nov. 17, 2016, 8:23 p.m.

Creating the new model for Lana has been an interesting exercise. In the old days I used to just draw and animate in flash, then export my animations to PNGs that GMS would use. I still have the old sprites which I might release as a sprite sheet down the …

Lana game in the making

Posted by mazimadu on Nov. 6, 2016, 11:06 p.m.

I am going to try my hand at an unscripted blog. The problem I have is that I try to have my blogs planned so I can say what I have to say without loosing track of details or going off topic. But this just has made me lack the …

Boring blog

Posted by mazimadu on Oct. 25, 2016, 12:17 a.m.

My thoughts are as follows:

1. Nintendo Switch: too little too late, wii u should have been this, not buying

2. US elections: Hilary has already won

3. AT&T buying TimeWarner: $85 billion is too small, DCU is screwed

4. Dr Strange: Will be awesome

5. Luke Cage: Was Awesome, …

The SquaresBugs:Kyle's Berries Is complete

Posted by mazimadu on Aug. 20, 2016, 9:04 p.m.

My best keep secret is now let loose.

I have finally finished making this game after a year of development. This is the first Square game made in years. I have no Idea when the last game demo was made or what it was about. This game is made exclusively …

Mazimadu visits Nintendo

Posted by mazimadu on June 14, 2016, 9:47 p.m.

Today I was fortunate enough to visit the Nintendo Store in Manhattan. I was originally there for a meeting with a media group but the meeting was called off and I didn't want to go home feeling like I wasted my time coming to the city. So I decided to …

Doing Science: Smartphone motion sensing

Posted by mazimadu on April 18, 2016, 8:14 p.m.

For the past few weeks I have been researching smartphone sensors for a robotics/Augmented reality project I have been working on for my masters degree. I choose to build one from scratch using my Galaxy S5's sensor and C++. This project is not yet complete since my ultimate aim is …

Something is going on at yoyogames

Posted by mazimadu on April 14, 2016, 8:56 a.m.

The other day, super bunnyhop, a well known youtube reviewer reviewe'd Hyper Light Drifter. This game is a high profile Game maker game that highlights all of the strengths this 2d dev tool has to offer. And all of its weaknesses. With all the talk of framer ates out there …

Unleashing the true power of Matlab

Posted by mazimadu on Feb. 2, 2016, 3:18 p.m.

If you ever had to use Matlab in college raise you hand! Go on, show of hands in the comments!

MATLAB is far and away the single most powerful piece of software I have ever used. It is responsible for doing everything from solving very complex equations to simulating the …