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Working on the Omicron manual again. I got a little burned out on manuals after Boulder Dash, but I'm back in the drawing mode again, and made some decent progress today. Hopefully I can get it put together before Albert starts adding new titles to the AA store.

 

espire8 has made some good suggestions regarding the Space Rocks graphics, so I'll be looking into re-working those in the next week or so.

Updates:

• "Project Retro" - Demo graphics: Finished. Another speculative project akin to "Bruce", but now appears to be a dead-end. I'll probably post a blog entry about this in a couple of months.
  
• Halo 2600 - Manual layout: Finished.
  
• Space Rocks - Game Graphics: Finished (except for title screen logo - to be determined).
  

Update:

• Omicron - Label and manual: Label finished, first pass on manual finished. Game development: Release candidate.
  

Updated:

• "Chun-Li"** - Game development is back in progress. Need to start doing some serious play testing again.
  

Added:

• Space Rocks - Entry for label contest. First one finished, second one in-progress (may not get that one done, but we'll see how the week goes).
  

And although not on my official "To-do" list, yet, there are a few other blog-projects I need to get back to:

• Finish and post "Lost episodes" of Artie the Atari (yes... there are actually such things).
  
• Post a couple more "Stupid Game Ideas".
  
• Write up "Wreck-It Ralph" review. But I have to go see the movie, first.
  

Updated:

• Space Rocks - Entry for label contest. Finished (three designs, five submissions).
  

Added:

• "Cat Food" - Game graphics, concepts, play-testing. Game development: preliminary discussions.
  

Updated:

• "Chun-Li" - Game graphics: Finished; Level design: Finished. Game development: Final testing, music.
  
• Space Rocks - Game graphics: Finished. Entries for label contest: Finished (runner-up). Game development: Finished.
  
• Good Luck Charlie Brown (formerly "Weifang" - unreleased prototype) - Game graphics, gameplay feedback for enhanced version: Preliminary work started. Enhanced game development: On hold. Original version of prototype released.
  
• "Unreleased prototype #2" - Title screen bitmap: Done; (w/Dave Dries) Box, label and manual: First pass done on box artwork - will resume in the spring. Game development finished, release slated for sometime in 2013.
  

"Weifang" was the code name for Good Luck Charlie Brown. The game was released in unmodified form this summer, and the enhanced version was publicly mentioned in the forums, so the code-name is no longer necessary. Weifang is the "Kite capital of the world" and Charlie Brown flies a kite in the game, in case you were wondering.

Updates:

• "Chun-Li" - Game graphics: Finished; Level design: Finished. Game development: Final testing, music. Currently on hold.
  
• Omicron - Label and manual: Label finished, second pass on manual finished. Game development: Release candidate.
  
• "Cat Food" - Game graphics, concepts, play-testing. Game development: display kernel working. Project is on hold.
  
• Star Castle - Game graphics: Revising and enhancing graphics; (w/Dave Dries) Label and manual: Preliminary work underway. Game in active development.
  

I highlighted the changes here in red so they're easier to see. I think I'll keep that for the next To-Do entry, and maybe just add changes in red each time to the main entry, instead of updating the way I'm doing now. And since it's been a year since the last To-Do list, I think it's about time for a fresh, new one.