Egads, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sure enough, I’ve made zippo, zilch, zero, nada, absolutely no progress on redesigning this site! What can I say, I’ve been busy with costumes and cards and comics and work work work! But I’m briefly back for now…

And know what else is back? Tasty Planet!

Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds is now available for your iPhone/iPad Touch and iPad!! Get it today and support indie game developers (along with getting a fun game!).

Our App Is Out! The Dingo Games’ husband-and-wife team have released our first app – the game Tasty Planet, available now in the App Store. Good fun for the whole family! Four different ways to play (tilt, tap, joystick or trackpad), over 50 levels, and an all-you-can eat buffet of objects from microbes to solar systems! Get it today!

Tasty Planet

Control a tiny ball of grey goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets! Soon you’ll be able to eat the entire planet!

The grey goo was originally created as a bathroom cleaner. It was only supposed to eat dirt and bacteria – cleaning your bathroom automatically. Instead it eats anything that it touches: dirt, bacteria, bugs, fish, mice, cats, dogs, cars, trees, houses… Everything!

Supports all iPhone and iPod Touch models. Tested on iOS 3 and iOS 4. Supports the Retina Display.

A few weeks ago, Dingo Games released its newest game, Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds! You can read all about it here! And download the demo too!

Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds

Why no post from me about it until now? Well pretty much *right* after we completed the game, my computer gave up the ghost, and then I went on vacation to the wonderful country that is Japan. I’m back now, but alas the computer has yet to resurrect itself. Hopefully the parts we need will get here soon (I was hoping they would arrive whilst we were away) so I can get back to the Mac and my beloved tablet.

In the meanwhile, I’ll just have to amuse myself with the netbook, sketching…and making Halloween costumes!!

I’ve started doing the artwork for Dingo Games’ next game, ‘Tasty Planet 2′ (“real” name to be revealed later). I’m trying out some different styles. Making a game from a top-down view is always a challenge. Thought I would share some roughs and concept pieces.

TP2 Rough 1

Test animation of the Grey Goo for Tasty Planet

I don’t think the animated gif above will show up in my gallery (edit: hey, I think it works!) but it’s of poor quality anyways and really, if you want to see ‘the real thing’ you can just go check out the demo! What a good gooey game for all.

Nummy concept art for Tasty Planet.

Evil Virus

Happy belated birthday Canada! Soon you’ll be 150 and can legally drink!

I have been terribly busy. But at least I’m making a lot of progress! The next Dingo Games project is *really* coming along, I’m very excited now. I found some old concept work from Tasty Planet, a casual game by DG that I worked.  Ah, those were the days; going to school, working, planning a do-it-yourself wedding and making tasty treats for a grey goo-ish like creature to eat!

Small Things to Eat - Tasty Planet

Why they are *very* small things to eat (indeed!).