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I exaggerate. It’s a great game for me an the group I play with but saying it is more than that presumes I know what every other board game player wants in a game and finds in this one. I played with three other people last night. Let’s…
Continue readingI just created a new Linkage 3.8 build. It’s got a few more changes from the last test version and a few are big enough to give this version a new minor version number. get it here: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage.msi Windows XP and modern 64 bit versions: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkageXP.msi http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage64.msi This…
Continue readingLast night was game night. There were three of us to start with and we played Azul. Azul is a cool tile collection and placement game that is like nothing I’ve seen before. We also played Power Grid with five players, Dominion with five players, and a game…
Continue readingI fixed a few more bugs and there is now a new Beta test release of the Linkage software: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage.msi Windows XP and modern 64 bit versions: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkageXP.msi http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage64.msi The selection dialog box was not selecting things correctly. If I were a drinker, I would say that I…
Continue readingI fixed a few bugs and there is now a Beta test release of the Linkage software: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage.msi Windows XP and modern 64 bit versions: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkageXP.msi http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage64.msi There were a few minor oversights I made when coding the locking connector feature. Whoops. Now they stay put a little…
Continue readingThese are not asked frequently but “FAQ” seems like a good page title! Q. How is the Windows XP version different from the normal version? A. The XP version does not use 3D graphics acceleration to improve the quality of the graphics on screen. There are no other…
Continue readingI made a little progress on the Unity card game. Current Test Program I changed the card image to be a high resolution PNG image from the print-and-play version of the Unfair board game. I also created a sprite using a large sprite sheet and wrote code to…
Continue readingThis post is just for me to write down some ideas bout how to architect the Unity card game I wrote about once before. The ideas here are the ideas I came up with once I knew what I needed to make the card game work… so far….
Continue readingMy daughter could not make it to the game group meeting on Sunday so some of us met on Saturday so she could play. Then the usual Sunday meeting happens but with the same people (less my daughter). A new game arrived and I called Tim and we…
Continue readingWednesday, March 21, 2018 – Wednesday game night set a record with seven people showing up. A few of us hung out in the bar playing Get Lucky (the Kill Dr. Lucky card game) while waiting for the rest of the group to show, and for the power…
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