http://www.velvetycouch.com/ www.velvetycouch.com - Graham Davis, DJ Velvety, Victoria BC Canada. Blog, Indie Game Design, Photographs, House Music. en-us velvety@velvetycouch.com 2013-05-07T18:09:20-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000444.html The day is finally here, OddBalls is officially released in the iOS App Store! It's been a long road to get here. I'm afraid to count the exact number of days, but it's definitely taken a few years of work to... 444@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-05-07T18:09:20-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000443.html OddBalls has its first fan art in the form of nail art! Lindsay Windecker, one of the game's many play testers, has created some amazing nail art in celebration of the upcoming OddBalls release. OddBalls will be available in... 443@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-05-05T11:11:02-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000442.html It's been a long time coming, but OddBalls is finally ready for release! I submitted the game to Apple for approval last week, and today they officially approved it. The release date is set, and OddBalls will be available... 442@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-04-29T20:26:53-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000441.html Well it's time for another Screenshot Saturday but today I have something different. Today I have the first game trailer of Oddballs to show instead! I spent the last week recording and editing this video in preparation for the... 441@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-04-06T11:34:33-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000440.html Hello again! It's been a few weeks since my last update, but I'm back with a new Screenshot Saturday for OddBalls! The first thing you might have noticed is that the name of the game is now "OddBalls" with... 440@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-03-17T11:16:34-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000439.html Here's the next Screenshot Saturday for OddBalls. This week I started (and finished) the options menu for the game. I also started making the final cutscenes for when you beat the game. There are 3 different scenarios, depending on... 439@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-02-03T10:28:40-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000438.html This is Screenshot Saturday number thirty for OddBall. I spent this weekend at UVIC with fellow Global Game Jammers working on my game. I finished the animated Energy Charges that are scattered across all of the levels, which is... 438@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-01-27T17:52:14-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000437.html Here's Screenshot Saturday number twenty-nine for OddBall. I've been working on the start screen, as well as some mid-game cutscene levels. You can see the current version of the start screen above. OddBall #screenshotsaturday #29... 437@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-01-12T13:13:17-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000436.html Here's Screenshot Saturday number twenty-eight for OddBall. The past few weeks have been busy, not just with holiday stuff, but with OddBall development. I spent a good part of my 8 days off working on the final battle levels... 436@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2013-01-05T11:19:27-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000435.html Today I'm showing a few images for Screenshot Saturday number twenty-seven of OddBall. I've been working on the last few levels of OddBall that encompass a final battle where you must pick a side based on the story that... 435@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2012-12-08T11:20:06-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000434.html Here's Screenshot Saturday number twenty-six for OddBall! I've been continuing to work on the last few levels for OddBall. All the main levels are now complete and I am currently working on the last few "final battle" puzzles. Today's... 434@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2012-12-01T10:10:26-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000433.html It's time for Screenshot Saturday number twenty-five of OddBall! This past week I've veen continuing to work on new levels. I'm nearing the last collection of puzzles in the game, and these include the latest new object: rotating platforms.... 433@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2012-11-17T10:41:37-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000432.html Woo here's Screenshot Saturday number twenty-four for my OddBall game! I've been hard at work creating new levels that use the new magnet object. Some of my originally designed magnet levels didn't turn out to work how I desired,... 432@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2012-11-10T18:43:13-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000431.html It's time for Screenshot Saturday number twenty-three for my OddBall game! This week I've been working on various tweaks all over the place, but mostly I've been working on adding the magnet object to the game. The code for... 431@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ Velvety Couch Games 2012-11-03T12:05:27-08:00 http://www.velvetycouch.com/blog/archives/000430.html Here's Screenshot Saturday twenty-two for my OddBall game! I've been continuing to work on new levels for the last few weeks. World 4 is now complete and I've started creating textures and levels for world (or area) 5 of... 430@http://www.velvetycouch.com/ OddBalls 2012-10-28T10:50:57-08:00