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Patent Blaster: A Retrospective
News...a giant orange hovering duck shouting "Yes! Yes! Yes!" while occasionally emitting smaller ducks that turn into acid-spitting zombies upon death.
Patent Blaster is 80% off this week
NewsTo celebrate the IndieDB announcement of my next game, Space Exploration: Serpens Sector, Patent Blaster is 80% off this week - $1 instead of $5.
House Hazards
FeatureThe patents, having come to life by some mysterious process probably involving corporate personhood, waste no time infesting a grand decaying mansion...
House Update!
NewsAcid leaks. Exploding barrels. Jars of mysterious substances. Books that whisper obscenities. Torn wallpaper patched up with patent applications. The...
House Update: Progress Report
NewsI've been hard at work at the House Update, introducing shelves of musty old books, torches, tasteless china dogs, and many more weapons.
Hovering: A History
FeatureMaking a nice hover effect for Patent Blaster turned out to be tricky but ultimately satisfying. Warning: Includes pictures of screaming elephants.
Patent Blaster 1.0.1: The Bugfix Update
NewsThe Bugfix update improves a bunch of small graphics and performance things. Next: the House Update, with More Stuff!
The Many Moods of the Target Reticle
FeatureI tried putting as much useful information into the target reticle as possible. Here's how it all works.
Nice business, would be a shame if something happened to it...
FeatureIt's perhaps time for me to explain my particular animus against the patent system. There's a lot of rational arguments for why the system is broken...
Patent Blaster Released, Trailer & Demo Available
NewsThe elephant has launched: Patent Blaster is done and available for download.
Weapons Guide
Feature 1 commentA guide to the different kinds of weapons you can get (or get killed by) in Patent Blaster - and what they're best used for.
Release Date Announcement!
News 4 commentsThis is it - the game is in the hands of the testers for one last round, and I'm strapping a rocket to this Elephant: the release date for Patent Blaster...
Hallway Testing in the Cafeteria
Feature 4 commentsToday, I went to the cafeteria of the local university, which is open to non-students, and asked a bunch of people if they could play Patent Blaster...
patent-blaster.com goes live
NewsAs I'm ramping up to release, the game's website is now live. What remains is mostly testing and balancing.
The menagerie expands
NewsI'm adding new creature graphics to the game, still inspired by the awfulness of patent art.
Gearing up for Launch
News 4 commentsI'm getting ready to launch Patent-Blaster in mid-March, which means taking care of all the little details - like getting a proper logo for the game!
Some background
NewsPatent blaster is the result of what would probably be diagnosed as a mild manic episode...
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