Jimp - Freelance Video Game Artist

Here’s a tree from every game I’ve made that has a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:28 +0100

Here’s a tree from every game I’ve made that has a tree in it, in chronological order.

superindiepals: Episode 2 - Joey BetzIn this episode we do a post mortem for Rocket Pets, and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:17:27 +0100

Episode 2 - Joey Betz
In this episode we do a post mortem for Rocket Pets, and interview Joey Betz, Lead Game Developer at Armor Games. We talk to Joey about his workflow, GDC takeaways and latest project Crush The Castle: Adventures.

Click here for the NO MUSIC version.

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Hey, which iOS games have you created art for? :)

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:45:58 +0100

I havent worked on any iOS games for over a year now, though I’ve got a few in the works currently :)

Here are all the old iOS games I’ve worked on, apart from 2 others that don’t seem to be on the app store anymore!

Sushi Cat

Soviet Rocket Giraffe Go Go Go!

Hedgehog Launch

Compulse

Rocket Pets is finally up on Addicting Games! Go play it now!

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:39:54 +0100

Rocket Pets is finally up on Addicting Games! Go play it now!

For every few games that I work on and release, theres a project...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:24:29 +0100

For every few games that I work on and release, theres a project that doesnt get finished and falls to the way side, for whatever reason. Heres some art work from a few of those projects that remain unreleased and probably wont ever see the light of day.

Most of this artwork is pretty old now so even if the projects did get picked up, I’d end up redoing everything :)

superindiepals: Episode 1 - Armor GamesThe very first episode of Super Indie Pals! We introduce...

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:51:26 +0100

superindiepals:

Episode 1 - Armor Games
The very first episode of Super Indie Pals! We introduce the show, talk about our GDC experience and discuss whether Unity dropping Flash support marks “the death of Flash”.

Interview with Daniel McNeely, founder and owner of Armor Games.

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The first Super Indie Pals episode is now live! Give it a listen and share it around. We’d love to hear feedback and let us know the kind of things you’d like to hear about next episode!

Quick dungeon sketch

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:12:56 +0100

Quick dungeon sketch

I’ve updated my website with some shiny new branding!...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:44:58 +0100

I’ve updated my website with some shiny new branding! I’ve needed a proper logo and brand image for ages now, so here it finally is. Sad to see the penguin go but he might pop up from time to time!

Will definitely be sticking the top design on red t shirts soon :D

I did a new illustration for Armor Games featuring a bunch of...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:44:47 +0100

I did a new illustration for Armor Games featuring a bunch of characters from successful Flash games! Can you name them all? The image is being used on their Twitter, Facebook and Google+ pages.

Coming soon to an internet near you… Super Indie Pals! A...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:54:24 +0100

Coming soon to an internet near you… Super Indie Pals! A new monthly game dev podcast by myself, ChrisJeff and Jay Armstrong. We’ll be talking about our experiences in indie game development (focusing on Flash… for now!) and also have LOADS of interviews lined up with some of the top players from our industry. Keep a look out… its coming real soon!

Back from FGS and GDC in San Francisco! Wow, what a crazy 10...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:41:24 +0100

From left to right: John (Notdoppler), Sudamin (Toge Productions), ChrisJeff, Kris (Toge Productions), Jay Armstrong, Jimp (me)

Some rusty old bridge...

Back from FGS and GDC in San Francisco! Wow, what a crazy 10 days. Heres a quick round up:

I travelled over to San Fran with now life time buddies ChrisJeff and Jay Armstrong. We got on like a house on fire and have big plans together for the future, more on that real soon!

My FGS talk on Aesthetics and Branding went pretty well. I was tired from the 16 hour flight the day before, but got some good feedback and people seemed to enjoy it! You can find a live stream of the presentation here.

I met a LOT of great people at FGS, including Joey Betz, Dan McNeely (Armor Games) and John Cooney (jmtb02), who I’ve worked with for years but never had the opportunity of meeting in person. Achievement Unlocked 3 was up for a Mochi Award, but understandably lost to the frankly awesome Incredipede, so better luck next year! Shout out to my man Jay Armstrong who won the Most Creative Game award for Super Adventure Pals! It kinda felt like a win for me as well because I kinda stole the award…

GDC was also a fantastic experience, it was hugely inspiring to be around so many like minded people and to get a glimpse of the crazy world beyond indie games. We made it to a bunch of great parties and generally had a ridiculously good time!

One highlight for me was an impromptu meetup of flash game developers which consisted of myself, ChrisJeff, Jay Armstrong, jmtb02, Joey Betz, the Mochi Media team, Toge Production guys, John from Notdoppler, Anya from Addicting Games, the Con Artists team, the Kongregate team, Brad Bourne and more… It was rather surreal drinking with so many massive names in our industry but was certainly a night to remember!

After GDC we chilled out a bit and did some touristy stuff, like biking the Golden Gate bridge and checking out the Japanese tea gardens. San Francisco is an amazing city and possibly my favourite place out of anywhere I’ve ever visited. Everywhere you look has great food, drink and people. My kind of place, roll on next year!

I have a couple of massive games to release this month so keep an eye out!

My latest game with Jmtb02 is out now! Super Duck Punch is the...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:13:51 +0100

My latest game with Jmtb02 is out now! Super Duck Punch is the first game we’ve worked on together for Kongregate, and it turned out to be one of our most ridiculously insane games to date. Go play it out now!

Rocket Pets is finished - heres a trailer! It should hopefully...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:13:12 +0000

Rocket Pets is finished - heres a trailer! It should hopefully be out real soon.

New business cards for FGS/GDC! Just over a week until we head...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:41 +0000

New business cards for FGS/GDC! Just over a week until we head over to San Francisco. Exciting times!

Heres some sneaky screengrabs from RocketPets, the new game...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:35:25 +0000

Heres some sneaky screengrabs from RocketPets, the new game I’ve been working on with Jay Armstrong! Its a distance based game focused on collecting coins and upgrading your pets to get as far as possible!

The game has been coming along blindingly fast and should hopefully be finished and out in the next few weeks!

I’m working on a new game with Jay Armstrong! Its the...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:32:46 +0000

I’m working on a new game with Jay Armstrong! Its the first time we’ve worked together but its going really well, the games looking great and coming together super fast. Heres a teaser, screenshots soon!

Super excited about this, I’m speaking at FGS in...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:16:00 +0000

Super excited about this, I’m speaking at FGS in San Francisco this march! My talk will be covering ideas on how you can use aesthetics and branding to make a game more appealing and maximise its potential success.

Click here for a list of speakers and a slightly more in depth overview of my talk!

I’ll be in San Fran for 10 days with fellow flash game developers Chris Jeffrey and Jay Armstrong. We’ll also be attending some of GDC and the Indie Games Festival which should be great fun. I’m really looking forward to meeting loads of great people, especially guys like Jmtb02, Joey Betz and Dan McNeely who I’ve worked with for years but never met!

Achievement Unlocked 3 is up for a Mochi award too, which is especially exciting since this is the first awards event that I’ll have attended!

I’ve also got some other secret plans with Jay and Chris that I can hopefully talk about soon, a new game I’ve just started working on, and Crush The Castles Adventures to release so keep your eyes peeled!

I'd like to know what program do you use except flash cs5, if any. And is there a name for the style/technique you use, i'd like to learn something about it as i like the way your work looks. Best wishes and keep up the good work :)

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:51:57 +0000

Pretty much all the work I do is drawn in the Flash IDE (so yeah, like cs5 though im actually on cs6 now). Sometimes use a bit of photoshop to touch things up but thats not really part of my usual workflow.

what is the game called whe this blue penguin shoots others?

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:50:14 +0000

Penguinz! http://armorgames.com/play/3454/penguinz

Little bit late on this one, but a few games I worked on placed...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:05:00 +0000

Little bit late on this one, but a few games I worked on placed in the JayIsGames best of 2012 awards!

Sushi Cat 2: The Great Purrade came 3rd in the Action or Arcade category, and Achievement Unlocked 3 came 1st in the Puzzle Platform category!

Its always fantastic to get some recognition in things like this, thanks to everyone that voted!