Recent content by Design1online

Hi guys,  I have a dog game for sale for that's a total bargain at only $5,000. It comes with the domain name, all games files and images and a copy of the database. I'm including a huge amount of information about the game, code samples and art samples below. I'm selling it because I just...

So I know a lot of people don't like to talk about their game finances and accounting but I think it's a really relevant topic especially for small indie gamers and developers. So I would like to encourage everyone to come up with their own game finances topics so we can spread the knowledge and...

I don't like the blocks, I prefer the tubes. My favorite brand is Schmincke, they paint very similar to Winsor Newton but they come in a much bigger tube so it's easier to get them out when you get to the end of the tube and they're easier to open when the caps get paint on them and kind of...

I thought it would be fun to have sort of a throwback post! What are some of your favorite old games? They can be from any platform or gaming system. I'll start. Hugos House of Haunted Horrors for PC SimAnt for PC Eco Quest for PC Original Mario for Nintendo Original Sonic for Sega...

I do them based on browser display sizes. I take the most popular one and go up one size from that and then optimize the image for the smallest file size I can get so it loads as quickly as possible. https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp Also if you have a lot of mobile users...

It really depends on the number of items you plan to have in your game. The more items you have the smaller they should be, especially if you're going to try and list them all on say an inventory page. Larger items not only take up more disk space they consume a whole lot more bandwidth.

If you're so passionate about this it would be interesting to try a game where you only are breeding to alleviate negative side effects/birth defects/genetic issues and see how well that goes over with people.

Working on an open source, fully responsive HTML5 MMO game called WTF Adventure which is originally based off of BrowserQuest and Tap Tap Adventure. I've been completely re-doing the HUD and interface and have plans to completely redo the maps and rest of the graphics, as well as adding new...

My friend sent me this site that has a lot of good information about laws of good interface design. Super helpful for all sorts of web projects, not just for games. Enjoy! https://lawsofux.com/

Lots of free programming eBooks available for all sorts of different programming languages on http://books.goalkicker.com/. Here's a few book titles to give you an idea of what they have:        . 

Getting closer to full code coverage on Pet Game Framework! Yeah so code is boring, here's some cute pets that come free with the framework including their layered .PSD files. PGF is fully responsive so it works on desktops, tablets and mobile phones. It comes with a comprehensive admin...

There are tools on google chrome which will let you quickly convert your site to different device displays. This is a good way to test it in different screen sizes.   You can also use the network tab to then see how long it will take the image to load under different network conditions. IE...

The pet and player template system for pet game framework is almost done! It will let you design the look and feel of the pet and player pages using keywords and then populate it with the game contents. Pretty neat to see it in preview mode and then in the rendered mode. Preview Mode...

Lots of unit tests and pet/player templates for my Pet Game Framework. Yeah so code is boring, here's what PGF looks like, heh.

I'm not sure how many people know about this but I saw some posts recently that were talking about making iframes responsive so I figured this would be a site to share. Gaahhh!! If you're still using iframes you're doing it wrong, please message me so I can help you stop your descent down the...