Retro Affect Blog

The IGM Awards

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:17:14 -0800

Snapshot has been nominated for the Most Anticipated Indie Game of 2012! Have a minute? Cast your vote!
Then if you have another minute, you should check out the other nominated games! There are some really amazing (and nearly as anticipated) games on there.

MineCon!

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:55:03 -0800

That's right! In a few short days, Retro Affect is off to Vegas to partake in the newest conference on the "block" (get it?).

Though MineCon is centered around the beloved game, Minecraft, they'll be showing some indie love with several presentations and demo stations on the show floor. Come catch us at 9:30PM on Friday in the Indie Theater! We have some special, never-before-seen content for Snapshot that we're excited to show off. See you there!

PAX Primed and Ready To Finish

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:23:24 -0700

What an amazing weekend! With a booth on both the 4th and 6th floor of PAX, we certainly had our work cut out for us. Buttons, T-Shirts and wonderful compliments were abound. We're so happy with the feed back on Snapshot and the congratulations from those who have been following us every step of the way. We (and many of you at PAX!) believe we have a great game on our hands that we cannot wait to finish and share with you.

I must say, hearing others describe Snapshot excitedly to their friends was awesome. What was even better was seeing people work together to solve some of the harder levels in the demo (and better still, seeing an eight-year-old blaze through the first half of it)! For those who couldn't make it to PAX, you missed some other amazing indie titles. Make sure you check out Closure and Air Mech. We were thrilled to be alongside both of them.

We're so close to the finish, and every day we're hammering away at our...well, okay, massive To Do list before launch. Keep checking back though! We have some exciting announcements, a second batch of T-Shirts, and the official launch of Snapshot coming up!

The Store is Open!

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:46:32 -0700

With the finish line getting closer by the day, we're unbelievably excited to start sharing that excitement with all of you. We've opened our online store so you too can get your hands on some Snapshot merch!

Not only will you be earning an iconic piece of Snapshot memorabilia, but you'll be supporting our last stretch of development. We're starting with the basics: a few simple, but awesome (simply awesome?) T-Shirts so you can show your Snapshot-love to the world. There are two styles: Snapshot's logo, or an iconic image of Pic front and center in two different colors. Collect all three! We're also pleased to offer high fives for anyone we see wearing one.
Our inventory is limited, but we will order more when we're out...so don't cry for too long if your size isn't available. Check it out!

The Official Snapshot and Closure PAX Booth!

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:47:42 -0700

Hey! In case you haven't heard, we're totally in the PAX10 this year! But that's not all -- we also have teamed up with the totally cool dudes making Closure for a super fantastic indie PAX booth! We arranged for this booth to happen well before the PAX10 was announced, so now it looks like we're going to have double Snapshot trouble at PAX this year.

If you're going to be at PAX, this means that you can check out Snapshot at TWO different locations in the expo hall! We're going to be at booth #597 and #599 with Closure, and also at the PAX10... and I don't know what booth number that is, but you should be able to find it. At each location we're going to have a different demo of the game, each with a different set of levels. We're also going to have two different sets of totally awesome buttons to give out at each booth, so if you want to get them all you'll have to track us down at each location.

The official press release for the booth is right here, and I would be eternally grateful along with Pete and Dave (and WiL) if you could spread the word. Also, hopefully very soon we will be announcing some things related to the future of Snapshot... but until then, stay tuned, and I can't wait to see everyone at PAX!

Press Pause Radio Interview

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:35:23 -0700

We're on the home stretch! Working hard, tying up loose ends and starting the polishing process. Amidst all of that, we squeezed in an interview with Press Pause Radio. These guys are great: hilarious, articulate, and they love Snapshot to boot. Download the latest Podcast and get your Retro Affect fix.

Press Pause Radio #43

More news coming your way soon!

Snapshot at PAX10 2011

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:08:07 -0700

That's right!

You'll be able to play Snapshot at PAX Prime this year along with the other games being recognized in PAX 10. While you're travelling the expo hall during the show, keep an eye out for the PAX 10 booth as well as any Snapshot banners.

We had a blast being in the Boston Indie Showcase at PAX East, and can't wait to show the game off again.

If all goes as planned, Myself (Programming), Peter (Business and Art), Kyle (Art and Design), and WiL (Music) will all be there. Stop by and say hi, or ask us anything about the game.

There are some more awesome entries this year, including:
A Flipping Good Time
Antichamber (formerly known as Hazard: The Journey of Life)
Atom Zombie Smasher
Fez
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony
Solar 2
Splatters
Vanessa Saint-Pierre Delacroix and Her Nightmare
Word Fighter

Be sure to check out the other entries. I can't say I'm even familiar with all of them yet, but I'm looking forward to playing them all.

Announcements soon...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:21:07 -0700

Hey Everyone!

It's been a while since we've posted anything here, and I just want to throw a real quick update here.

We're hard at work getting more content and code into Snapshot. Last month at E3 we had some great meetings which I'm sure you'll hear about soon. Hopefully you'll soon learn the final platforms that Snapshot with launch on, be able to buy some merchandise, and how you can play the game before it's released!

We can't announce anything quite yet, but be prepared to start hearing lots of great news about Snapshot in the coming weeks.

-Dave

Swords and Soldiers Steam Keys!

Fri, 13 May 2011 13:01:46 -0700

Hey everyone, check it out!

The awesome developers over at Ronimo Games sent over some Steam Keys for their game Swords and Soldiers.

If you don't already own it for WiiWare or PSN, then you should certainly check it out on PC.

I'll just leave these here:
FZ52E-BVNMG-BEM7I-XNSLG-9IZTV
FZ52E-BVM5L-X4MNQ-FICXW-T2Q5P
FZ52E-BVDWA-KYMF7-YN3J2-EJ46N
FZ52E-BVCR3-AYFZ3-C8L8P-SXCS5
FZ52E-BVBFI-S5KSI-Q3FH5-6SVM2

We'll also be tweeting some more, so be sure to Follow Us to make sure you don't miss them!

A Lua Language File for Notepad++

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:10:06 -0700

We all love using Lua to write custom scripts for our game objects, and we also love using Notepad++ to edit those scripts. It basically has everything you'd want in a text editor, plus some.

After hunting on the internet for a bit, we realized that there wasn't a good Lua language file for Notepad++ (at least, we couldn't find one). So we decided to take a little bit of time and create a Lua language file which supports the auto complete feature of Notepad++.

Using this you'll get awesome dropdown boxes as you type built in Lua functions. It'll also show you what parameters you can pass into the functions, as well as the documentation for them.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

To use it, follow these steps:
1. Download the LuaLangFile.zip from the link above
2. Extract the lua.xml file into the Notepad++ installation directory, under plugins/APIs. (For me this is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins\APIs)
3. Open up Notepad++, and go into Settings->Preferences. Under the Backup/Auto-Completion tab, make sure to check "Enable auto-completion on each input", as well as "Function parameters hint on input"

There are a few issues with it at the moment. Firstly, every function is listed as returning void. I couldn't really come up with a good solution to functions which could return different types of data, so I left them all as is. Second, the descriptions for functions with a "." in them (like, math.abs) don't show up. I'm not exactly sure why this is.

If anyone else wants to add to the language file, feel free to post new revisions here or send us an email at info@retroaffect.com as we'll post updates here in the blog.

Happy Scripting!