Welcome to my little place on the web.

I'm a software developer and occasionally when time allows, I like to blog about my various coding project here. I also like to tinker with home automation, retro gaming and more.

I have also shared some of my software, which I hope may be of use to others. It's on my software page.

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Lost Little Spaceman now at beta 3

Just released beta 3 of Lost Little Spaceman. This release includes another 49 rooms to escape from !

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It's another big update. Thank you to everyone for sending feedback. This release would not be here without your support 👍👍

This release includes

★ Added station 3 map - 49 more rooms!
★ Added gravity in some rooms
★ Added spikes
★ Added dynamic tiles
★ Added zoom out maps
★ Added beep to buttons
★ More baddies
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Lost Little Spaceman has reached beta 2

It's been in beta for almost 6 months now on Google Play, wow, where did that time go! Reception has been amazing over 40 thousand downloads!

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It's a big update. Thank you to everyone for sending feedback. This release would not be here without your support 👍👍

This release includes

★ New level / station
★ D-pad controls
★ Controls page
★ Story
★ Room hints
★ Option to remove rotation
★ Compass when rotation is on
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How I make games

I number of people have asked me how and what I use to create games, so decided it was time to write about it.

My first game Dave Dangerous was written in Java, at the time this was a language I had not used. But being a c# developer the languages are very similar. Both object oriented and use very similar syntax.

I followed a tutorial from kilobolt. I found it very detailed and covers creating your own game framework. I found it a great way to understand game mechanics. Including creating your own physics, for my later games I used a physics engines, but was still nice to understand this logic. Tutor... read more

100 Platforms awarded Amazon UK Developer Spotlight !

I'm pleased to announce that 100 Platforms has been selected as a winner of the Amazon Appstore UK Developer Spotlight. This means that there will be a featured banner on UK, USA and Germany Amazon App stores for this week, and will be featured in the Apps & Games section in April.

This is great news and will hopefully get the game some much needed publicity. So far I have seen a huge increase in downloads :)

Check out the Wall of Winners! dev.amazonapp... read more

Lost Little Spaceman update

Wow, what happened to January ! It's been in beta for a few months now on Google Play and the reception has been amazing. It's been downloaded over 20k times and it's not letting up. I have also received thousands of feedback comments that i'm logging and replying to everyone (it may take some time) but some great ideas coming in from you all.

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Youtube has also been busy with videos of you playing my games too. It's fantastic feedback for me and great to see people enjoying the games.

So far this is on th... read more

100 Platforms on Fire and more !

Well when I say Fire, I mean Amazon Fire. It's finally in the Amazon app store. Get it from nellyfish.com/100platforms

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Just a quick entry today, just really want to update you on a few things going on. I know it's been ages since my last entry. It's been a very hectic few months working on a new online shop called newfangledthings.co.uk. Sellin... read more

Lost Little Spaceman is on the Google Play Early Access page

My latest game Lost Little Spaceman has been successfully accepted into the Early Access collection on Google Play!

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I'm now getting hundreds of download a day with great feedback! Over 70 comments so far!!

If you have the time, please check the game out at lostlittlespaceman.com

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100 Platforms has an official trailer

I have created an official trailer for 100 Platforms in readiness for promoting. Here it is...

For anyone interested, it was created in Lightworks.

#gaming #nellyfish

Spikes Galore has an official trailer

I have created an official trailer for Spikes Galore in readiness for promoting. Here it is...

For anyone interested, it was created in Lightworks.

#gaming #nellyfish

Lost Little Spaceman open beta started

Lost Little Spaceman has reached the open beta stage. It's still a fair way from being complete, but has a fully playable first level.

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Please download and try, it's free. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Next levels are still in early stages, so any suggestions might end up in the game.

Available on Google Play here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nellyfish.lostlittlespaceman... read more

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