Author Archives: Maciej

About Maciej

Game developer with passion

Binding C++ with Lua, Squirrel, Game Monkey and Ocaml

Posted on May 9, 2013

This isn’t anything new I did recently but I thought it’s worth putting up on my blog anyway. I was once interested how easy it is to implement robust binding between C++ and several popular, mostly scripting, languages. If you … Continue reading →

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Naive #include Optimizer for C++

Posted on April 29, 2013

Here’s my simple and really basic utility written in C# that optimizes Visual Studio project by removing redundant #include lines where possible. Why having redundant #includes is so bad? The answer is simple – it can severely slow down the … Continue reading →

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The end of my indie game devevelopment adventure

Posted on March 27, 2013

As of today some of my games on some of the platforms are no longer available and the reason I pulled them is simply because they don’t make enough profit. But fortunately they’re not totally gone as I decided to … Continue reading →

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Practical C++ RTTI for games

Posted on February 16, 2013

There’s at least few popular approaches to C++ based RTTI (aka Run-Time Type Information) implementation in games. The goal of this post is to discuss strengths and weaknesses of major ones. But before that let’s have a look at some of … Continue reading →

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How I sold 22 copies of my game in 3 weeks on Android

Posted on July 22, 2012

To check previous article in the series click here. Free on Android, paid on iOS It’s been 3 weeks since Monstaaa! release on Android via Google Play, so I thought it’s high time I share some more statistics. In fact … Continue reading →

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Robust iCloud implementation for games

Posted on July 9, 2012

For my second iOS game Monstaaa! I wanted to take advantage of the new iOS 5 feature iCloud and use it to store savegames – play on one device, then later continue on another one. Pretty basic iCloud usage scenario … Continue reading →

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Monstaaa! development summary – part 2

Posted on June 9, 2012

Note: click here to read part 1 of the Monstaaa! development summary. It’s been over a week since my iOS game Monstaaa! was released on the AppStore. The game was featured in Apple’s New & Noteworthy on the iPhone (Australia and … Continue reading →

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Monstaaa! development summary – part 1

Posted on May 29, 2012

Today is the day. The game I’ve been working on for the last 6 months gets released on iOS as a universal app. Monstaaa! is finally available on the Apple App Store! Yeah!!! Now, here is the summary of my indie game … Continue reading →

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Monstaaa! for iOS – the first announcement

Posted on May 14, 2012

Just a quick (and big) announcement today! The game I’ve been working on for the last 6 months is finally going to be released on iOS. It is called Monstaaa! and should be available on the 29th of May 2012 as a … Continue reading →

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iOS & Android game development on Windows

Posted on February 1, 2012

UPDATE: Read here about my second game Monstaaa! made on Windows using Marmalade SDK. When I started indie game development 6 months ago (see my previous post Good bye Blue Tongue (and time for indie game development)) I knew I wanted to experiment … Continue reading →

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