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RSS Bot · January 31, 2007

Well, it's January. Barely, but it's still January.

So it's time to dust off the old "To Do" list, and see what I have left to do in the upcoming year.

First, let's check the previous list(s)...

From February, 2006:

Make "To-Do" List - This one never ends.
Finish Colony 7 Sprites - Done! (game in progress)
Finish Lady Bug sprites - Done! (and in the store)
Make label for Four-Play - Done! (and in the store)
Make Juno First sprites - Done! (game in progress)
Make list of what sprite artists need to know from programmers for the 2600 - Done!
Create OS X icon for KrokCom- Done!
Wrap up manual for RPS - About 75% done. Waiting for game to be finished
Create manual for Man Goes Down - About 75% done. Waiting for game to be finished
Design sprites for homebrew sports game - Game development on hold
Stella at 20 30 - Still haven't worked on this, due to my schedule at work. But I intend to get going on it this Summer.
Update the 2600 Video Mods page - Summer. Maybe. Hopefully. I've got about four or five mods to build and test.
Convert sprites for PoP - These are (or were) being worked on by le geek
"How-To" tutorial for creating sprites - Someday...
Finish XBox 360 vs. PS3 blog entry - Done! Although this could stand to have an update, since all of the systems have now hit the market.
Write up some Stupid Game Ideas - Started, with more to come.

Then, from later that month...

Extra-large bitmap for Zach - Done! (This became the title screen for Four-Play)
Start on other label designs - Done! Four-Play was one of these, the other may have been early work on a Rainbow Invaders contest entry (which I won).
Tape Olympic ice hockey game - Done! But now I don't know where the tape went. Anyway, that project is on hold now.
Watch "This Old House" - Done! Every week. Or at least, every week they don't pre-empt it with a pledge drive. Which brings up the question, why should I give PBS money, when they always pre-empt the only show I ever watch on their channel?
Purchase and consume Round Table "All Meat Marvel" pizza - Done! (And more times than I can count.)

From March...

Design new ghost sprites for Dennis' PacMan - Done! (Although in the end, Dennis used ZylonBane's sprites)
Design some new sprites for Rainbow Invaders - Done! (and in the store)
Design some tiles for Bob - Done!

April brought...

Additional (revised) illustrations for the RPS manual - Stalled. I still want to get back to this though, since after reading the R.O.D manga (as well as the R.O.D manga), I want to re-draw the whole thing.
Colony 7 title screen - Done! (now appearing in the WIP binary)
Juno First title screen - Done! Just got this to Chris a few days ago.
Finish and animate Medieval Mayhem dragon - David Vazquez ended up doing a fantastic job on this (and it's in the store, too)
Create illustration for AtariAge store - Done! (Although I was supposed to do a gift-certificate, too, and never got around to it. )
Revise 2600 Bosconian mockups - Someday, if there's more interest in doing a port of it.

And May...

Create label and manual for AtariVox - Done! (and in the store, although the manual isn't pictured)
Create label and manual for Conquest of Mars - Done! (also in the store)

June...

Create label and manual for Lady Bug - Done! (And currently #6 in the store)
Create manual for Four-Play - Done! (I did mention this is in the store, right?)

Skipping ahead to August...

Bitmap for Bob - In progress (made the first pass at it, now revising it)
Sprites for another new homebrew - These were for Rip Off!, which is currently on hold.

Not mentioned on a list, but "To-Do" nonetheless were:

Manual and label for Phantom II/Pirate - Done! (yep, it's in the store)
Manual and label for Space Battle - Done! (also in the store)
Sprites for Toyshop Trouble, the 2006 AtariAge Holiday Cart - Done! (no longer in the store)

So, that brings me up to my current "To-Do" list!

Leftovers:

Stella at 20 30 - Summer
Update the 2600 Video Mods page - Summer (maybe)
"How-To" tutorial for creating sprites - Eventually
Additional (revised) illustrations for the RPS manual - Spring/Summer
Revised bitmap for Bob - Within the next week or so
Finish manual for RPS - When game resumes development
Finish manual for Man Goes Down - When game resumes development
Create sprites for sports game - When game resumes development
Create sprites for Rip Off! - When game resumes development

And new stuff:

Additional color scheme for Juno First sprites - Within the next week or so
Revised sprite for Thomas - Within the next week or so
Testing unannounced homebrew game - In progress
Sprites for unannounced homebrew project - Mid-May
Even more Stupid Game Ideas - As time permits
Review another big pile of homebrew games - Spring
Overly-ambitious project that I'm not naming, since it's unlikely I'll actually work on it*

Man... 2006 was a busy year! I don't know if 2007 will be as busy or not, but with all of the homebrew games already in development, it looks to be a good one!

Lastly, I added a couple more categories to my blog:

Video Game Reviews, to make them easier to find, and

Stupid Game Ideas, to make them easier to ignore.

* Actually, there are two overly-ambitious projects I'm considering. But neither is likely to actually happen. :roll:

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