About Me
Hello, my name is Alex Schearer. I grew up in New York and currently live in Seattle. I am a software engineer who works on Microsoft Exchange by day and indie games at night, and this is my blog about game development.
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Flash Game Market Survey Results
Recently Mochi and some other big players in the Flash gaming community sponsored a survey to get a feel for the state of the industry. The results are in and it’s worth taking a look. What really stands out to me is that most Flash game developers are making games as a hobby and with [...]
Can I Get Your Opinion?
Hey everyone, I’d like your thoughts about a possible art-style for another word game I’ve been thinking about. Basically I’d like to hear whether you think it’s aesthetically appealing, whether you’d click and try the game based on this look, and anything else you care to share. Check it out and let me know what [...]
Box2d and Flash
After I completed Adlib I started to play around with a bunch of different technologies. I wanted to try out new technology and new ideas and see what came up. One of the things that interested me was more realistic physics simulation. With Fluster I wrote a simple physics system to accommodate the platforming elements, [...]
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