HTML5 Engine: Construct 2
Following on from my previous list of HTML/JS game engines, I was informed about Construct 2 – a new visual HTML5 game development program for Windows, developed by London start-up Scirra.
A look back at the past few months
Whew. It’s been quite an intense, amazing, interesting and eventful few months. After going on a life-changing road-trip around USA and making the jump from full-time to freelance developer, its nice to take a bit of time off over the Xmas holidays to look back.
Road-trips and career changes
Less of a tech post this time but relevant none-the-less. Today is the first day of my last week at my current job, Spook Media – this Friday, after 2 and 1/2 years, will see moving onwards and upwards into the world of contracting.
When is WordPress the right tool for the job?
Over the past few years I’ve had the good fortune to work with a wide range of projects, from small single person business blogs to multinational systems. Interestingly, a common factor through all these projects has been “Can it be done quicker in WordPress?”.
Balancing Personal and Professional Development Projects
A few months ago, I decided to start developing my first iPhone game, Little Devil, alongside my full time job as a Web Developer in Central London. I didn’t have much experience with Objective C or iPhone development so I knew that it was going to be quite a daunting task.
The Cloud Developer’s Bill of Rights – Developers have rights!
Each new generation of computing brings new ways to develop applications. Success stories become patterns, which become application platforms. Great platforms enable great applications. But in the past, “lock-in” has often been the price paid for embracing platforms. This must not happen again.

