jay_kyburz

So, I'm just a guy who makes video games. A one man operation. I'm mostly interested in interface and game design, I don't know, and don't really want to know anything about running the back end. Just…

I think there needs to be some way to give companies an opportunity to recoup their investment in new ideas. I'm just not sure what we have now is working.

"So here we are. I’m sitting here, with a cigarette in hand (I said slowly), pondering what makes me tick. It’s a weird feeling. You think you know yourself, but the truth is that people lie about how…

So, at the point CSS becomes a programming language of its own I'd rather just use java script. Somebody should come up with some way to define you style data in JSON, then parse and process the data …

Yeah, I agree, I'm using node right now to build a big web game and there are huge benefits to being able to run the same code on the sever and client. I wouldn't use node if it wasn't for this becaus…

I agree, and I i'm surprised all the cools kids haven't moved on to some new social network already. (perhaps they have, i'm not in the crowd). Who wants to be sharing stuff that your mum can see? Wou…

Is that why Steves posts are so long. If he is going to type that fast, I need to learn how to speed read as well.

"How does that 30-50c look once its turned into sales" Haha, my conversion ratio is not quite there yet, that's why I'm not yet retired. Once my 50c click pays 55c in sales I'll roll every sale into m…

OK, I had another thought on this topic, another perspective as to whether this money was well spent. When you win Kickstarter and get 20-30k as an indie dev, that money is yours. It's in the bank. Yo…

Last time I did an Adwords Campaign I was paying about 30-50c a click. I'm doing web games at the moment so really don't have any figures for buying adds on mobile. I have heard anecdotally that a cli…

Hey Corin, I'd love to hear more about why you think so. I'm always trying to work out how to best spend my marketing money (and energy). Do you have any metrics you can share about how an appearance …

Nar, a game as great looking as theirs would get the press anyhow. The press are dying for more interesting games to write about. You raise another good point though, not only is it 3k, but its 5-6 da…

Actually, now that I read my own comment I realize it makes me sound like a cheap and grumpy old man. Perhaps they want to make a big budget game with really great music from their favorite artist, re…

I'm in the indie games business and I can say they overpaid for everything. 6K for music should be 1-2k at most! Poster Art - What's wrong with those awesome sprites that Kotaku used. Should be 0. IP…

Hey Scribd and or Google Chrome team. I was just tricked into clicking an ad that simply said "play now" underneath the first slide. I thought it was going to start a slide show of the presentation. S…

> As an engineer in SF, I simply have no interest in living in bumfuck Ohio. You'd have to pay me considerably more than even SF levels of salary for me to make that sacrifice. I think the point i…

I'd also like to know more, I have just been rolling my own stuff so far and have been surprised by how well the canvas is handling everything I throw at it. Tablets / Phones is a little different, bu…

fair use I would say.

Arg, read the books. Don't wait for the TV version. There is so much more to enjoy in the longer format.

cross platform is not a bonus, it's my number one reason to build web apps.. "hacking a solution for the web that would work much better on the desktop is definitely not something you want to do." the…

Anybody know of a site where I can browse and read novels published and sold independently by the Authors?

I don't know why you are getting downvoted angersock, I agree. An indie team that knows their stuff could give the big boys a run for their money. I've been a lead on several AAA games at 2K and witho…

I'm pretty techie and I can't do it for my Galaxy Tab GT-P1000. At least 10 minuets of searching Google has failed to show me how.

I don't understand why I can't just install any OS on my mobile computer (phone/tablet) the same way I can install any OS on my desktop computer. Please somebody, create a start up or two to solve thi…

Arg.. so many ads, and right in the middle of the article I'm trying to read. Powebase.com, please have some respect for the words you are asking me to read!

The reason I'm excited about this that I won't need to wait for the carriers to update my UI. I imagine there will be a whole rage of interesting 3rd party interfaces I'll be able to browse and downlo…

"The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." Surly this is just a statement of fact. That once embedded in your software, you program will be considered Good. It doesn't change the line above whic…

Haha, of course. Just a silly thought experiment. But the whole topic is a little silly too right? A company exists to make money for its stake holders, not pay it's programmers. It's not in a compani…

I kind of like the idea of only giving raises to employees when they have a offer letter for another job. That way there is no doubt in the employees mind about how much they are worth. Why not turn t…

It's interesting that nobody has yet mentioned deliberate under estimating so that the project sounds like it will come in on budget. Basically, for political reasons. Every project I've ever worked o…