Davis Ray Sickmon, Jr

March 2, 2001

A new game, a new programmer on board, and more… Wow – it’s been a bit since I make an entry into the Diary here. Whoops! So what am I up to at the moment, you ask? (Or maybe you don’t ask 😉 Well, there’s a new game getting close to done – however, it’s …

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Feb 7, 2001

“I always feel like somebody’s watching me…” Boulder Panic! 2: Palm Panic!?, More Boulders More Panic!, a cool link for MidnightRyder.Com, and more… You know, sometimes you don’t know who’s reading. Or at least, I dont – I got a minor shock today. Now, it’s not uncommon for people to read the Developer’s Diaries section, …

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January 23, 2001

The woes of dealing with a hosted environment (Or, now MidnightRyder.Com died for a couple days), Jumpman: 2049 stuff, mo’ business, and new developers tools… MidnightRyder.Com was down for 4 days grand total. I’m not real happy about it either. Here’s what happened:  MidnightRyder.Com has been running SLOW for a while now, so I complained …

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January 9, 2001

Back to work on Jumpman: 2049, business stuff, and something new for me – ADVERTISING! Something I’ve never really done before – advertising. Yep, I sell a game without advertising it really. Yeah, I plop it down in all the search engines and shareware sites, but, I really don’t do anything with it. Well, with …

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January 4, 2001

First entry of 2001 – Boulder Panic! 2 DX release (and bug!), the whole Microsoft VBA deal, and more… So, about 2 AM last night, I released Boulder Panic! 2 DX – the new version of BP!2 that moves everything to DirectX 7. It took quite a bit of hammering and tweaking, but, everything looked …

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December 21, 2000

Trials and tribulations of Boulder Panic! 2 DX’s betas, signing with WTC, and things generally comming up roses – it’s definitely all good news today! Start off with, the last version of BP!2 had some minor graphical anomolies – they didn’t take away from gameplay, but, they sure were a PITA for some people. That’s …

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December 19, 2000

More work on Boulder Panic! 2 (DX), Jumpman: 2049 research, and Summit Software drops the ball… Boulder Panic! 2 is now turning into Boulder Panic! 2 DX. As you might figure from the name, BP!2 DX is a DirectX 8 implementation of Boulder Panic! 2 – it’s the update I’ve been working on for seemingly …

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December 7, 2000

More Jumpman 2049 development information, more meetings with people over money, and more… Jumpman 2049 is progressing. Slowly but surely… Right now, I’m working on something that really isn’t quite nessisary yet – Jumpman’s animations. I’ll post up a quick animation of Jumpman in action sometime soon – for those wondering what this particular itteration …

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December 4, 2000

Randy Glover just made his first post on MidnightRyder.Com in the diaries section. Too cool 🙂 More on current game progress, negotiations with Summit Software, etc., inside…. Ya know, it’s just plain too damned cool to have the author of your favorite game ever posting stuff on your company site. A huge thanks to Randy …

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