Jumper Zero

Jumper Zero is another new Jumper fangame! This one is by forum-member Kilo and follows the adventure of Nomo, a failed experiment predating Ogmo who must, of course, escape from the lab.

It is very tastefully made and everything seems to stay very true to the spirit of the original game. The presentation is clean, simple and works well. The difficulty curve is also pleasantly gentle, easing you into the harder stages - a stark contrast to the original's "wall" as soon as you hit sector 2, but I think a change for the better. I'd recommend giving it a play!

In barely-related news, I've changed the download link for the much older fangame Jumper: Opposing Forces. It now resides in the fanstuff directory with the other fangames. You can now download it here.

Broken Cave Map

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Spoilers! Forum-member Maple has mapped out the entire cave of Broken Cave Robot down to the pixel. The map includes enemy, gem and power-up locations. He even shows you where and how the cave loops - quite an accomplishment.

Although... I strongly suspect some decompiling of the EXE was involved. And by "I strongly suspect," I mean "I'm absolutely certain." On the map, Maple lists the names I gave each room which are never actually displayed in-game, just used to identify rooms within the source. Really though, it's cool that someone went to the effort to map it all out once and for all, even if they did cheat a bit to do so.

Anatomy

I recently finished another project - I did a series of 8 paintings for 8 people I know as Christmas presents. I named the series Anatomy, and you can find it here.

I used acrylic paints. It was interesting thinking about people in pairs, and using the medium to compare/contrast my memories and experiences of them. Taken alone, each of the paintings is positive (none is meant to convey negative emotion).

Huggabug

I just wanted to post this totally awesome (and also kind of disturbing) RunMan: Race Around the World fanart by forum-member kyrotix.


That is all.