KickTraq

WICHITA, KS - On the heels of one successful Kickstarter-funded game development project, Wichita developer Davis Sickmon Jr. is launching another. (Read More)

WOW. I mean, wow.  What a ride.   I got confirmation: tomorrow, I'll have one more commercial level contribution (though, unfortunately, not one of the big ones, it's just one of the in-game links) that will give us another $2,500, putting us over... (Read More)

WICHITA, KS - Jumpman Forever, a video game being developed in Wichita, surpassed its $20,000 Kickstarter campaign target on Thursday, though it still needs a few more backers to land a match from the Ouya Free the Game Fund. (Read More)

At the beginning of the Kickstarter campaign for Jumpman Forever, I mentioned that I had two, possibly three companies who are buying the splash-screen advertising on the front page.  The first one happened towards the beginning of the Kickstarter.... (Read More)

The long awaited sequel to the 1983 insta-classic Atari game, Jumpman; which was itself a silly platformer featuring a mighty leaping protagonist, 30 levels of mayhem, and soul-crushing difficulty. Hallowed in the Cheetos scented halls of fandom, Jumpman is one of those games you fondly remember when you’re playing one of the new ‘pseudo-retro’ Mario Bros. romps. You know? The kind that are so mind numbingly simple that a fetus could easily finish the single player in 4 hours. (Read More)

For all the backers, and the press who've been asking for it, it's here - the Jumpman Forever Preview for Windows and Mac!  This isn't a full version - you can take a look at the version notes on the new Jumpman Forever page.  I have to say, well,... (Read More)

I'm going to say up front:  thank online game press for what I'm about to do, everyone who contributes is getting a copy of Jumpman Forever's preview :-)  See, I've been asked a couple of times for review copies of the game - stuff that's still in... (Read More)

I've mentioned the concept of a built-in community and level editor for Jumpman Forever, and I'm finally going to dive into it a bit. First, let's talk about the level sharing community thing before we even get into the level editor it's self. Part... (Read More)

Allllllllrighty then, time for some new screenshots, a new video, and some bug fixes :-) The new animation sequencer is in place and working fairly well.  I've still got a little bit of walking on ice at slow gamespeeds, but it looks pretty good and... (Read More)

So, I've shown off two levels already, let's show off a little more - I think every other day I'll be posting a couple screenshots, just for the heck of it. I've quit giving levels numbers, for a couple reasons.  First, I'm going to have to re-order... (Read More)

I've reworked quite a bit of the Kickstarter text, and laid it out more logically.  I mentioned that in the last update, I believe.  Well, this time, you're in for a treat:  you can watch Jumpman Forever in action! Some things to know:  this is... (Read More)

I enjoy developing levels, because I get to play the heck outta' them while tweaking and testing each one.  I also have to determine where they should end up at in the overall order of things - only certain levels need to be in a specific order for... (Read More)

I posted these on Facebook and Google+, so I thought I'd toss them up here:  These are Work In Progress screenshots of Level 1: "Out Of Retirement" for Jumpman Forever.  These are fully working level shots, not one of the "workbench" test levels -... (Read More)

OK, after the last screenshot, I couldn't leave the whole backgrounds issue alone.  So, after some tweaking: Jumpman Forever "workbench" level based on "Easy Does It" from the original Jumpman: this is a test level only, not a real Jumpman Forever... (Read More)

Beyond a quick glimpse of Jumpman and Red, there's not a whole lot of content of Jumpman Forever that's been shown yet.  Partially, that's planned - I wanted to dribble out screenshots and information over time, though I've been REALLY behind on... (Read More)

Deconstructing A Classic: Jumpman is a set of articles I'm doing in association with the Jumpman Forever Kickstarter.  If you didn't see the first one, it's a bit of a breakdown of the goal, and discussion of the idea of "game DNA" - what makes a... (Read More)

Adding Press To The ProjectI'm honestly very thankful for the various people who've taken a moment to talk about about Jumpman Forever on their blog or news site.  Seriously, it helps a lot!  So, as I see articles about Jumpman Forever show up on... (Read More)

One of the best platform games is being reviewed by a Kickstarter project named Jumpman Forever. Thirty years after the original, we are finally getting a sequel worthy its name. (Read More)

Someone pointed this out on a comment to one of my updates, so I thought I'd address this now, not later :-) When I was doing the pre-hype for Jumpman Forever, I cheated:  $20,000 is a lot of money, so rather than going ofter a whole lot of $2, why... (Read More)

Not bad - less than 5 days in to the Kickstarter, and we're at 35%!  However, it's still quite a ways to the final goal, of course.  Plus, to be honest, I'm really hoping the Kickstarter goes well beyond the $20,000 goal - the more we get, the more... (Read More)

So, does anyone here remember the cult-classic Jumpman – originally released on home computers back in 1983 – which starred a hero eternally running about in search of bombs to defuse? You would certainly be forgiven should your answer have been no, seeing as how the original Jumpman was released well before the majority of today’s mobile gamers were even alive. To make a long story short – for those who never once booted up a Commodore 64 – Jumpman left an indelible mark upon those who played it, leaving the game with an active fan community a whole three decades later. (Read More)

Jumpman, a classic video game featuring an 8-pixel-tall bomb-defusing hero, was first released in 1983, but according to Wichita game developer Davis Sickmon Jr., it still has a cult following. (Read More)

Not a bad first two days for our Kickstarter, though not as impressive as it could have been, mainly because it landed on a very busy Friday / Saturday combo, so I haven't been able to get the word out the way I would have wanted to! So far, the... (Read More)