I made that Galcon game. And I do the tech for Ludum Dare.
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philhassey's Trophies
![]() Spam Slayer Award Awarded by Sos on December 17, 2010 | ![]() Steve Jobs' MaxiPad Awarded by hdon on April 24, 2010 | ![]() The "Ludum Dare Entry on iPhone" Award Awarded by PoV on March 17, 2010 |
![]() The "Ludum Dare Entry on Steam" Award Awarded by PoV on March 17, 2010 | ![]() The "Ludum Dare Entry in the IGF" Award Awarded by PoV on January 27, 2010 | ![]() Ludum Dare Donor Award Awarded by PoV on May 23, 2008 |
philhassey's Archive
Goat-Nappers
I didn’t exactly intend to make a game when I started this weekend, but hey, I ended up making a 3 player physical card game! You can get it here.
The 3 goats starring in my game are my goats Cuzco, Nibbles, and Lilly. I hope you have fun playing it!
-Phil
Villain #3: The Grinch
Villain #2! Cruella DeVille
One of my favorite villains
October Challenge 2011 – finally completed :) Dynamite Jack just launched!
My October Challenge 2011 game is finally done! I guess I took longer than a month to finish it
Anyway, check it out
If you want to know the whole dev history (how it took 4 game jams to make this game
You can check out my dev blog.
Anyway, have fun!
-Phil
How Judging Works
Ahoy there, thanks so much for joining in the 10th Anniversary Ludum Dare! I gotta say, it was an amazing experience to see all 1400+ entries being submitted to the site!
The judging is pretty much the same as always. You judge entries, people judge you.
The big change this year is that now those who judge more entries will get more people judging their entry. I recommend starting judging a few entries now and keep judging them throughout the next three weeks to ensure your entry gets a good handful of ratings. Try to judge AT LEAST 25 entries. Please note that stuffing fake ratings is 100% uncool.
Also, coolness has changed: 50 ratings gets you bronze. 75 gets you silver. 100 gets you gold. Above that, you’re just awesome
Be sure to make a post about your favorite entries to highlight the best-of-the-best!
Lastly, if you attempt to play an entry, but can’t, please just leave a comment to the user stating that you can’t judge their entry and explain why. “I don’t have a Mac” or “I can’t install Java” or whatever are all fine reasons. It will help them know how to create an entry that even more people can play next time!
Cheers!
-Phil
It’s a Small World: The F.P.S.
TEENIE TRADER … zzzzz … #fail
TEENSIE TRADER 3794: Web API
TEENSIE TRADER 3794: The Data
TEENSIE TRADER 3794 – first glimpse
Dynamite Jack: Seven Years Ago Today – the prototype post-post-mortem
Ahoy there, you might recall my October Challenge game “Anathema Mines” which is a remake of an old LD#6 entry.
I’ve written a blog post about the original LD#6 entry. The re-make I was doing in October is coming out in mid-May, you can see the trailer here.
Cheers!
-Phil
Thanks !
Ahoy there, anonymous gift sender – thanks for the Christmas gift exchange gifts
They actually came in a few weeks ago, but I was at GDC, so I forgot to post for a bit!
Gift included:
- Swell Mega-Stein
- German Gaming Magazine
- A festive snack!
Unfortunately the gift I sent was “returned to sender”
-Phil
Suggestion Post
Hey, we’re always trying to make Ludum Dare way more fun, so if you’ve got any crazy ideas, post ‘em here!
-Phil & Mike & the rest of the LD Staff
Nobody Wants Kitty: Unedited Christmas Edition
Hey, y’all!
Go and check it out! Here’s the original entry.
Also, here’s my Christmas card to you!
Thanks again for joining in LD22!!! Have a great holiday!
-Phil
Nobody Wants Kitty – the legendary game is here
And I managed to get the game in under the line! Huzzah!
It’s a flash game, so you should totally check it out right now!!!!
And whenever you want to judge it, here’s the link.
Anyway, thanks everyone for joining in this Ludum Dare, it’s just plain awesome to see 700+ games get made in a single weekend! I hope you all had a total blast jamming and competing! I know I did
I’m totally amazed out by the few screenies I’ve seen so far!
-Phil

Nobody Wants Kitty – game working!
Nobody Wants Kitty – phase I
Hey, been working on this game since .. the start! It’s Nobody Wants Kitty about a lonely sad kitty who doesn’t have much going for her. She’s got to upgrade herself until someone will finally want her. You start out as a pathetic cat with rabies, mange, a missing eye, a missing ear, no whiskers, and no fur.
I’m using flashpunk and that’s been working pretty well. Using flash is nice because distribution is so super simple
-Phil
I’M IN!!
Yo, I’m totally in this time! I’ll probably be jamming cause my toolchain is so clogged with my commercial stuff now, but ya never know.
Compo code base:
- python / pygame
- AS3, which I don’t know, but I’ve hacked a few crummy things together in it before
- dev under linux and port to windows
Jam code base:
- C++ / PHP if I use any web backend stuff
- or just PHP if I do a multiplayer web game
- dev under OS X and port to windows
Tools:
- iPad with MultiTrack for recording audio clips and sound effects
- the gimp for graphics stuffs
- maybe modplug tracker for music
- sfxr if I need blips and beeps
Them’s the plans! I may do an iOS game if it’s the right theme. I think I might be leaning towards doing something with AS3, maybe I should spend friday learning it a bit in advance so I’m not scrambling to get my skills together.
-Phil

























