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February 25th to March 3rd, 2007

With the release of episode 24 of One of those Weeks last week, it is time to open source episode 12 of the game. Of course, as I know that most of you are not interested in the open source releases, I am also releasing Chapter 12 of the Making of One of those Weeks eBook. This chapter has a walk through of the episode, though I really don't think the episode really needs a walk through. It also takes a look at fire animation.

March 4th to 10th, 2007

I was really focusing on getting Classic Dungeon Romp ready, but a late into fine-tuning the game I discovered a bug that can make the game impossible to finish. As the game takes quite a while to finish, this is not a good thing. For that reason, the game is being delayed (though it is close enough to being complete that I will probably end up finishing it on my own time so it may show up within the next couple of weeks). This means that this week's game is one of my alternative choices which is the second map for Coffee Quest GL. This is a slightly modified version of the original Coffee Quest map. Of course, CQGL does require a minimum of Java 2 version 1.4+ (though Java 5+ is preferable) and Open GL support on your computer.

March 11th to 17th, 2007

The problem with potentially unsolvable dungeons has been fixed. While there will still be some maps that contain areas that are not accessible (and there can be monsters or items within those areas), the ladders, marker, and key will always be reachable. With this fix complete, I can now finally post Classic Dungeon Romp. While I suspect most visitors will be waiting for the modern versions (there will be a separate 2D and 3D version) I still enjoyed playing through the classic version. The visitors who are following the development on ultimateretroproject.dev.java.net probably already know that I have officially marked Modern Melee Combat and Modern Dungeon Romp as started.

March 18th to 24th, 2007

I was really thinking about holding the release of this week's game until next week, but figured that I would be nice and release Episode 25 of One of those Weeks today. I should point out that this game requires some knowledge that was gained in episode 23, so make sure you have finished that episode first. I am also going to officially announce that my new years resolution to release an episode of this game every month may soon be broken. How will be revealed on April 2nd.

March 25th to March 31, 2007

This is the last update for March. Next month, as is traditional with Blazing Games, the site is going to be going to have a minor overhaul applied to it. As these changes are going to be happening on April 1st, visitors to the site on that day may encounter some strange behavior. That of course is next week. This week, we have the Open Source release of One of those Weeks Episode 13. As a bonus I am also releasing Chapter 13 of the Making of One of those Weeks eBook.