Sprout

Found some plasticine in the cupboard! So here is my Christmas Sprout!

10 Minutes to Christmas!

An old friend Scott Watson got in touch as he is releasing his first Android App onto Google Play.

10 MINUTES TO CHRISTMAS

A ten level retro platformer game in the style of Manic Miner, Santa has to get through ten progressively harder levels of platform action to collect his presents for his slay or Christmas will be doomed!

I made some splash graphics for the intro and win/lose screens and music was provided by another blast from the past Gordon King.

If you're into retro style games with a bit of challenge please check it out. It's only 50p so grab it before it's too late to save Christmas! :D

Artist available - cartoon illustrations and comic characters

I'm currently available for small art projects and commissions.

If you need a cartoon or illustration please get in touch. Low prices and fast turnaround.

Game art, Cartoon Illustrations, Blog panel gags, banners, logos etc.

NO JOB IS TOO SMALL! One offs are fine!

Contact me with your requirements! info@puttycad.co.uk

;) Ric

Putty CAD: Christmas Cards

Putty CAD: Christmas Cards: Want to own an original piece of art by Ric? All these Christmas cards are original hand drawn cartoons on quality card with envelopes. ...

My boy was featured on Marvel's Costoberfest

  

My son Tommy was featured on the official Marvel "Costoberfest" page for Halloween along with other baby super heroes! Huge thanks to Judy at Marvel! I'm very proud he made it, and everyone thinks he is brilliant! He's a big fan of the Avengers and Hulk cartoons. Hulk is his favourite character, we didn't get him to pose, he's imitating the moves from the cartoon and dvd cover! :)

Click the link below to see the article on the Marvel blog...

http://marvelentertainment.tumblr.com

PS3 - playing 720p games via HDMI (skylanders) FIXED

Our family is hooked on Skylanders at the moment.

We traded in our old games to get a ps3 slim and the base package. It was playing fine using the included cable but I wanted to watch blu rays etc. on the ps3 too.

So I plugged in the hdmi cable and was pretty stunned by the 1080p menus, it's really slick. However every time I tried to load Skylanders the screen went black, the disc stopped whirring and the controller stopped responding.

I desperately searched the internet to find out what was wrong with a brand new system and none of the advice worked to get the game working via the HDMI cable. I won't go into all the 'solutions' here but they ranged from resetting the tv and console to physical repairs!!! WARNING DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ ON THE INTERNET!

So failing to find anything that actually worked (having tried all the ones which wouldn't invalidate my warranty or damage the ps3), I explored the available settings on the PS3 itself. The problem actually lies in the TV which isn't able to display 720p, the only way I could get it to work was to go into the Display settings and DISABLE 720p in the CUSTOM HDMI settings. The game actually displays in the lower resolution but it was doing this anyway via the cable included.

Of course this may not work for everybody if there's a problem with the actual PS3 but if it's the TV this will save you a lot of sifting through technical BS and mis-information out there!

Hope this information helps people with the same problem, feel free to share it on forums etc. if it can help somebody else! ;)

Ric

Hang'Em High - Horror movie titles- OUT NOW from Appy Times

Check out Hang'Em High Horror Movie on Google Play!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appytimes.horror

A great little Hang Man game featuring different horror characters, classic mode and Horror Movie titles. Just in time for Halloween!

Halloween Cats - 20 year old game art found!

This is a piece of art I made around 20 years ago for a college project. I was working on my own game design using my Commodore Amiga 1200. For the college project we had to design a point of sale display stand. The bottom part of the image in front of the castle is on a separate piece of card. I took photos of the two pieces and overlaid them in photoshop with an added brown backdrop. The game featuring my cats at the time was never released and this is all I have left of it. I also started working on a sequel Peow Cats when I was learning to make games using The Games Factory on PC but that wasn't finished.

Putty CAD: Zombie Xmas Cards

Putty CAD: Zombie Xmas Cards: Want to own an original piece of art by Ric? All these Zombie Christmas cards are original hand drawn cartoons on quality card with envelop...

Hand drawn - Zombie Christmas Cards - Order now!

Bored of the same old Christmas greeting cards? Why not treat your loved ones to original hand drawn cartoon Christmas cards by Ric?

Several designs to choose from, each one individually drawn by Ric himself so each one is unique!

For starters here are a gore-geous set of Zombie Christmas cards! You can choose one design or buy the whole set of four cards!

To view the prices and order please click on the tab at the top of the page!

Happy holidays!

;) Ric

I'm a character in somebody else's game!

A while ago Nicoll Hunt asked people to come up with a name for the hero of his new game 'Fist of AWESOME!'

As the character is a lumberjack I suggested the name Tim Baaaa which was a finalist in the comp. The final name was Tim Burr.

As a reward all the finalists get to be in the game in retro pixelly goodness. Here is the link to Nicoll's blog with a picture of the in-game characters!

CHECK IT OUT...

http://nicollhunt.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/winners-of-awesome.html?spref=tw&m=1