Elecorn: The Animated Coder

Here’s a little fan art I received from Ruairi Flynn (jhammo52).  He used some of the sketches found here (http://www.casterthegame.com/caster_sketches/) as a base.

Great stuff!

He also has some great videos for Caster found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0cpW3VGS0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXWa7ll5_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwlICILWIc

Thanks Ruairi!

Hey all!  The Caster t-shirts have arrived!  I am very happy with how they turned out and I think you will like them.

In true Caster fashion, they are glow-in-the-dark!

I just finished packaging all of them up with your pencil drawings and I am sending them your way!

All nicely packged up in tyvek envelops.

Thanks for your patience!

Hey all!

We had about 50 orders for Caster t-shirts.  Since each shirt ships with an original hand drawn pencil sketch by yours truly, that means I did 50 of those as well.

Today I just finished the last of those and went ahead and scanned them all in and uploaded them for your viewing pleasure here:

http://www.casterthegame.com/caster_sketches/

I’ve submitted the t-shirt order and things are looking good.

It will still be a little while until the shirts are done, but I will let you all know once I’ve mailed them out.   Oh, and the shirts have a little something extra to make them true “Caster” shirts…. Any guesses what that might be?

Thanks!

Caster has been updated on the iPhone!  Enjoy!

http://www.itunes.com/apps/caster

The Mac version of Episode 2 is now up!

www.casterthegame.com

Also, check out this fantastic trailer that Marco Herold made:

Just finishing up the iPhone version.  Should be submitting it tonight!

Great review on Caster Episode 2!

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2010/03/caster_episode_2.php

Here’s an interview I did with iWorth It.  Too bad they didn’t spell the name of Elecorn properly.  Well, they’re not the first…. Elecron…. hmm.

“Elecron… the little known autobot that transforms form an elephant into a unicorn.”

http://www.iworthitappreviews.com/2010/01/23/elecron-developer-of-caster-iphone-app/

The release of the next update for Caster is fast approaching so, time to make another t-shirt design!

I’ve always liked the negative space design ideas for t-shirts where the color of the shirt becomes a dominant factor in the design itself.  Here’s an example of a favorite t-shirt of mine from back in high school:

I’ve also liked the idea of an unbalanced composition where the design sits on one side of the shirt.  Here’s an example of a design I did back in 1998.  The idea was that the picture should sit on the left side if the shirt.

And here’s what I just finished for Caster.  The black is replaced with the color of the t-shirt (preferably a dark color for higher contrast).  And since this is a “Caster” shirt, the white is of course glow in the dark.  (Click image for larger view).

Now who wouldn’t want a shirt like that!

Hey all!

I’m looking for some people to give me feedback on the next update to Caster.

If you’re interested in beta testing Caster, shoot me an e-mail at:

Be sure to include the word “Caster” in the subject so your e-mail gets through.

The beta testing is to help find bugs as well as provide feedback on what you liked, and didn’t like–what was confusing etc.

I really do listen and consider all the feedback and Caster has changed significantly in the past (all for the better) because of feedback from folks like you.

Also, if you give me feedback, I’ll be sure to add you into the credits in the game.

Thanks so much!

Recently I came across an old and forgotten build of Caster from May of 2004.  It’s interesting to see how the game has evolved since then.

Here’s a link to download it if you’re interested (it’s 3 MB).

Caster May 2004

From the README.txt:

CASTER
By Mike D. Smith
Music By pajama crisis

Controls

Move Up: up arrow, w
Move Down: down arrow, s
Move Left: left arrow, a
Move Right: right arrow, d
Punch: j
Jump: space bar
Change view: mouse with buttons.
Exit: esc

No point to the game yet, but there will be.