Patch submitted

Submitted as of yesterday morning. So now its time to play the peer review waiting game!
It'll probably be a week and a half i'm guessing?

GraffitiLIVE Patch

Patch is undergoing final testing, before submission. I am thinking it should go online in 2 weeks? As long as it doesn't fail, but thats why I am testing it VERY THOROUGHLY

To Mindjolt Visitors:

Welcome to my blog!

So you may have arrived here after playing Puzzwords, which just happened to go up on MindJolt just yesterday.

Puzzwords is the 2nd flash game I made- the first was Paw Frenzy! It is a much more simple game, but at least it has a nice cat who you can pet :) It is also on MindJolt, you can try it here:
www.mindjolt.com/games/paw-frenzy

XBOX repaired! (again)

The first Xbox repair of 2010 is done! Now lets hope this one lasts :P

So, progress on the patch is going good!

I have found the reasons for many of the unfortunate bugs in the first release and have been patching up the 2 largest ones- 1) Code 3 errors, and 2) finicky network behaviour.

• Removed a large source of Code 3 errors (making a new rendertarget for each undo state = bad)
• Revamped the networking system to be much more reliable and easier for me to test (only 2 people can be in the same network session- opposed to 31, which lead to several bugs since I couldn't test it properly)
• Almost fully implemented the manual hosting/joining options

XBOX Broken!

So my xbox is on the fritz, I am getting E71 errors alot. Good thing I got the extended warranty!
This is going to delay the patch a bit while I wait for it to get repaired.

But the patch is progressing fine, I think I've nailed the problems with transferring images and now making manual Host/Joining options! Imagine how cool it'll be when Graffiti LIVE is working how it was originally intended..

Other news, the GL Xbox forum is up! Graffiti LIVE XBOX Forum
Eventually it'd be cool to show off some of the user art there :)

Graffiti LIVE! Connection Issues

Apologies to those users experiencing trouble sharing images with others.

There is a patch in progress to fix the issues, but here are some steps

Once entering the Main Menu, the game immediately looks for other users online.

• Look for "Users Connected: "on the screen to appear to verify other users are online. While users are connected, look for any saving/loading messages in the lower right. This indicates there is some network activity happening!
  

• If the connection disappears before any images are recieved, press B to back out to Press Start menu and then re-enter the game.

• If "Users Connected" doesn't appear anymore, restart app.

Other tips:

Leaving the XBOX Guide open while connected to users may boost performance slightly.

Because of the way the game automatically connects to sessions, your ability to share may be affected by others who are online at the same time. If the above steps do not work, trying again when less people are online may help.

Transferring images can take some time- try leaving the app running for 30 mins and see if any new images are downloaded.

If you are trying to share images with your friend:

Due to a bug in the netsharing, players only share images with the host of a network session (who will then redistribute them but since the connectivity is finicky they might not get to the 2 friends). To host, you need to be online when there is nobody online..

You know what I'm going to pull the game until I get everything fixed.
There will be seperate HOST/JOIN options, specifically for friends trying to share images.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I will post updates on how the patch is progressing

Graffiti LIVE! available now!!

It has taken a while, but it's finally out!!

Download the trial here!

Go forth and draw! Then share! Then comment! And rate! Then watch the replay!
Tell your friends!!!
Post on blogs!!

To get things started, I am giving away Puzzwords codes if you submit an image! (but not if its just a few scribbles) :) (while supplies last)

REMEMBER: if you draw something and want to begin sharing it, after saving, go to the MAIN MENU and SUBMIT it!