First Mars Miners Footage


## [You can see the first screenshots of ETA: Extreme Transit Adventure here!](http://cinderwell.net/mobile-games/eta-extreme-transit-adventure/ "ETA: Extreme Transit Adventure")

## [CTA Blue Line Crash at O’hare](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/04/04/cta-hopes-to-fire-operator-in-blue-line-crash-at-ohare/ "CTA Blue Line Crash at O'hare") This incident gave me an idea for a game, which I don’t think will be in poor taste because no one was killed or seriously injured. I’ll start releasing media of the progress soon, and put … [ Continue reading → ](http://cinderwell.net/inspiration-for-one-of-my-projects/)

I just sent in my application to become a licensed PlayStation developer, very exciting and stressful. It would be awesome to be able to put the local 4-player version of Mars Miners® (that I originally designed for OUYA), on the PS4 & PS3!

I released [Mars Miners®](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.companyname.MarsMiners) this morning, the wait for it to show up on the Google PlayStore was anxiety-filled. About 6 hours or so later, I released an update for the Share & Rate buttons in the Social Tab. It was a lot easier than expected, gotta love … [ Continue reading → ](http://cinderwell.net/share-rate-buttons-added-to-mars-miners/)

This little line of code has been invaluable in GameMaker Studio 1.3: `surface_resize(application_surface, view_wport[0],view_hport[0]);` It’s allowed me to maintain frame rate on my first-gen Nexus 7, even when all-hell is breaking lose. And I’m optimistic it’s going to allow lower-end phones to handle the game without difficulty. Oddly enough, … [ Continue reading → ](http://cinderwell.net/application_surface-in-mars-miners/)

I’m working on adding a new mode to Mars Miners®, in Hazard Pay Mode you don’t have a scanner to give you a clue about what will happen when you break a block. You also get extra points for breaking the blocks themselves! Other than that, it plays like the … [ Continue reading → ](http://cinderwell.net/hazard-pay-mode-in-mars-miners/)

I think the sound quality came out better on this clip, playing on a Nexus7 (2012) again.

I’ve made the movement speed scale up in Arcade Mode as you progress through rounds, and Certain Doom Mode becomes more deadly the higher your score gets. I’ve also added blocks to the Puzzle mode that increase your score, so they aren’t all -1 points. My To-Do list for release: … [ Continue reading → ](http://cinderwell.net/mars-miners-mode-updates/)

I need a better way of recording this stuff, this was recorded on a rooted Nexus7 (2012), so the audio is being recorded from it’s own speaker and doesn’t sound too good.