A good year for our family. Construct 3 terrible announcement. Why Super Mario IOS is not as great as Pokemon Go. Why you should not build a startup. Crash course on the dawn of video gaming.
Holiday: Chinese New Year 2017
This year is really good for us. This weekend we had our buffet lunch in Histori. We check China town and peeked at the near by chinese temple. For other news and details check channel news asia, Security to be stepped up at Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown.
Software: Construct 3, February 1 Announcement
Construct 3, February announcement is utterly a marketing failure. Check out the discussion board for the details. Construct 3: Discussion Board.
Games: Super Mario and Pokemon Go
Mario is great but fails in the pricing model and delivery compared to Pokemon Go. Startups: Why Super Mario run won't make 500 million in 60 days like Pokemon Go.
Tech: Do not start your own startup
Doing freelance work as a hobby, I would lie if making a startup didn't cross my mind. Freelancing and Startup are diffrent beast but I believe should share the same core passions. This is a good read for anyone who wanted to build their own startup -Tech in Asia: Please Do Not Start Your Own Startup.
Crash Course: The Dawn of Video Games
The start with the first re-programmable computers in the 1940’s. Now, these computers were serious tools. They were for codebreaking and calculating artillery tables during World War II - but like most tools we human use, we eventually looked for ways to make them playthings. And over the next three decades the advances of computer technology and the tentative curiosity of many engineers and programmers would inspire a new culture and eventually the first true coin-operated video game in 1971.