New look + New page.

Noticed anything different on your visit today? I hope so. I decided to change the look of MarkBlog to give it a less ’serious’ feel to a more stylish one. Thoughts? On top of that I have added a new page called ‘Projects’. Here you will find information about the current projects I am working on. Right now I have 3 listed with a bit of info.

Konnichiwa Readers.

My Japanese learning is really coming along nicely. I have completely learnt all of the Hiragana alphabet and I am about 70% of the way there with the Katakana alphabet. Japanese is something I’ve always wanted to learn and one day I would love to make a visit to Japan.

Are you learning a language and planning on make a visit to the country? Why not drop me a line and let me know.

MacBook in hands, development to begin…

Soon. That’s how that title finishes. Readers from the start (probably very little) will know I’m currently doing a web design course and also studying Japanese too. Both of which are progressing nicely. Too the point that I do not want to take too much on at once and beginning development on P2011 could be a handful and trying to juggling all 3 wouldn’t be easy.

This is why the development for P2011 is to begin in September. I thought I would just clarify this as I know there are some readers wondering why this was set to September when all the design plans are done and dusted.

Project 2011 – MS Update

All planning stages for P2011 (Project 2011) are now complete and development work is scheduled to begin in September. Development work is estimated to last around 4 months with the possibility of a ‘lite’ version being released after 2-3 months.

A quick update about Mashed Studios – the website will not launch July 31st. This is because I have decided to redesign the whole site to a more ‘modern and simpler’ design. The delay is also due to the fact a substantial more amount of time then I had planned has been spent on P2011.

Project 2011 – Design work… mostly done.

Project 2011 is the code name for the App I am currently working on. As you can guess by the name it will be released next year but there may be a lite version released around the holiday season.

All the major design work has now been completed with just a few little areas needing some more input. Code work for the App won’t begin for a while yet as their are other projects in the pipeline that need finishing off or totally redesigned. Some that even need to go from ideas to designed.

Minor Updates

Hello everyone, just a few minor updates to point out about the site and Mashed Studios Ltd.

  • Mashed Studios is still set for a July 31st launch.
  • The first project is still in the very early design stages.
  • I have updated the video games page to reflect what I’m now playing.

That is it for now, bye.

Making it official

So after a long debate with myself and a discussion on GameDev with several members, I have decided to stick with Mashed Studios. To make it official I have legally registered the company name. You can expect Mashed Studios Ltd to launch on July 31st. I can also reveal that the first project will be for the iPhone and early design stages are in progress.