http://footballsuperstars.com/ Football Superstars Blog Football Superstars 2008 en-GB webmasters@footballsuperstars.com Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:54:29 120 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/on_your_marks_20/ So, Darth Vader got a shock when I turned up in his bathroom, eh? Luckily, it wasn't enough to damage him (or me for that matter!) and we were able to press on with the real business. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:30:47 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/the_happiest_bloke_on_the_tram_18/ About 8:30 this morning I got on the tram, as I do every morning, but today I made the heinous error of leaving my iPod at home attached to the charger. Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:42:24 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/darth_vaders_bathroom_16/ Things are pretty exciting right now. We're preparing for Beta and that means getting a load of new servers set up and ready for testing. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:57:31 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/the_beautiful_game_14/ Watching Romania versus France, one of the commentators made a fantastic remark. After one of the severely scarce chances he commented, "This could turn into a decent game if they're not careful!" I've watched every minute of Euro 2008 and so far I've been underwhelmed by the majority of them. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:03:13 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/chasing_the_elusive_bug_13/ This isn't the name of a Hollywood film or a popular Best Seller. This is what happens at least once if not several times in any project. Thu, 22 May 2008 12:47:49 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/ise_ise_baby_12/ Ten years ago, back in secondary school, the deputy head often led assemblies. As I'm sure you'll remember from your own experiences, these school assemblies usually consisted of getting shouted at for the behaviour of a few lads in 11C who you'd never met, followed by some sort of moral or ethical lecture. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:43:38 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/i_remember_when_all_this_was_just_fields_11/ It's a cliched saying, I know, but it certainly rings true when I think back to the origins of this game, or at least the first time I actually installed the client on my machine. Fri, 2 May 2008 09:27:00 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/feature_complete_part_2_10/ Football Superstars just reached "Feature Complete" which means that we now have a team of external testers working on the game full time. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:16:04 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/thats_not_a_bug_its_a_feature_9/ Bugs, bugs, bugs.  What is a bug?  Yes, there's the creepy-crawly variety but there's not much we can do about those! As far as Computer Games (and Software in general) are concerned, a bug is simply a defect or glitch in how the program that is supposed to work. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:26:04 http://footballsuperstars.com/post/under_the_influence_8/ Any game designer should be influenced by absolutely everything and anything. It's as simple as that. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:31:07