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13th of April 2008 - Any Port in a Penguin

The world is full of amazing people. Harnessing the powers of tenacity and science, these people accomplish astonishing things. W.P. Van Paassen is one such person. Working unaided in the vast wasteland of the arctic tundra, W.P. braves the beasts of loneliness and polar bears to follow his passion: The study of penguins and their applicability as a gaming platform. Yestermorn I recieved a package from W.P, which I opened with great haste and ineptitude. I've never been good with ribbon. String aside, I tore open the package and poured the contents upon my humble floor. I blinked. I blinked again. Could my eyes be lying? No, it was true. He'd done it! The mad crazy fool had done it! He'd sent me a CD filled with gibberish that didn't run on my Windows based computer.

Perhaps you can help me, dear reader. If you're a penguinphile with an interest in videogames, I ask that you investigate the files marked "Linux" on my games page. Perhaps, together, we can solve this mystery.

<3 Farbs

25th of March 2008 - And then there were twothree

The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed a small change to the games page recently. For those who haven't spotted it, I'll give you a little hint: Count the number of games. Did you notice anything different? That's right! Now there are three games, where previously there were only two. Well done! You should reward yourself by downloading ROM CHECK FAIL.

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13th of January 2008 - And then there were two

OMG it happened again. I released a game! Fishie Fishie is finally finished. Download it. Play it. Live it. Love it. After all, it loves you.

Oh, and that other game I made won some little shareware award for not having any viruses. I'm sure it's very proud.

<3 Farbs

25th of November 2007 - You can help.

Every day, indie game developers around the world are crushed by overambitious 3D projects and punishing development environments. Their dream projects turn to nightmares, with over 99% of indie game projects dying in the early stages of production. This is a grim picture, but there is hope. If you are an indie game developer, or if you know an indie game developer, download Pycap today. This free game development framework offers developers the opportunity to focus entirely on gameplay, and limits ambitions by supporting only two dimensions, giving indie games the chance they need to survive the development process. Please, for the sake of your projects, use Pycap.

<3 Farbs

4th of October 2007 - I'd like to thank...

Hey kids! Would you like to write my acceptance speech? I'm about to win the 10th Annual Independent Games Festival. On December 3rd they'll announce Polychromatic Funk Monkey a finalist in the Innovation, Cleverness, and Swimsuit categories. I hadn't planned to enter, but then I saw Derek Yu on the judging panel. You might remember him as the man who loves me so hard he wants to have my babies. This couldn't possibly go wrong! Anyhow, I promise we'll stay friends when I'm famous. It won't change me a bit.

<3 Farbs

29th of September 2007 - Funk Monkey Speaks

...but he doesn't have much to say. In other news, I talk sometimes too. Thanks go out to to general gamer Justin/Keadin who arranged the interview and cut the bits where I forgot what I was saying. Nice work!

Have you created a polychromatic masterpiece? Send me a screenshot and I'll display it here for the world to see. Unless I don't like it.

Stay awesome!

<3 Farbs

15th of July 2007 - An accident

Nobody surfs the internet anymore. Many people browse the web, and there are a million verbs for what people do in the blogosphere, but that's not me. I like to cruise. I cruise the intertubes like a shark on lithium. I glide from link to link, reading while the next page loads, watching the web roll by. Cruising. The other day I found this minireview by the delightful Dessgeega:

polychromatic funk monkey (or "tedious stair builder") is a game that feels like an accident. it technically works, you can finish it (it took me an hour), but it's, um, really tedious. especially towards the end. i like process and building so i found it relaxing but i'm not planning on playing it again, despite the randomly-generated world.

So there it is. If you're interested in process or building and want an hour of relaxation, this might just be the game for you.

<3 Farbs

1st of July 2007 - Arise, Funk Monkey

OMG OMG OMG

Polychromatic Funk Monkey is finished! Done! Complete! Want to know how excited I am? Ask my drycleaner tomorrow! Rush over to the games page to check it out. The game I mean. Go! Scoot!

<3 Farbs

20th of May 2007 - Something... wonderful

Hi!

Welcome to www.Farbs.org. Are you excited? I'm excited. You see, you're witnessing the birth of something wonderful. Any moment now the first of my little projects will blossom into a perfectly formed downloadable game. More games will sprout around it, and this site will grow into an electronic garden of delight. That's right, a garden of delight. That's exactly what people will call it. What's more, when people call you up to say "Hi Geoff," (or Sue, or Jergen, or whatever your name is) "have you seen www.Farbs.org?", you'll tell them "Yes, I have visited the electronic garden of delight. I have supped the perfectly formed little indie games. I was there when it all began." And they will cry, and praise your name (whatever it may be). Why? Because you're that cool.
Rock on.

<3 Farbs