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GR Mailbag: Huge Rocks Like Butter

Posted on Tuesday, November 1 @ 13:05:52 Eastern by
huge rocks like butter

From: "Pixel Prospector" <*************@.com>
Subject: 3rd person platformer where you slice huge rocks like butter

hi daniel,

this game might be interesting to you.
3rd person physics based platformer where you slice huge rocks like butter.
(and then drag them around with your grappling hook)

new trailer released today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DM-uw1zmKU

demo (win,mac,linux) available here
http://www.**********.com/

cheers,
simon

Hi Simon,

The SHIFT key: The shift key is conveniently located below the A key and adjacent to the Z key (or in a similar position on the other side of the keyboard). It allows you to capitalize letters quickly and easily while you're constructing a sentence. It might help you while you're promoting your game.

-GR


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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 1:13 pm
    Dear Daniel,

    Who the heck capitalizes with the Left Shift?

    Your Friend,
    Righty
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 2:54 pm
    Dear De-Ting,

    I do.

    Your Friend,
    Lefty
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011 at 1:54 am
    YOU ALL FAIL. WHY USE SHIFT AT ALL [QUESTION MARK]
  • nihm
    nihm

    Joined: Jan 2011
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 3:23 pm
    If you use the left shift key, it feels like someone else is doing it.
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 7:24 pm
    Anyone that learned how to type properly?
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 11:19 pm
    C O N F O R M I S T !
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2

    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 1:19 pm
    Draggin' big rocks?

    Son, Dan does that er'day.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 1:24 pm
    dont n'er need butter neither.
  • spanky1113
    spanky1113

    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 4:54 pm
    But it helps.
  • CaptainPicard
    CaptainPicard

    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 2:19 pm
    i cut through huge rocks with nothing but rolled up twenties lol
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 4:47 pm
    IT LIVES!!!
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 4:50 pm
    Pixel Prospector is a site that promotes indie games.
  • PixelProspector
    PixelProspector

    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011 at 6:11 am
    Ah nice, you recognize me :))

    Btw the current version of "Halo: Out WIth a Wimper" is already a year old. Will there be a new version soon?
  • xxmrcyanidexx
    xxmrcyanidexx

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 5:52 pm
    Damn, I couldn't afford that game. I had to buy the bargain version, where you slice slightly less huge rocks like they were margarine.
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Nov 1st, 2011 at 6:21 pm
    This is the real reason why you don't get your games on time
  • PixelProspector
    PixelProspector

    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011 at 6:06 am
    I had some follow up mails with Daniel and he seems to be a nice chap.
    At first sight he was obviously a bit pissed to get a mail without properly capitalized words...
    Granted it was a bit sloppy but it contains all the relevant information in condensed form. In my opinion this is better than a huge wall of text (with thoughtful capitalization) where you have to first dig deep to find the stuff that is interesting.
    Btw I'm neither involved in the creation of the game nor did the developers told me to inform sites about it. I did this purely on my own because I think that the game is interesting and that it would be cool if it would appear on Game Revolution.

    Moreover I thought about what Daniel said and albeit his harsh tone he was right that I should certainly put a bit more effort into the whole capitalization thing. With that being said I won't use the almighty shift key always in the future.... but certainly a bit more often. Especially when I'm writing mails to gaming sites ;)
  • PixelProspector
    PixelProspector

    Joined: Nov 2011
    Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011 at 6:34 am
    A little side note: Capitalization rules vary between different languages and thus when you speak more than one language it's a bit confusing at times. While some words are capitalized in one language the same words are completely written in lower-case letters and vice versa. There's an article on Wikipedia about "Capitalization" which shows some examples about this. I don't say that capitalization is useless but due to the fact that some rules contradict with others it can be a bit complicated at times...and sometimes it doesn't make any sense but when it is a rule we all have to apply these rules in our writings in order to not look dumb (until the rules change). So yeah... have fun ;D

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