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Brett Taylor a.k.a. Glutnix

I am geek living in Wellington. I loves to do all things web. I guess I'm a jack-of-all-trades.

I can do Web Standards, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Processing, interaction design, graphic design, networking and desktop support, and anything else I put my mind to.

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Latest Blog Entries

“Fast Turtle” music video treatment

Filed under: Audio,Creative Commons,Creativity,Internet,Movies — Brett @ February 20, 2010 9:28 pm

I’ve been a big 8bitpeoples fan for a long time. I’ve spent money with the lovely chiptune distributor a few times, but my all time favorite album they’ve published is free: Power Supply by Anamanaguchi, the most kickass chiptune band on the planet. And my favorite track on that album is Fast Turtle [MP3, 5.1MB]. You can buy it on iTunes too, which is awesome, but it’s minus a track for some reason… not sure why.

Anyway, since the album was released in 2007 I’ve listened to the track over 200 times, building this music video story in my head for Fast Turtle, a superhero turtle of the same name.

So after attending Webstock 2010 and getting inspired and hearing some other crazy cool ideas and being encouraged when I shared this one with Chris Winchester, here’s my treatment for my music video for Anamanaguchi’s Fast Turtle. Give it a read and let me know what you think…

I think it’s pretty tight, I just want constructive criticism and advice for the next step, which I have a feeling is storyboarding and funding. I also need some concept art: I have a little already, and have lots of ideas for environment, characters and even specific shots.

Read the treatment and leave helpful comments below!

LOL

Filed under: Unfiled — Brett @ January 20, 2010 4:13 pm


Enticing…
Uploaded to Flickr by skitrussell.

lolwtf? :P

New inner.geek.nz design!

Filed under: Blogging,Coding,Creativity,Web Design — Brett @ January 19, 2010 9:56 pm

Yup, I got a new design! I did this all in 1 day.

Sure, I did spend some time ‘upskilling’ at work doing the design and html template, but I got the whole WordPress skin done in about 4 hours.

I based it off of the Classic theme (y’know, the ugly default theme) and tweaked the living daylights out of it, adding extra template files.

I’m quite happy with how it came out. What say you?

Arduino Reaction Game

Filed under: Arduino,Coding,Games — Brett @ January 12, 2010 10:45 pm

I took a few hours after work on Monday and made this:

Want more details on this? Check out Brett’s Arduino Reaction Game in the projects section.

My Favorite iPhone Games, Part 1

Filed under: Games,Linkdump,Software,iPhone — Brett @ January 8, 2010 9:08 pm

I’ve been meaning to write this one for a while, so here we go with Part 1:

EDGE – NZ$6.49


EDGE is an platformer where you are a cube trying to navigate an isometric landscape in search of the tiny glowing cubes. Some levels are really easy, some require timing, some have cubes hidden away in secret areas. Here though, the music shines, so much that Mobigame released the soundtrack for free! KAKKOI!

Canabalt – NZ$4.19

Canabalt is a free flash game gone iPhone: a one-button ‘daring escape’ platformer. No story up front, but the game has one to tell! Addictive, try the free web version first.

Hook Champ – NZ$4.19


You’re a Jake T. Hooker, an Indiana Jones style tomb-raider stealing idols from dangerous caves and escaping with your amazing grappling hook styles! Easy to learn, hard to master, harder to put down! Try the lite version first, and then buy the full version with more maps and achievements!

Zen Bound – NZ$4.19


A strange game in which you are to bind up a wooden figurine with string. This is meditative gaming at its best: no time limit, but you do eventually run out of string. Again, amazing soundtrack here, with a free download when you buy the game! Get the lite version first to try it out.

Eliss – NZ$4.19


Eliss is a multi-touch puzzler. Gather same coloured circles together, enough so they fit into the ‘squeezars’ to score points. Don’t let different colours touch or it’ll soon be game over. You’ll need all your fingers to play this one, maybe both hands at some points. Lite version also available.

Flight Control – NZ$1.29


A simplified air-traffic control game: draw flight paths for aircraft so they can land on the appropriate runway or landing pad, but don’t let them collide! Harder than it sounds, but quite addicting!

More to come!