Author Archives: Joey Betz

About Joey Betz

My name is Joey Betz. I'm a Flash Game Developer based in Orange County, CA and I work for Armor Games. I created this blog to both showcase some of my work and vent out a few extra miscellaneous things I come across in my daily life.

Crush the Castle 3 Feedback

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Joey Betz

So Crush the Castle 3 has been in development for a few months now and I’m looking for some feedback on some key features. That’s where you come in. Before you try the game, be aware that this is not indicative of … Continue reading →

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Sushi Cat 2 Launching This Week

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Joey Betz

Sushi Cat 2 is finally launching this week. I’ve been working on this game for about 2.5 months and it has definitely been a fun project to work on. Jimp did an amazing job for the art on this project … Continue reading →

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Sushi Cat Nominated [Updated]

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Joey Betz

Sushi Cat has been nominated for an award on bytejacker.com for Free Indie Game of the Year. Check out their front page to vote (on the right hand side). Hurry though, as the voting period ends on Thursday 12/16. Check … Continue reading →

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Sushi Cat Stuff

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Joey Betz

I’ve been hard at work on the new Sushi Cat 2 with Jimp for a few weeks now and I wanted to show off some awesome fan art and random things I’ve come across related to Sushi Cat. Site: http://dona-v.com/ … Continue reading →

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Viscoelastic Fluids

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Joey Betz

Not that long ago I made this demo using the paper: Particle-Based Viscoelastic Fluid Simulation. The only thing is that I’m not quite sure what to do with it. It’s a really neat demo and I’m kind of proud of it, … Continue reading →

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Bit Blit Physics

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Joey Betz

Not that long ago I attended the Flash Gaming Summit (FGS) in San Fransisco where I met many new people and sat through some pretty interesting sessions. One of which was a presentation by Sean Cooper (Boxhead) where he discussed … Continue reading →

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Demolition City 2

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Joey Betz

Demolition City 2 is under production right now. I’ve been working on it for the last few weeks here with Nick from Bomtoons. He’s incredibly talented and he’s the one that came up with the awesome logo. I can’t tell … Continue reading →

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Movie Night – Ghost in the Shell: SAC: 2nd Gig

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Joey Betz

So I’ve recently taken a large interest in the Ghost in the Shell series, with the most recent being the Ghost in the Shell: SAC: 2nd Gig series. I’m about a third of the way through and I’d have to … Continue reading →

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Point Lights

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Joey Betz

I decided that I wanted to make a point light shader this weekend in Pixel Bender so I looked up some algorithms and came up with this. Nothing that hasn’t been done before, but I think I’d like to make … Continue reading →

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Movie Night – Dune

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Joey Betz

Because I haven’t really had much time or energy to do any coding posts, I’ve decided to post about my latest escapades which is watching a lot of movies. In the last few months here I have probably watched over … Continue reading →

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