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A Chat with Sean McClure

It’s nice when ones work is recognised as it validates in some way the effort put in to create something you feel happy and confident to release to the world. One thing that always hits home is when someone from the industry praises my work, in this case Sean McClure who like many artists has worked on many of the games you have probably played over the years.

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Urbx Warriors – Part 2: New beginnings

Continuing from part 1 of my documented journey into the world of ZX Spectrum Next video game development for UrbX Warriors (with my partner in crime Tony Warriner) I suppose the next bit I should write about is how the look of the game came about. But…

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Urbx Warriors – Pre Launch Video

Our Campaign page for the game:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-an-original-game-for-the-spectrum-next Back in November 2024 at Crash Live 2024, Tony and I demoed Urbx Warriors

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A Logo I did draw

If you’ve been following my journey, you know I’ve been hard at work on a game called UrbX Warriors with my deve partner, Tony Warriner. After much deliberation, we finally settled on the name “Brazen Gameplay” and the challenge of creating a logo began! Inspired by the iconic 90s arcade art, I wanted our logo to reflect our vision while maintaining a fresh look. Join me as I share the creative process behind our logo design, the struggles, and the triumphs that led to the final result. Exciting times ahead as we prepare to launch our Kickstarter campaign!

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UrbX Warriors – Part 1: Colour Graphics!

You’ve probably heard of the Spectrum Next, right? Out of all the new machines to come out based on the “what if” progression of old hardware, the Next has to be one of the best looking I’ve seen and having learned a bit about the hardware, a very plausible, believable progression in the Spectrum line up. I can’t help but think if Sinclair/Amstrad had continued development of this much loved British Icon it would probably have not been too dissimilar to what we see in the Next today.

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Amiga Expo UK 2024

A few months back I received a message from co-host of the Retro Hour Podcast, Ravi Abbott, a superb podcast I’d previously been a guest on with his Amiga partner in crime Dan Wood. To cut it short Ravi asked me if I would be interested in being a guest speaker at the Kick Start UK 02 event he was organising for the end of June 2024.

The video is now up of that interview.

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