The Torps
http://www.torps.com/blog/
The weblog of Kevin 'Zaph' Burfitt. Game Development, Cthugha, The Torps, and moreen-us2007-09-21T12:14:00+10:00Viva Pinata: Party Animals - Demo released on Live
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2007/09/viva_pinata_par.html
The Demo for our game Viva Pinata: Party Animals has been released on Xbox Live - head on over and download it to see what we've been up to....Zaph2007-09-21T12:14:00+10:00Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Wii version announced
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2007/09/star_wars_the_f.html
Finally, it has been announced that we (Krome) are working on the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (along with the PS2/PSP versions previously announced). I can't tell you anything beyond that, such is the life of NDA's...Zaph2007-09-21T12:08:07+10:00Time for some updates!
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2007/09/time_for_some_u.html
I've been pretty slack in posting any updates this year, so here's a glut of them to keep you busy!...Zaph2007-09-21T12:07:01+10:00A small update
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2007/02/a_small_update.html
It's been a hectic few months, so I thought I'd bring people up to date with whats going on my world of game development: Test Drive Unlimited PS2+PSP should be heading to store shelves real soon. I've been writing developer...Zaph2007-02-22T20:39:28+10:00Krome purchases Melbourne House
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2006/11/krome_purchases.html
Announced today, Krome Studios has purchased Melbourne House. It's been a rough ride with Atari, we've done some awesome stuff while part of Atari (Lemans, Grand Prix Challenge, Transformers) but the last few years have been bumpy - now it's...Zaph2006-11-03T10:02:31+10:00Agile Development for Games
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/11/agile_developme.html
High Moon Studios have won an award for workplace excellence thanks to their use of the agile method known as SCRUM I'm a big fan of agile methods being used in Game Development, and have proved that even just taking...Zaph2005-11-22T11:19:40+10:00What I've been playing
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/09/what_ive_been_p.html
Recently I've been playing a lot of GuildWars with our usual crew of gamers. I find it a nice halfway house between an offline game and something like WoW or CoH. Moles has posted some screenshots of our intrepid Guild...Zaph2005-09-29T07:35:38+10:00Gamer sues EA/Criterion after car crash
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/08/gamer_sues_eacr.html
I've praised Burnout in the past - it's an awesome game, but... I've been driving cars for over 20 years (yes, I'm that old) and have never had an accident. For the last year I've been playing Burnout 3 in...Zaph2005-08-18T10:02:24+10:00It's a boy!
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/07/its_a_boy.html
I've been a little sidetracked lately, here is the result!...Zaph2005-07-23T09:29:04+10:00PSP Homebrew dilemma
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/07/psp_homebrew_di.html
Right now I'm in a dilemma with PSP Homebrew: On the one hand things are progressing nicely out there in the world of homebrew - highlighted for me with todays release of a working build of Rogue for the PSP...Zaph2005-07-04T19:11:36+10:00iTunes Podcasts !
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/06/itunes_podcasts.html
Nothing to do with games, sorta... iTunes 4.9 has been released, and it supports Podcasts natively (grabbing the latest episode, removing old ones, transferring to iPod, etc) Damn, thats fine :-) I'm subscribed to Dr Karl from triple j, but...Zaph2005-06-29T19:19:31+10:00Sony PSP - part II
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/06/sony_psp_part_i.html
Last week I purchased a Sony PSP (Japanese, v1.50). I've been playing some Tony Hawk but I think I'm getting old because the game uses so much skateboarding terminology with the assumption that you know it - and I don't...Zaph2005-06-28T08:46:56+10:00Transformers sales in UK
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/05/transformers_sa.html
I've just been reading the latest Develop Magazine "Develop 100", the list of the top 100 worldwide game developers based on their sales in the UK. Melbourne House landed in 87th place, which wasn't too bad when you consider we...Zaph2005-05-23T16:36:32+10:00Xbox Live, Drivatars
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/05/xbox_live_driva.html
I've recently bitten the bullet and have now got an Xbox Live account (Gamertag: Zaphus). So far I've only played Forza on it but I'll also be playing Burnout3 soon. Xbox live is pretty easy to set up, but I've...Zaph2005-05-10T08:39:47+10:00Sony PSP - awesome
http://www.torps.com/blog/archives/2005/05/sony_psp_awesom.html
I've been playing with the Sony PSP over the last few days, and I've got to say that it is a beautiful device. The PSP gets released in Australia on September 1, for $430 (I believe), but you can get...Zaph2005-05-05T08:22:40+10:00