I spent all day yesterday creating a new gameplay walk-through video for Dapple. It was a fun process, but also frustrating. I really enjoy movie making, especially editing. The frustration came from learning the limitations and foibles of iMovie. I’m used to editing software that offers a lot more control over things, so iMovie takes some getting used to.

However, by the end of the day, I had my movie ready to release. I dropped it on YouTube this morning. You can see it on the Dapple page (www.dapplegame.com) or right here:

It was fun to actually shoot the video with my video camera and get to use my shotgun mic. My previous Dapple video was a screen-grab of the simulator running the game, but I really wanted to show the game running on the device this time.

I was Tweeting about the process while I was working on it and I got a few requests from people to share my experiences. I wrote up a quick tutorial on the steps I took, which you can find via the Tutorials page located in the left side-nav.

In Beta news, Dapple is getting very close to submission. I made one change to the game yesterday (just updating the copyright notices). If no new bugs have been logged by my testers (or by myself) by noon tomorrow, I’m going to submit. Wish me luck!

Owen

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