So, I noticed this trailer for wappy dog from Nintendo. It's like a Sony Aibo connected with your Nintendo DS. Cool idea, mixing reality with the virtual world. Skylanders is another game doing this. I am not sure if these games are really worth playing, but it is just another way of interfacing with your players. And that's cool!

It inspired me to draw this 'Appy Dog' which is a little further in the future from now. I imagined an iphone / android app that you can use to control your pet. Just plug in the two antenna's in your pet and off you go!

On to some Carter Jones progress, I finally fixed a weird nasty bug in the level drawing. Also the level 3 (background) graphics are nearly done, I still need to do a lot of variations and waterfall animations but it's getting there! I am also investigating other platforms as well, it seems that with a little effort (I am an optimist with estimations! ) I can port CJA to other platforms like IPhone and Android. But first it has to become an XBOX Live Indie - I need focus! And time, lots of it!

Last but not least, and something completely different: the Dutch Ice Carving Championship 2011 is coming up. I am participating again, so that will take up some time as well the next couple of weeks. I will keep you updated!

 For the Annual Dutch Ice Carving Championship (NK Icecarving 2010 Arnhem) my wife and I carved a little dragon out of ice. We didn't spend much time taking pictures (so busy stacking ice and sawing)  so at the moment this is all I could gather. The first picture is work in progress, we still had some time left at this point:

 Here's me carving the dragon's head (left) and on the other picture you see my wife preparing the neck. If you ever wondered how to slay an ice-dragon, try this: start chainsaw, chop head! My wife's a great dragon-slayer!