{"id":464,"date":"2014-01-27T05:33:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-01-27T05:33:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T05:33:18","slug":"greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from Brass Watch Games!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, everybody, and welcome to Brass Watch Games. BWG is the professional name under which I will be releasing any games I make in the future. I say &#8220;I&#8221; because BWG is a one-man operation. I am an aspiring game designer and general gaming enthusiast, who hopes to one day turn BWG into a real business. For now it&#8217;s more of a &#8220;professional hobby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You may have been sent here from my old site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdboy64.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">nerdboy64.com<\/a>, where I previously hosted my work. That site isn&#8217;t going anywhere; however, it will be relegated to more informal projects (Minecraft mods, etc.) and my personal blog. For any actual games I make, this is the place to go.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, my only game project is <em>Shipyard<\/em>, a 2D turn-based strategy with a spaceship building mechanic. It&#8217;s nowhere near complete, but it has come a long way since I released the &#8220;tech demo&#8221; back in August 2013. You can read more about it and download the current version <a title=\"Shipyard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/games\/shipyard\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Here are some screenshots of my progress (click to view full-size):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390862900322.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17\" alt=\"Interior Editor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390862900322-300x168.png?resize=300%2C168\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shipyard screen interior view, allowing placement of systems.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_15\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390863005584.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15\" data-attachment-id=\"15\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?attachment_id=15\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390863005584.png?fit=1280%2C720\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Warp Gate Window\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Warp gate destination selection window, showing randomly generated galaxy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Warp gate destination selection window, showing randomly generated galaxy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390863005584.png?fit=300%2C169\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390863005584.png?fit=1024%2C576\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15\" alt=\"Warp Gate Window\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390863005584-300x168.png?resize=300%2C168\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warp gate destination selection window, showing randomly generated galaxy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390862920844.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13\" alt=\"Weapons Editor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/scrn_2014_01_27_1390862920844-300x168.png?resize=300%2C168\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shipyard screen weapons view, allowing placement of weapons on the exterior of the ship<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, everybody, and welcome to Brass Watch Games. BWG is the professional name under which I will be releasing any games I make in the future. I say &#8220;I&#8221; because BWG is a one-man operation. I am an aspiring game designer and general gaming enthusiast, who hopes to one day turn BWG into a real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ieDM-7u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":337,"url":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=337","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":0},"title":"Brass Watch Games Official YouTube Channel","date":"July 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Since I started BWG, I've been posting development videos to my personal YouTube account, where they get mixed in with all the Minecraft mods and random other crap that I post. However, I've finally decided to do the professional thing and make a separate, \"official\" channel for all BWG-related videos.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":348,"url":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=348","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":1},"title":"Shifting Focus","date":"August 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This isn't a regular development news so much as a general rambling on my efforts as a game developer. I don't expect everyone to read every word, so the important parts will be written in bold. Shipyard was released as a \"tech demo\" exactly two years ago today. 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It's actually been available to play on at brasswatchgames.com\/disorient-express\/ for most of that time but I never remembered to mention it or make a page for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Game Development News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":655,"url":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=655","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":3},"title":"What Happened to Shipyard?","date":"May 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"You may have noticed that\u00a0this website hasn't been awfully active lately, with only\u00a0one\u00a0off-topic post in 2017\u00a0and none this year. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which being poor overall mental health sapping my motivation to take care of myself at a basic level, let alone develop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs &amp; Other&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":511,"url":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=511","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":4},"title":"Blog? Building a USB ship&#8217;s wheel controller (Part 1)","date":"May 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Several\u00a0months ago I had the idea to build a ship's wheel controller for playing games like\u00a0World of Warships. They make racing wheels for car games and flight sticks for plane games, so I thought it would be fun to build a ship's wheel and engine order telegraph\u00a0that I could plug\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs &amp; Other&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brasswatchgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_20170525_133156.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":397,"url":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/?p=397","url_meta":{"origin":464,"position":5},"title":"Shipyard Development News 4 April 2016 &#8212; Back From the Dead Edition","date":"April 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a long time. Like, a really long time. Like more than half a year. Yeah... Sorry about that. I can't even say I've been especially active either. Between starting my first year at university and various other real-life engagements, as well as a general lack of inspiration, development\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Game Development News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brasswatchgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}