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OMG! This is the blog of Andrew Braybrook, author of Paradroid and one of my childhood heroes! How cool is that! Some years back, I found his journal online fr

by kleiba 9y ago

OMG! This is the blog of Andrew Braybrook, author of Paradroid and one of my childhood heroes! How cool is that! Some years back, I found his journal online from when he developed Paradroid. I felt like being in heaven finding that treasure. If I recall correctly, I read somewhere that he completely withdrew from the games development scene and now works for some non-game related IT company in the UK, but my memory on that is vague.

SyneRyder 9y ago
Was that the Paradroid journal? He kept a diary for Zzap!64 magazine called Birth Of A Paradroid: http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html He also wrote a diary for his Morpheus game: http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html
- kleiba 9y ago
  Yes, I think that's the one.
- pan69 9y ago
  Very interesting to read, but I can't seem to find a "year" when it was written. The Mental Procrastination has a publicised issue date of 1987, but I guess it was written before then? Both remind me a bit of Jordan Mechner's "The Making of Prince of Persia".
  - SyneRyder 9y ago
    Probably would have been written in 1987, just a couple of months delayed. Zzap used to publish development diaries while a game was being produced, which meant the diaries would sometimes end midway when a game was cancelled (thinking of the Batman Returns [1] game diary in that case). [1] https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/batman-returns/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/batman-returns/
sohkamyung 9y ago
Paradroid was tremendous fun on the C64 and also one game I fondly remember. I recall being highly stressed by the game at one point. I had control of a low level droid and had no choice but to take on a very high level droid. I had to very carefully time when to trigger the few circuits I have to gain control and just managed it with seconds remaining on the clock. What a rush that was! :-)

by kleiba 9y ago

SyneRyder 9y ago

Was that the Paradroid journal? He kept a diary for Zzap!64 magazine called Birth Of A Paradroid: http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap3/para_birth01.html He also wrote a diary for his Morpheus game: http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html http://www.zzap64.co.uk/mentalprocre.html

kleiba 9y ago
Yes, I think that's the one.
pan69 9y ago
Very interesting to read, but I can't seem to find a "year" when it was written. The Mental Procrastination has a publicised issue date of 1987, but I guess it was written before then? Both remind me a bit of Jordan Mechner's "The Making of Prince of Persia".
- SyneRyder 9y ago
  Probably would have been written in 1987, just a couple of months delayed. Zzap used to publish development diaries while a game was being produced, which meant the diaries would sometimes end midway when a game was cancelled (thinking of the Batman Returns [1] game diary in that case). [1] https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/batman-returns/ https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/batman-returns/

sohkamyung 9y ago

Paradroid was tremendous fun on the C64 and also one game I fondly remember. I recall being highly stressed by the game at one point. I had control of a low level droid and had no choice but to take on a very high level droid. I had to very carefully time when to trigger the few circuits I have to gain control and just managed it with seconds remaining on the clock. What a rush that was! :-)