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Jeff Minter, cuddler of sheep and designer of psychedelic shooters, has updated his Stinkygoat blog with a mention of his latest endeavor: Gridrunner++ for Xbox Live Arcade. The original scrolling shooter, which requires you to survive numerous waves of enemies in increasingly disorienting levels, will have its graphics and controls overhauled to better suit the Xbox 360.

Minter hopes it'll make for a "more involved game" and is first focusing on "getting all the gameplay working first." That's just as well, given the polar reactions his Space Giraffe galloped and/or flew into.

[Via X3F]

JoystiqJeff Minter tweaking Gridrunner++ for XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As proof that Jeff Minter is no longer tweaking, Space Giraffe is set for release on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, August 22nd, for 400 MS Points ($5). If the term "tunnel shooter" doesn't help you visualize Llamasoft's unhinged experiment in visual excess, picturing a Tempest of rainbows vomiting on your screen should get you halfway there. And that's not even considering the steady stream of mixed up gaming memes it spouts at you -- we just found out our giraffe is in another castle.

Also releasing this week is Street Trace: NYC, a futuristic hoverboard racer where your board's "emissions" can grant speed boosts to competing players. Mid-air jostling, upgradeable vehicles and online multiplayer all add up to 800 MS Points ($10) and a stirring memory of the Dreamcast's TrickStyle.

Gallery: Space Giraffe


Gallery: Street Trace: NYC

JoystiqThis Wednesday: Space Giraffe and Street Trace light up XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>JeffMinterLlamasoftMicrosoftSpace-GiraffeStreetTraceXBLAXBLAWednesdayXbox-360Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:54:00 EST<![CDATA[Jeff Minter: artist, developer, friend of sheep]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/05/jeff-minter-artist-developer-friend-of-sheep/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/05/jeff-minter-artist-developer-friend-of-sheep/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/05/jeff-minter-artist-developer-friend-of-sheep/#comments Gamasutra interviews eccentric Welsh developer Jeff Minter, who created such retro-inspired classics as Tempest 2000, Llamatron, and Attack of the Mutant Camels. Now under contract with Microsoft, Minter spills the psychedelic beans on his forthcoming Space Giraffe for Xbox Live Arcade, reveals whether he'll ever develop for anyone other than Bill Gates again, and cuddles a sheep for the camera. (See above.)

JoystiqJeff Minter: artist, developer, friend of sheep originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Let's be honest, Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe is nothing more than an updated Tempest 2000 (also Minter's creation), itself a remake of 1981's Tempest. The upcoming XBLA rail shooter brings to mind Geometry Wars and Rez in a big way, and this work-in-progress video includes licensed music and intentional Engrish. There isn't much about Space Giraffe that is original or innovative ... but still it looks like insane fun.

Let none of that stop you from enjoying some ultra-trippy video, set to the tune of Aphex Twin (Warning: NSFW). The YouTube video is pretty shoddy in quality, so we recommend going to Xboxyde for a slightly crisper experience.

"Congraturation! You success! A winner is you! But our giraffe is in another castle!"

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

[Update 1: So, as it turns out, Richard David James has yet to multiply himself through meiosis or any other similar process. Ooopsies, singularity has won.]

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As if Geometry Wars doesn't provide enough trippy, vector graphics action for Xbox Live Arcade, Jeff Minter and the boys at Llamasoft have posted some extremely psychedelic pictures (warning, some NSFW language) of their new XBLA game, tentatively titled "Space Giraffe." Jeff doesn't reveal many gameplay details in the post on his blog, but he does say that the game will be a rail-based shooter in the tradition of Minter's Tempest 2000. Leave it to the creator of the Xbox 360's lightsnyth, to come up with a game that looks like a bad acid trip.

[Via K1lla's Xbox Domain]

JoystiqJeff Minter bringing space giraffes to XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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