http://www.walker-games.com Games for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:32:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a reminder, Rock Garden and Rock Slide are both pure Java applications and will run (should run) flawlessly on the new Intel Macs. Update April 2, 2006 I got my new iMac with an Intel chip. Everything works fine. http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2006/01/11/universal-binaries/ The new version of RockGarden 1.07 is now available. Changes include... Performance EnhancementsWorkaround bug in Apple's JVMNow uses the menu bar as well the game menu screen.You can download the Mac or Windows editions or find more information here. http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/10/12/rockgarden-107/ We are working on some updates to RockGarden and RockSlide as well as new games. We've improved performance on older computers (RockGarden Beta will now run on OS 10.2 333Mhz G3 iMac) and improved fullscreen support. During testing, we noticed that Apple broke ImageIO under OS 10.4.2 and Java 1.4. ... http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/10/05/development-update/ A few people have reported that "keys" do not work in last few days. Here is a link to new forum article for those who are having trouble. http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/08/29/shareware-keys/ Howdy folks, we've released new versions of RockGarden 1.06 and RockSlide 1.01. They include the following... Autosave Updated keybindings: Spacebar brings up menu and "N" starts a new game. Buttons have a new look Autosave will save your game when you exit and reload it the next time you start the game. This handy ... http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/08/18/new-versions/ Hi folks, we are testing a new store format with Kagi. It is available at http://store.kagi.com/?6FAMY_LIVE&lang=en. One of the things the new store allows is coupons, so until Sept. 1st 2005 you can receive %15 off your orders of Walker Games software from Kagi by using the coupon code WGSBETA ... http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/08/15/new-store/ The Walker Games Support Forum is now up and running (and has been for the last week). Now if you have problems with a game or want to talk strategy there is a place other than our release announcements ;). the link to forum is on the sidebar on our ... http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/08/04/walker-games-support-forum/ RockSlide is an arcade/puzzle game where "rocks" enter from the left in a timed fashion. Rocks must be removed by clicking on similar groups before the pile slides to the right side of the screen. RockSlide has three levels of difficulty, multiple backgrounds, multiple rock “Themes”, an Internet Highscore board, and ... http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/07/25/rockslide-10-released/ A new version of RockGarden is now availible. Changes include... Internet highscore board Windows edition includes Java web-based installer. Bug-fixes Updated backgrounds You can download the Mac or Windows editions or find more information here. http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/06/15/rockgarden-105/ Just installed Mac OS X Tiger. Happy to report that RockGarden works fine with Tiger. http://www.walker-games.com/archives/2005/04/29/tiger/