Personality Profile: Everyday Shooter Creator, Jonathan Mak

Solace  |  October 11th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Congrats on your first PS3 game!
Can we clone you and send you off to Ubi and EA to show them how to program for the PS3?

TheDevilsJoker  |  October 11th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

1 word, autistic.

OrganicShadow  |  October 11th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

People: Buy this man a case of dust-off cans so he can rid his PC and desk area of all the dust.

Oh, and one of those new swiffer vacuum things too. I have one and it rocks.

Thanks for giving us a peek Jonathan!

MrCamo  |  October 11th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

Wow, way to keep the Trolls out!! i have not seen one bickering post yet!! I am stoked to see a typical guy making a game for us. Keep on bringing them on, and keep it original!! thanks for the post!!

StalkingSilence  |  October 11th, 2007 at 2:51 pm

Hey, if you want to upgrade your mattress, you probably should ask Sony to lower your game’s cost in the upcoming weeks. Or have a sale day or two. I’ve been burned by too many analog shooters on the PSN that others thought were good. BTW, the trailer (don’t think you put that together) was lame b/c it had random music playing over the game. I wanted to see what it looks like and sounds like live in-game.

foolio_67  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

Haha nice post.

Bones00  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:20 pm

I’d like to know from the peeps who have downloaded the game…how do you like it? How fun is it? What would you rate it out of a possible five stars?

DarkKnight  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:34 pm

Great Post! I am another fellow Canuck impressed by your story! Congrats on your (I have to say impending after seeing that TV) success!

Demon  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

My 15 inch tv is bigger than yours, woohoo! Damn, I’m big.

seaweed….sweet.

TheTwelve  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

Just downloaded the game and am playing it now. Paused it because I just wanted to type:

I LOVE IT.

It’s really genius, addictive, and heck there are even fun things to unlock. You’ve got a winner on your hands here, Johnathan. I love how, no matter what you do in gameplay (and even the menu), the accompanying sounds always match the current song. I love music and I love shooters and this just resonates in me two times over.

Hey, Johnathan, with the money you’ll get from this game, you’ll be able to buy a better TV. =) Thank you for making this game and letting us play it. This is a gem and I’m happy to be a part of it. Hopefully I will be informed of your future creations.

I recommend everyone to play this game. It’s got heart written all over it. Heck, even the notes section of the game is sweet. The first paragraph had me rolling….”wankery”…haha!

The game looks great on a 42 inch Bravia, btw.

Alright, I want to get back to playing more of the game before my dinner guest comes at 7.

12

P.S. BTW, I thought I was the only person who liked roasted seaweed. =)

P.S.S. PSN ID: TheTwelve (For Johnathan or anyone else who’ll enjoy this game like I do)

TheTwelve  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:37 pm

Oh, and out of 5 stars…well, I’ve only played it for about 10 minutes and I’m giving it a 6. We’ll see if that lasts.—12

XxBigP123xX  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

i want a demo i cant get it until next week

El-Suave  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:57 pm

I downloaded the game and I’m loving it. Great scoring system with all the unlockable stuff.

TheTwelve  |  October 11th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

Played 32% of it. Still a 6. Every level has its own style and chain objectives. Died in the third level trying to figure it out. My guests are late so I can play a bit more.—12

Lithgow  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Lol, nice TV. I also have an SDTV, but 27 inch, and I couldn’t be more satisfied. And you get a crapload of dust on that beautiful machine.

gardea  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:08 pm

How much did you get from Sony for your game?

Also, how many people helped you with it? Did Sony help afterward?

xplosneer  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

Dang hope you can get a better TV and good luck with Heavenly Sword! Thanks for coming on, I’ll get your game once I get a 120GB hard drive cause I only got a 20GB and had to delete a couple demos just to download Ratchet!

TheTwelve  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

I think that 32% only meant 32% of that level. Because I just died in level 3 again and it said 54%. This game is longer than I thought.—12

Demon  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:15 pm

Bought the game and I like it.

joel  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:26 pm

Pretty cool game..(woops the $hit out of FLOw..)

Not as good as go sport ski though..

Rzarekta  |  October 11th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

You guys don’t get it huh? He has a ton of seaWEED and HASH browns. See the words in caps??? It’s a joke, as in, he needed lots of weed and hash to make this game. The game’s awesome by the way to anyone on the fense. Must buy game.

RatchetFanatic  |  October 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

Heavenly Sword sucked so don’t look forward to it too much.

TheTwelve  |  October 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

Rzareka….you’re a genius. Wow. I feel like a dope for missing that.—12

Vassago  |  October 11th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

i just buy it

MilkMan  |  October 11th, 2007 at 8:19 pm

awesome game you made, your the man

TheApprentice  |  October 11th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

Its amazing how you’ve developed a PS3 title on your own…

I’m hoping to get involved in game development in the near future..
So it’d be awesome if you could post up an article showing how you developed the game and what you had to attain to make the game…

But congrats on the title
> I want to download it…But sony doesn’t support us Caribbean users (credit card etc..) with the Playstation Store… :(
Put in a word for us

chainlink13  |  October 11th, 2007 at 10:10 pm

Wow…amazing game. I just played the first few levels and I realized after reading your “About” section that you were heavily influenced by Kenta Cho of ABA games. I should have known! Tumiki Fighters is amazing!

Nymo  |  October 11th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

You, sir, are an awesome one-man band. One that lives quite a similar lifestyle as me and maybe several other gamers out here…

Love your efforts, and Everyday Shooter…
And seaweed.

zookey  |  October 11th, 2007 at 10:39 pm

Not a big fan of Seaweed, but I just played a lot of Everyday Shooter—it is awesome how you took Geometry Wars and Lumines and mixed them with your own unique style—easily worth the 10 bucks–I love games too that, when you die, your points or whatever still go towards making you stronger (in this case, enabling you to buy upgrades)—really makes the game for everyone instead of just 733t players!

TheHakku  |  October 11th, 2007 at 11:52 pm

Asteroids + Every Extend == Everyday Shooter.

mnemo  |  October 12th, 2007 at 12:40 am

Who would’ve thought one would get to see the classic “DESIGN PATTERNS” book in a games blog? And man, that apartment is a mess.

Classic  |  October 12th, 2007 at 1:07 am

Hey Jon - glad to see it finally made it out! It was a real pleasure getting to work with you, and it’s an even bigger pleasure seeing you get the credit and accolades you deserve!

Cheers to your success and triumphs over all the hurdles. Have a good weekend!

-Randall

Jeigh  |  October 12th, 2007 at 8:38 am

Interesting.

Globox82  |  October 12th, 2007 at 9:17 am

Crazy, hope you earn a lot of money with you game, good luck!

silentmatt  |  October 12th, 2007 at 10:26 am

@69 - seriously, the game is only 38 MB.

You can make room.

Savage  |  October 12th, 2007 at 10:56 am

Hi Jonathan,
It’s great to see an indie developer get the chance to write stuff for the PS3.
I have been a big fan of the IGF and my company has sponsored IGF entries in an attempt to encourage indie developers. This year we are sponsoring CrashBlock and last year we sponsored Tanx. Not massive games I know, but it’s a start.

Since you have Sony’s ear, can you tell them to release something like XNA or better so that indie developers have a cheap route to creating original and compelling content for PSN.

Anyway keep up the excellent work, I will be purchasing your game shortly.

Davitr0n  |  October 12th, 2007 at 10:59 am

Just bought this game during my lunch break and played a bit.

Mr. Mak, I would like to thank you for such a wonderful game. I almost don’t want to call it a game because I think it is more like art. Beautiful.

If you haven’t gotten this game yet, I would strongly recommend picking it up. Best $10 I have spent in a while, especially in this day and age of $60 games that have little substance.

tacoTRUCK  |  October 12th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Beautiful piece of art. My girlfren and I were completely overwhelmed for hours playing your creation. It’s a hard Friday work day when all you can think about is being a tiny dot. Thanks for this. PSN id tacoTRUCK.

PSPMAN07  |  October 12th, 2007 at 3:07 pm

You produced a great game, I’m addicted to it Thanks for making it

tacoTRUCK  |  October 12th, 2007 at 5:14 pm

Anybody interested in One Man creative efforts should check out the music of That 1 Guy (www.that1guy.com), he even built and designed his instrument. Hmmm, a Jonathan Mak game featuring the music of That 1 Guy, this would be nice.

eclipse26  |  October 12th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Jonathan, awesome stuff man. Keep fighting the good fight. You got my support

PSN ID: SoldierofVirtue

P.S. I envy your seawees and hashbrowns because i am looking for a job and must currently hold back from that……sigh

Nismobeach  |  October 12th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

Jon,

Thanks for creating such an awesome game.

I bought and played it last night for an hour and then spent another hour on Warhawk trying to encourage other people to buy it.

As stated above, GIVE THIS MAN A BRAVIA!!