Comments for Kevin Toms Blog http://blog.kevintoms.com Original author of Football Manager computer game Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Play Football Manager now! by Kevin Toms is our Hero « Blue Square http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-230 Kevin Toms is our Hero « Blue Square Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:52:50 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-230 [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have on today’s post?  Well, Kevin Tombs developed the first every football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrums back in the very early 1980’s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...] [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have on today’s post?  Well, Kevin Tombs developed the first every football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrums back in the very early 1980’s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> Comment on Play Football Manager now! by Kevin Toms is my hero « The Ball is Round http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-228 Kevin Toms is my hero « The Ball is Round Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:06:10 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-228 [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have on today’s post?  Well, Kevin Tombs developed the first every football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrums back in the very early 1980’s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...] [...] So who is this Kevin, and what relevance does it have on today’s post?  Well, Kevin Tombs developed the first every football manager simulation game for the ZX Spectrums back in the very early 1980’s.  In the game everyone the opportunity to manager a team, and watch the game unfold in pure two dimensional unadulted by advertising green graphics.  Want to see what kept us in our bedrooms for so long at the time without a staple through their naval? Well you can still play a version of the game by clicking here. [...]

]]> Comment on My iPhone/iPad Football Manager Game 26 – Actual Screenshot by Kevin Toms http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/02/17/my-iphoneipad-football-manager-game-26-actual-screenshot/#comment-226 Kevin Toms Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:08:58 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=489#comment-226 Uuh yeah. You were too quick! It wasn't hard enough as a question... Uuh yeah. You were too quick! It wasn’t hard enough as a question…

]]> Comment on My iPhone/iPad Football Manager Game 26 – Actual Screenshot by andy http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/02/17/my-iphoneipad-football-manager-game-26-actual-screenshot/#comment-224 andy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:21:50 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=489#comment-224 Is that an early 80's First Division set of teams? Is that an early 80’s First Division set of teams?

]]> Comment on My iPhone/iPad Football Manager Game 21 – League Tables by Kevin Toms http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/02/03/my-iphoneipad-football-manager-game-21-league-tables/#comment-183 Kevin Toms Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:14:37 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=453#comment-183 That's funny! But no, I never do that. I am quite puritanically obsessed with the idea that the game should be as much fun and challenge for me as anyone else. So I never include cheats! That’s funny! But no, I never do that. I am quite puritanically obsessed with the idea that the game should be as much fun and challenge for me as anyone else. So I never include cheats!

]]> Comment on My iPhone/iPad Football Manager Game 21 – League Tables by Tim Whitemore http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/02/03/my-iphoneipad-football-manager-game-21-league-tables/#comment-182 Tim Whitemore Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:01:43 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=453#comment-182 Be honest - do you sway the odds so the team that you support perform better than average? I would be tempted to slip in a helpful algorithm to give my team Derby County a nudge up the table. I'm afraid I would be an unjust god inflicting injuries, crap players and locusts on Forest. Enjoy the gig - should be epic! Be honest – do you sway the odds so the team that you support perform better than average? I would be tempted to slip in a helpful algorithm to give my team Derby County a nudge up the table. I’m afraid I would be an unjust god inflicting injuries, crap players and locusts on Forest.

Enjoy the gig – should be epic!

]]> Comment on My iPhone Football Manager Game 12 – Why do this? by Kevin Toms http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/01/20/my-iphone-football-manager-game-12-why-do-this/#comment-163 Kevin Toms Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:13:29 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=408#comment-163 Recreating the retro appeal is something I do want to do, but I am not copying that. It draws from it in concept, you could say, but it is a complete re-write. On the other hand I am not trying to create a big game, with lots of functionality, just because the iPhone offers more to work with. What I am trying to is make something easy to use that does the basics very well, then build on that carefully over time. Recreating the retro appeal is something I do want to do, but I am not copying that. It draws from it in concept, you could say, but it is a complete re-write. On the other hand I am not trying to create a big game, with lots of functionality, just because the iPhone offers more to work with. What I am trying to is make something easy to use that does the basics very well, then build on that carefully over time.

]]> Comment on My iPhone Football Manager Game 12 – Why do this? by Tim Whitemore http://blog.kevintoms.com/2010/01/20/my-iphone-football-manager-game-12-why-do-this/#comment-162 Tim Whitemore Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:09:29 +0000 http://blog.kevintoms.com/?p=408#comment-162 I will be following your updates with interest. One big question comes to mind. Are you trying to recreate FM in the image of the original with all of its raw and retro appeal or do you see this as an opportunity to move the idea on? I dread to think how much more powerful an iPhone is than the hardware platforms you originally coded against but this must open up new avenues. I will be following your updates with interest. One big question comes to mind. Are you trying to recreate FM in the image of the original with all of its raw and retro appeal or do you see this as an opportunity to move the idea on? I dread to think how much more powerful an iPhone is than the hardware platforms you originally coded against but this must open up new avenues.

]]> Comment on Play Football Manager now! by Kevin Toms http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-159 Kevin Toms Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:22:38 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-159 Thanks for the comment. Yes, a few people have told me they learned from looking at the source code. You are right it was not hard to break in to to see. Interestingly that was because when I put the original game out piracy was not around! So, I did put some copy protection in but no significant, and it stayed that way. I guess also with the code being in Basic it was more manageable to look at and learn from. Thanks for the comment. Yes, a few people have told me they learned from looking at the source code. You are right it was not hard to break in to to see. Interestingly that was because when I put the original game out piracy was not around! So, I did put some copy protection in but no significant, and it stayed that way. I guess also with the code being in Basic it was more manageable to look at and learn from.

]]> Comment on Play Football Manager now! by Tim Whitemore http://blog.kevintoms.com/play-football-manager-now/#comment-158 Tim Whitemore Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:56:32 +0000 http://kevintoms.wordpress.com/?page_id=34#comment-158 For my friends and I Football Manager was crack cocaine. I spent many many hours glued to it and I'm sure my career in IT was nudged along by learning from your source code (sorry - wasn't exactly hard to view!). Now, just when I am fit to return to society you have re-aquainted me with FM courtesy of the Speccy emulator. There goes the evening. Again... For my friends and I Football Manager was crack cocaine. I spent many many hours glued to it and I’m sure my career in IT was nudged along by learning from your source code (sorry – wasn’t exactly hard to view!). Now, just when I am fit to return to society you have re-aquainted me with FM courtesy of the Speccy emulator. There goes the evening. Again…

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