The Odd Magpie

The Odd Magpie

Michael Murphy-Burton

Gamedev

I do most of my game development as Perfect Minute Games, but there are also a bunch of posts on this blog documenting my experiments with games and game design. You can access both sets from this page.


  • More Mushkin Match!

    The game is starting to accumulate little bits of goodness – a prettier tile face here, a special effect there, and I’m really pleased with how it’s coming along.

  • New WIP: Mushkins Match

    I’ve been working on this little match-3 game for a bit now, and while it’s still a long way from ready for public consumption, it’s already kind of satisfying to match up wood to make logs and trees, or moss to make a patch, and the…

  • New Service: Godot Tool and Game Development

    I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been able to get deep enough into Godot development at this point to feel comfortable offering development in the engine as part of my service profile. Godot joins Unity and Unreal as well as bespoke development as a core Perfect Minute service offering. If you’ve got game development needs…

  • CMF Fall 2023 Windows Have Started Opening (or Once More, With Feeling)

    TL;DR: the CMF Fall funding program windows have started opening up, and Innovation & Experimentation, in particular, is already open. If you’re hoping to apply, time’s a-tickin. I figured the start of the CMF Fall windows would be a good segue for this post. I wrote about my attempts to fund Paint By Monsters earlier…

  • CMF 6: The Process

    This post is part of a series for game developers applying to the Canada Media Fund. Post 1 Post 2 Post 3 Post 4 Post 5 So far this series has mostly talked about different aspects of applying to the CMF for project funding. Today I want to talk about what happens after you’ve gotten…

  • CMF 5: Putting Together an Application for the Big Dogs

    This post is part of a series aimed at game developers applying to the Canada Media Fund. Post 1 Post 2 Post 3 Post 4 To date, I’ve talked mostly about the process involved with the CMF’s Conceptualization program. Conceptualization is the definition of seed money – low barrier to entry (though 2023-24’s changes make…