Archive for the ‘Announcements’ category

Decision Time

April 24th, 2012

I have decided to make Retrobooster my full time job soon. Reception among testers and the Internet community has been favorable, and it’s the most fun art project I’ve ever had. It will be great to be able to concentrate all my efforts on this game. First, I have to wind things down at my [...]

Intel Should Fix Its OpenGL Driver

September 15th, 2011

This week I had a chance to install Really Slick Screensavers on a Windows 7 computer with Intel graphics. As it has been for as long as I can remember, OpenGL 3D screensavers run slowly on Intel graphics because they are disabling hardware acceleration. Intel says they disable hardware rendering due to “potential compatibility issues [...]

Retrobooster in Development

June 30th, 2011

The aliens have landed, and they want to make your galaxy their galaxy. Presenting the latest oversized art project from Really Slick. Retrobooster is an old school 2D multi-directional shooter built with 3D graphics. Unlike most shooters of this ilk, you can’t run out of fuel and won’t be constantly fighting against gravity. The focus [...]

Website Redesign

June 29th, 2011

Welcome to the new Really Slick website.  It was probably overdue for a redesign.  In the past, this site had a list of news items that was updated periodically; it was mainly used for announcing new and updated screensavers.  This news section has now been expanded into the blog that you’re reading.  The intention is [...]