Kornelius A. Prell

A pragmatist who brings ideas to life in digital form... like a modern Frankenstein

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2017

Migrating netzkaempfer.com

The old blog and domain is no longer active, but I'd still like to keep my old articles about web-based game development.

Migrating kaapedev.wordpress.com

The old blog is no longer actively maintained, but I'd still like to keep my old articles about game development with Xbox Live Indie Games.

2016

Successful performance for AppCreator at Elevator Pitch BW 2016 in Böblingen

We successfully participated at the Elevator Pitch BW 2016 in Böblingen and were rewarded with the third price and were chosen as the audience favorite.

AppCreator tries to participate at Elevator Pitch BW 2016 in Böblingen

We'd like to take the next step with AppCreator by pitching the idea at the Elevator Pitch BW 2016 in Böblingen.

Same procedure as last year: my experience with Startup Weekend Stuttgart 2015

Once again I've participated at the Startup Weekend Stuttgart and will review my experience with the event.

2015

A year of freelancing

How freelacing worked for me to gain traction on the entrepreneurial path and what advantages and disadvantages I've experienced so far.

How I quit my job to become an entrepreneur

Looking back at my first steps to become an entrepreneur by quitting my job and working for myself.

2014

Looking back on and reappraising Startup Weekend Stuttgart 2014

Reviewing my experience from participating at the Startup Weekend Stuttgart 2014: the concept, critique and room for improvement.

A spark of motivation

Why I need to write this blog and what you can expect from it.

2013

Document your RESTful API with Swagger

As a recent task it was necessary to create a RESTful webservice based on parts of an existing web application.

Rise of distribution channels for Indie Games

During the last years there has been a rise of various new distribution sites for Indie Games and virtual goods in general.

2012

Airrise: Release

Airrise has been released on the XBox Live Indie Games!

Airrise: Gameplay Video

As promised, here is a gameplay video of Airrise.

Airrise: First Playtest

During the writing process for my masterthesis I’ve taken up the development of “Airrise” as a balance.

Chat with Node.js

Although we choose JQuery and PHP after intense prototyping as a foundation for our game, the technology isn’t capable of some functions we need.

Character traits in Social War

We want to transfer the elements of classical roleplaying in the world of social networks with our browsergame Social War.

Technology & Tool choice: GWT vs. jQuery+PHP

After various validations we must proceed to the implementation (at least prototypical) of SocialWar. Therefore we’ve started to choose the proper tools and ...

“Netzkämpfer” are born!

Together with some colleagues I founded the organisation “Netzkämpfer” that is intended for a german audience.

The “Gründerzeit” Elevator Pitch of Social War

We have attended the Gründerzeit Baden-Württemberg event on 2nd & 3rd of March and participated with our game idea “Social War” at an Elevator Pitch contest.

Browsergames Forum Starter Trophy 2011 – 3rd place for Social War

The team around “Social War” is bright winner of the bronze medal at the Browsergames Forum Starter Trophy 2011.

Who are these “Netzkämpfer” anyway?

We want to build a development studio, that fights for excellent applications for the web.

2011

Avatar Tower: Release!

Yay! Today I got notified that Avatar Tower hits the marketplace soon.

Avatar Tower: First Peer-Review

The playtest phase for Avatar Tower is closed. I got feedback from two community members with minor graphical issues.

Avatar Tower: First Playtest

I just submitted Avatar Tower for playtest.

Clean Code

Recently I stumbled upon a book that I bought for my bachelor thesis, but didn’t manage to read until now: Clean Code by Robert C. Martin

Certified Associate in Project Management

Today I took the certification exam for the Certified Associate in Project Management and happily passed it.

Avatar Tower: Menu video

As the menu structure is hard to describe by screenshots I made a little video to show you the current menu flow and gameplay.

Avatar Tower: More themes

A lot of potential “platform theme” texture files have been lying around on my hard disk for some time now.

Avatar Tower: Burn, Baby! BURN!

You might remember from the early mockup, that I planned to add fire at the bottom of the tower from which the Avatar is trying to flee.

Avatar Tower: Menu

After months of wasted time, I finally got my butt in gear and fixed some bugs.

Finishing 2nd semester

As you may have noticed, I have been quite busy for the last months. Today our class wrote the last two exams of this semester.

Avatar Tower: Logo

During the last hours I tried to create a logo for Avatar Tower and I’m pretty satisfied with the result.

Avatar Tower: Minor Update

I finally managed to reconfigure my development environment in Ubuntu. It simply works and provides everything I need.

To cut a long story short

Moved flat. Caught a cold due to heavy house moving stress.

Avatar Tower: Small Progress

Avatar Tower has made some small progress (the 22 to 24 work hour concept did work sometimes).

Avatar Tower: Hours of work

Currently I’ve got two term papers to write, two case studies to work on, a heavy test in two weeks and furthermore I need to find a new apartment and prepar...

Warbirds At Work: First Week Sales Data

Here is the sales data for the first week of Warbirds At Work on the Xbox marketplace.