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			Latest news and updates from power abuse, website of game designer John Feltham
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			http://www.powerabuse.co.uk
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			<title>Particle Effects - Fire</title>
			<link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk/tutorials.html</link>
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					<p>The latest tutorial shows you how to use particles to create a cool looking fire effect. Once you master this technique, you can use the same princples to create hundreds of different effects. Need some smoke or steam? Want some magical sparkles or bubbles? All these effects can be created using the same simple principles, the basics of which you can learn in this tutorial!</p>					
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			<image src="images/fire_1.png" width="350" height="262" url="tutorials.html" target=""/>
			<links><p>As always, feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my tutorials on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>.</p>
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			<author>John Feltham</author>
			<pubDate>2nd August 2009</pubDate>
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			<title>Escape tutorial part 3</title>
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					<p>Part three of the escape game tutorial will show you how to add a digital code lock to your game, complete with its own randomly generated code, which changes each time you play the game. Also in this tutorial, you will learn how to create some dynamic context specific text, which you can use to give clues and background information to the player about any objects and puzzles in the room.</p>					
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			<image src="images/escape_3.png" width="350" height="262" url="tutorials.html" target=""/>
			<links><p>As always, feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my tutorials on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>.</p>
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			<author>John Feltham</author>
			<pubDate>11th July 2009</pubDate>
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			<title>Escape tutorial part 2</title>
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					<p>Part two of the escape game tutorial is now up on the site! In this part, you will learn how to add objects into your room which you can interact with, and add to your inventory. This part also covers the use of variables and "if" statements in order to control elements of your game.</p>					
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			<image src="images/escape_2.png" width="350" height="262" url="tutorials.html" target=""/>
			<links><p>As always, feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my tutorials on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>.</p>
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			<author>John Feltham</author>
			<pubDate>28th June 2009</pubDate>
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          <title>Escape Game tutorial</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk/tutorials.html</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>My next set of tutorials will focus on teaching flash novices the basics they will need in order to be able to create a basic room escape game. The tutorials will cover all the key elements that are needed to make a complete game, which hopefully anyone who is interested in making a game of their own will find helpful.</p>
<p>The first tutorial focuses on creating a room, and allowing you to navigate around it, in a similar fashion to <a href="games/sphere.html"><u>Sphere core</u></a>.</p>
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		  <image src="images/escape_1.png" width="350" height="262" url="tutorials.html" target=""></image>
		  <links><p>Feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my games on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>!</p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>20 June 2009</pubDate>
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          <title>Tutorials section added</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk/tutorials.html</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I have decided that its about time I started doing something with all the knowledge I have picked up over the last few years. I basically taught myself everything I knew from using online tutorials. I learned a lot from them, although there was also a hell of a lot of trial and error when it came to my flash coding and design.</p>
<p>I have had a few people ask me various questions about how I achieve certain effects, or create certain parts of my games. What better way to help the game producing flash community, than to create some tutorials that teach people the little techniques and tips I have picked up along the way.</p>
<p>The first tutorial teaches you how to create the moving sky effect that I used in both <a href="games/soul.html"><u>Soul core</u></a> and <a href="games/tower.html"><u>Tower core</u></a></p>
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		  <image src="images/dyn_sky.png" width="350" height="262" url="tutorials.html" target=""></image>
		  <links><p>Feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my games on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>!</p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>13 June 2009</pubDate>
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          <title>Website updated</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I have spent some time this weekend working on making my site a bit more user friendly, both for me to update, and for you to view! Check out the updated features below, I hope you enjoy visiting this site, and will check back every now and then for future updates!</p>   
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		  <links><p>Feel free to leave any feedback regarding the site or any of my games on my <a href="http://forum.powerabuse.co.uk" target="_blank"><u>forum</u></a>!</p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>31 May 2009</pubDate>
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          <title>Tower Core Released!</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I am proud to announce the official release of my 5th game - Tower core! This game is the culmination of 2 years of experimentation, of making these games, and learning as much as I can about flash. I have used every single ounce of my skill and knowledge to try to make this the best game possible. I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed making it!</p>   
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		  <links><p>Play Tower Core on:<br />
              <a href="http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/tower-core/" target="_blank"><u>Free web arcade</u></a> | <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/490817" target="_blank"><u>Newgrounds</u></a> | <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Lazarou/tower-core" target="_blank"><u>Kongregate</u></a> | <a href="games/tower.html"><u>Power Abuse</u></a></p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>02 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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          <title>New game announced</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I have been working for the last few months on a new game. This should be the longest, most involving and most enjoyable core game yet. The title of the game is still not finalised, but the content is probably 70% complete. It will take me a while longer though to finalise the last few puzzles, and make some decent animations for the intro and end of the game.</p>
<p>The game is a continuation of the core series, picking up where Soul Core left off. It sees you travelling to a distant planet, trying to find a way to unlock the only weapon that can stop the earth from being destroyed. Here are some screenshots to wet your appetite:</p></div>
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		  <links><p>Expect the usual mix of logic based puzzles and sci-fi themes, in another quality core game!</p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>21 Jan 2009 </pubDate>
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          <title> New game released!</title>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>My 4th game is finally ready. After several months of hard work, I am pleased to release this game and really hope you enjoy it! </p>   
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		  <links><p align="center"> Play Soul Core on:<br />
              <a href="http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/soul-core/" target="_blank"><u>Free web arcade</u></a> | <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/463966" target="_blank"><u>Newgrounds</u></a> | <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Lazarou/soul-core" target="_blank"><u>Kongregate</u></a> | <a href="games/soul.html"><u>Power Abuse</u></a></p></links>
          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>07 Oct 2008</pubDate>
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          <title>New game announced</title>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I am currently working on a new "core" game. It will be the 4th game in the series and will be the most exciting, intriguing, and hopefully fun game yet. It is a slight break away from the "room escape" theme, this game will be more of an adventure, and a whole lot cooler! Here are some sneak peek screenshots to let you see how it is progressing:</p>
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          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>24 Aug 2008</pubDate>
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          <title>Site update</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Updated About page and added CV.</p></div></description>
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          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>23 Aug 2008</pubDate>
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          <title>Projects update</title>
          <link>http://www.powerabuse.co.uk</link>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Added a preview version of the Interactive Cell to the <a href="projects.html"><u>projects section</u></a>. This is still a work in progress and will be updated regularly.</p></div></description>
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          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>30 Jul 2008</pubDate>
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          <title>Games Update</title>
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            <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The <a href="games.html"><u>games section</u></a> is complete. Walkthroughs and "behind the scenes" pages are available for all games.</p></div></description>
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          <author>John Feltham</author>
          <pubDate>01 Jun 2008</pubDate>
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