April/May 2009:

While there is a serious amount of deadline fever at the Studio, plus to add on a personal side note, my brother visiting from Scotland with a new nephew for me to meet, someone decided that it would be a perfect time to change the OS we are using on the workstations.

If you cast your eyes to the bottom right hand side of this, and every, page, you will notice the Ubuntu logo has been replaced with the Kubuntu logo. We will, as of the 01 May 2009, be running Kubuntu 9.04 64bit on our workstations. With KDE 4.2 comes a whole host of features that make it more favourable over the "boring" GNOME desktop. 

Now that we are in a new year, it seems only right to have something forward-thinking and fresh to work with everyday. I think Windows 7 may have a contender on the horizon. Take a look, if you are of the skeptical persuasion.

April 2009:

There will be an update to the Animation and Downloads portions of the site within the next week and a half, so keep your eyes peeled. I have also begun working on a new IP that will be running alongside Project Head Games.  The first animation test for Project Head Games will go public by next month. It is the introductory sequence to the film and is visually unique in execution. 
That's all I have for this entry, see you soon.

March 2009:

The last month has been full of activity. This, of course, is the main reason for lack of updates.
I have been "over the seas" for the last month on a new business venture, but have now returned to continue work on the short. Because I did not have access to a PC with enough grunt to carry on with the production, nothing much has changed in the past month.
After the initial shock week back at work is now complete, it is all guns blazing again!

More January 2009:

Surprise!
It's a brand spanking new site for Manic Palm. As everyone that is close to the studio knows, idle is something we are not. Since this new year is going to be a trying time on the world, the dark nature of the previous site had to be replaced with something clean and refreshing.

Please send us your feedback on the new design. Yay or Nay? more----home