Devlog #9 Playtesting was a huge success, and I’m incredibly excited to keep pushing GadgetSmack closer to the vision I have for the full game. My current target is a December beta release incorporating the amazing feedback I received on the pre-alpha. The Most Important: Player Motivation From playtester feedback it was clear that GadgetSmack […]
010 Digesting Feedback from the GadgetSmack Pre-Alpha Read More »
Seriously, why is sound design so hard ;- { Devlog #7 It pains me to no end to spend the better part of the last 2 weeks scouring the web and various sound libraries for sfx to use in my game, only to start to implement them and they don’t sound nearly as good as
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Devlog #6 You know what they say: when one door closes, it stays closed because you programmed a one-way door and now you’re stuck floating in the abyss with no way back inside. Enjoy this little compilation from before even that stage. In all seriousness, it was more difficult than I thought to make the
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Alternate names: Running For My Life, More HP (Please), They’re After My Delicious Cocoa Puffs… Devlog #4 The combat prototype comes into focus! I now have one fully animated enemy and player, and the core combat systems are alive and well. The player now is able to kill the enemies, and the enemies can destroy
Devlog #3 From bouncing ball to slashing sword, I’ve grown as an artist, game developer, and a newly minted animator to breathe life into my combat prototype. See the video below! How I Got Started With Animation After watching a couple YouTubers walk through some animation basics, I learned the basic tenets: My Bouncing Ball
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Devlog Update #1 It’s been almost two months since I committed to launching my first video game within a year. I’ll be honest — I don’t have much in the way of a playable prototype yet (scroll to the bottom to see a clip of what I do have complete). At first, that felt a
002 Building Before Coding: My First 60 Days as an Indie Game Developer Read More »