Devlog #10 The first thing I wanted to address from the Pre-Alpha feedback was confusion about the JUICE BAR. What is it? Why is it bugging out? Does it do anything? In-game answers to these questions needed a 2 step approach: Here is a video containing a HUD concept addressing the first bullet point. It […]
011 Gimme That JUICE! Read More »
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
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Devlog #8 As I work toward building out the first level for a pre-alpha demo, I decided to get cracking on the other two enemies I created that were in desperate need of animations and mechanical touch-ups. The combat is more lively now and I’m really liking how it turned out! It’s been a while
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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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See concept art at the end! Devlog #5 Hello friends, fans, curious onlookers, and passersby!This update is all about the art that builds the world of our game. Check out this video to see the first scene I built in Unity using environment assets—all hand-drawn by yours truly. *********** VIDEO MAY TAKE A MINUTE TO
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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 #2 As I was working through my combat prototype, I chased down a few “good idea fairies” that will need to be scrapped but ultimately helped inform my design. Before I knew it, I was adding complex movement and rotation schemes to player attack hitboxes, building a detailed enemy AI framework, and even programming
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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 »