Hello my readers! From now on, I’ll be updating the USCF blog each Sunday with development progress on Fight the Darkness. Cheers! Last week I purchased Game Maker Studio Professional, and since then I’ve been stumbling through the free tutorials. Now that I’ve got a little hands-on knowledge with the engine, I’ve been working on aContinue reading “Game Maker & Collision Fun”
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UI Design & Weapons Concept
I’m going to keep this post short and sweet, because I’m applying for jobs and have a lot coming up in the next post. I finished the weapons concept I’ve been working on, as well as a UI page for the fictional game Dragoon Chronicles. I’ve included a time lapse of my work flow forContinue reading “UI Design & Weapons Concept”
Adventures in Portfolio Building & Learning
Hello my readers! I hope everyone’s doing well in their game development quests! In my most recent adventures, I’ve attended several portfolio reviews and received valuable feedback. Of my current three portfolios, game design, concept art, and user interface design, I’ve learned that my game design portfolio is the strongest. Huzzah! However, I do needContinue reading “Adventures in Portfolio Building & Learning”
Night of Beta
Less than eleven hours remain before beta release. I’m nervous, happy, excited, stressed and sleepless all at the same time. It’s an odd mix of feelings, but I like it. Guess I picked the right industry to get into, because from what I heard, this atmosphere of high tension is pretty common in the worldContinue reading “Night of Beta”
Comrade Quest Checkpoint Animations
I’ve been working more on the menus, and animations for the different objects in the level. Here are the assets for the checkpoints- the banner says контрольная точка (kontrol’naya tochka), or checkpoint. I’m going off of what one of my Russian-speaking friends said, hopefully it doesn’t mean “capitalism for life” or “Donald Trump is awesome”Continue reading “Comrade Quest Checkpoint Animations”
A Lesson in Leadership
Whew. Yesterday was crazy stressful. We had a huge meeting with the professors, and we’re back to the original melee system. Essentially the whole group got called in to discuss why we shouldn’t go forward with the turn based system. I thought the turn based system would solve the problems reported in alpha, but itContinue reading “A Lesson in Leadership”
Comrade Quest Alpha and Feedback
The Tuesday before spring break, we had alpha playtests in GPL. We received valuable feedback from developers from the Fissure, Shroud, Solar Rim and Cross Stone teams, as well as some of the ATEC professors. From the anonymous polls we gathered from the playtests • The co-op element and co-op puzzles are the strongest featuresContinue reading “Comrade Quest Alpha and Feedback”
Comrade Quest History Part 4
Continued from previous post I got up on stage, calmly pulled up the PowerPoint presentation for Comrade Quest, and began my pitch. In the first two slides, I knew the audience was at least listening. The next four slides I introduced the four playable characters of the game. With each new character, the audience becameContinue reading “Comrade Quest History Part 4”
Comrade Quest History Part 3
Continued from previous post To become a better speaker, I spent the rest of Wednesday pitching Comrade Quest to as many friends, classmates, and willing strangers as I could. Most of the people who I pitched the game to really liked the idea, but it was criticism from a 3D modeling friend that really helpedContinue reading “Comrade Quest History Part 3”
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