Monthly Archives: March 2018
See you later boaty boat~
This is the last post for our shoot ‘em up. There have been good and bad times but surely a lot has been learned.
Our group has developed doing this project and some friendships has been made. We have had a lot of challenges about what is right and wrong and who has the last word for what. But I am grateful that we manage to make this game which I am somewhat pleased with, and that we […]
See you later boaty boat~
This is the last post for our shoot ‘em up. There have been good and bad times but surely a lot has been learned.
Our group has developed doing this project and some friendships has been made. We have had a lot of challenges about what is right and wrong and who has the last word for what. But I am grateful that we manage to make this game which I am somewhat pleased with, and that we […]
Game Design 2: Blogpost #6, Postmortem
This blog post will be my postmortem for Group Sirens work on the videogame Behemoth during the Game Design 2 course in the program Game Design at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland. I am Jonathan Berggren and I was the only programmer in our group along with one project manager, two artists and previously a designer who sadly dropped out before the start of the Game Design 2 course making us one of the smaller groups for this project. Before this […]
Game Design 2: Blogpost #6, Postmortem
This blog post will be my postmortem for Group Sirens work on the videogame Behemoth during the Game Design 2 course in the program Game Design at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland. I am Jonathan Berggren and I was the only programmer in our group along with one project manager, two artists and previously a designer who sadly dropped out before the start of the Game Design 2 course making us one of the smaller groups for this project. Before this […]
Meet us in Stockholm on the 4th of April!
The Department of Game Design at Uppsala University is attending The Swedish Game Industry Career Fair, at Nalen in Stockholm. The event is free to attend, and is an excellent opportunity to meet a ton of game studios and whole lot of game educations, to see if game development might be for you.
The 4th of April is ~10 days before the national application deadline, so we highly recommend you swing past and check the options out before applying […]
Meet us in Stockholm on the 4th of April!
The Department of Game Design at Uppsala University is attending The Swedish Game Industry Career Fair, at Nalen in Stockholm. The event is free to attend, and is an excellent opportunity to meet a ton of game studios and whole lot of game educations, to see if game development might be for you.
The 4th of April is ~10 days before the national application deadline, so we highly recommend you swing past and check the options out before applying […]
Development blog 6 – five blogs in one v2
Good morning all. As one of the artist in group Zombie. I am excited to present you my final development blog- 5 blogs in one! This time, I will conclude everything I have learned during the development of our Exploration game – Umibozu.
First, let me describe what work I have done. I have created animation for 3 different interactable game object. I have also created 4 different cutscenes to narrate the story. In the game design phrase, I have given my […]
Development blog 6 – five blogs in one v2
Good morning all. As one of the artist in group Zombie. I am excited to present you my final development blog- 5 blogs in one! This time, I will conclude everything I have learned during the development of our Exploration game – Umibozu.
First, let me describe what work I have done. I have created animation for 3 different interactable game object. I have also created 4 different cutscenes to narrate the story. In the game design phrase, I have given my […]
Postmortem
After 8 weeks of production, we have finally reached our goal. What started of as a design concept by team Bugbear is now reality. We chose their concept “Behemoth” because it was simple to make and left enough room for us to be creative and our own touch to it.
The end result of the game includes a Behemoth avatar with 4 shields that can be activated separately, and a cannon that can rotate over an angle as well as move […]
Postmortem
After 8 weeks of production, we have finally reached our goal. What started of as a design concept by team Bugbear is now reality. We chose their concept “Behemoth” because it was simple to make and left enough room for us to be creative and our own touch to it.
The end result of the game includes a Behemoth avatar with 4 shields that can be activated separately, and a cannon that can rotate over an angle as well as move […]
Comment : blog post assignment 5
Hey, good post!
I found everything clear, although some of your post was a bit swenglish-y, but that’s alright! I quite agree with your conclusion that playtesting is an extremely useful tool. A simple tweak in variables can bring about a huge improvement in game feel and therefore a better experience for the player. Knowing where to tweak, though, is hard to just guess, so playtesting is crucial. I liked your explanation of how you prepared for playtesting. We did much […]
Comment : blog post assignment 5
Hey, good post!
I found everything clear, although some of your post was a bit swenglish-y, but that’s alright! I quite agree with your conclusion that playtesting is an extremely useful tool. A simple tweak in variables can bring about a huge improvement in game feel and therefore a better experience for the player. Knowing where to tweak, though, is hard to just guess, so playtesting is crucial. I liked your explanation of how you prepared for playtesting. We did much […]
Entry #6: Wisdom, Knowledge and Teamwork
With the FINAL Presentation coming up this Thursday, it´s time for a retrospective view of what I have learned throughout this course. This is not just for the assignment itself, but I also believe it to be useful as a preparation for the upcoming Arcade Project, where we will essentially have to apply every single principle we have learned so far in order to succeed. Since we have already talked about Agile Scrum I will not go over it again. Let´s […]
Entry #6: Wisdom, Knowledge and Teamwork
With the FINAL Presentation coming up this Thursday, it´s time for a retrospective view of what I have learned throughout this course. This is not just for the assignment itself, but I also believe it to be useful as a preparation for the upcoming Arcade Project, where we will essentially have to apply every single principle we have learned so far in order to succeed. Since we have already talked about Agile Scrum I will not go over it again. Let´s […]
Comment #5
Hi Kristina!
Very concise post. I feel as if many of the Umibozu games share a similar challenge in getting the controls just right. This is an issue that just comes with the fact that the avatar is a boat. Animations are a very important part of making controls feel better. While it is technically just an illusion, it gives us something to visually justify why our avatar is moving in such a way. Animation placeholders may have helped you in […]
Comment #5
Hi Kristina!
Very concise post. I feel as if many of the Umibozu games share a similar challenge in getting the controls just right. This is an issue that just comes with the fact that the avatar is a boat. Animations are a very important part of making controls feel better. While it is technically just an illusion, it gives us something to visually justify why our avatar is moving in such a way. Animation placeholders may have helped you in […]
Post Mortem
Overall, Friendship Down turned out surprisingly as planned; the final product shipped with all intended features implemented. The final game is a 2.5D side scrolling shooter where the player is able to move, fire projectiles, and to activate a shield to block enemy shots. Additionally, the powerups of the game come in the form of allied NPCs (referred to as ”Friends”) that aid the player in defeating the incoming waves of enemies. The difficulty of the game was designed in […]
Post Mortem
Overall, Friendship Down turned out surprisingly as planned; the final product shipped with all intended features implemented. The final game is a 2.5D side scrolling shooter where the player is able to move, fire projectiles, and to activate a shield to block enemy shots. Additionally, the powerups of the game come in the form of allied NPCs (referred to as ”Friends”) that aid the player in defeating the incoming waves of enemies. The difficulty of the game was designed in […]
Sprint 8 – postmortem
Now this end has finally come to an end, and our game is finished. It has been an interesting project where we have learned a lot, but I think most people are feeling a relief that this course is coming to its end and a hype for the next coming course, Arcade games.
We, in group Jabberwock has been making the game Behemoth, which is a game where you as a player is controlling a huge spaceship that you are to […]
Sprint 8 – postmortem
Now this end has finally come to an end, and our game is finished. It has been an interesting project where we have learned a lot, but I think most people are feeling a relief that this course is coming to its end and a hype for the next coming course, Arcade games.
We, in group Jabberwock has been making the game Behemoth, which is a game where you as a player is controlling a huge spaceship that you are to […]
Dead On Arrival
Friendship Down, a game about trials and tribulations that can only be overcome through teamwork. Maybe I could try to make some parallels between the game and the process of making the came, but I don’t feel like it. The latter doesn’t have robots, anyway.
Overall, the game is more than satisfactory for the level we are at, even though sometimes I feel fairly strong feelings of the opposite and wanted to make major changes. Being both the scrum master and […]
Dead On Arrival
Friendship Down, a game about trials and tribulations that can only be overcome through teamwork. Maybe I could try to make some parallels between the game and the process of making the came, but I don’t feel like it. The latter doesn’t have robots, anyway.
Overall, the game is more than satisfactory for the level we are at, even though sometimes I feel fairly strong feelings of the opposite and wanted to make major changes. Being both the scrum master and […]
Postmortem – The Journey Ends
Hi, today i will be discussing my final thoughts of my game’s development and what i have learned on this Journey together with my group. This week was the final week for working on our games, the final day being today. I think this journey was a long one and interesting because this was the… Continue reading Postmortem – The Journey Ends
Postmortem – The Journey Ends
Hi, today i will be discussing my final thoughts of my game’s development and what i have learned on this Journey together with my group. This week was the final week for working on our games, the final day being today. I think this journey was a long one and interesting because this was the… Continue reading Postmortem – The Journey Ends