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Knights’ Knowledge

In this blog I’ve written about the teleportation mechanic and it’s dynamics. Last week I introduced the knight, which is an enemy that blocks the player’s shots from the front with a shield and needs to be teleported behind of to strike the vulnerable back.

The behavior of the knight is similar to other enemies’ and thus didn’t require much work. Only a few variables were tweaked in the inspector to suit the knight’s attributes, slow and sturdy.
An obstacle was met […]

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Knights’ Knowledge

In this blog I’ve written about the teleportation mechanic and it’s dynamics. Last week I introduced the knight, which is an enemy that blocks the player’s shots from the front with a shield and needs to be teleported behind of to strike the vulnerable back.

The behavior of the knight is similar to other enemies’ and thus didn’t require much work. Only a few variables were tweaked in the inspector to suit the knight’s attributes, slow and sturdy.
An obstacle was met […]

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Program: Programming

#4 Preparing for the end means preparing for a new beginning

Working within a project has a powerful effect on team members. As a project draws near you come closer and closer to the defining moment when it ends. It is both a cheerful experience if the project is brought to completion, but also a time of loss. In a project we build up an identity and a role. We create a structure and purpose that is tightly connected to what we do. It is our routine and objective. The more […]

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#4 Preparing for the end means preparing for a new beginning

Working within a project has a powerful effect on team members. As a project draws near you come closer and closer to the defining moment when it ends. It is both a cheerful experience if the project is brought to completion, but also a time of loss. In a project we build up an identity and a role. We create a structure and purpose that is tightly connected to what we do. It is our routine and objective. The more […]

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GUI Draft Design

I’ve been working lately on designing a user interface for our game in development. It is as well a deliverable for our 2D2 class in our minor program as graphic design students. To design a user interface, you need to take into consideration the theme of your game, its type, the art style used in it, and also making things noticeable without affecting the visibility of the game.
The game I’m part of its development team is about a kid’s nightmare […]

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Program: Graphics

GUI Draft Design

I’ve been working lately on designing a user interface for our game in development. It is as well a deliverable for our 2D2 class in our minor program as graphic design students. To design a user interface, you need to take into consideration the theme of your game, its type, the art style used in it, and also making things noticeable without affecting the visibility of the game.
The game I’m part of its development team is about a kid’s nightmare […]

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Program: Graphics

Crown of Creation, The Struggle-Tile!

Hello!
This week, I’ve been working on the background tile for our game. It will be the base for the entire game, so the most important part was to make it connect well when looped.
I’d never done this before, so it was a bit of a challenge, and I had to repeat progress quite often since I had trouble implementing it. I wished for there to be a tile add-on to Photoshop, but alas! I had to do it myself. An […]

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Crown of Creation, The Struggle-Tile!

Hello!
This week, I’ve been working on the background tile for our game. It will be the base for the entire game, so the most important part was to make it connect well when looped.
I’d never done this before, so it was a bit of a challenge, and I had to repeat progress quite often since I had trouble implementing it. I wished for there to be a tile add-on to Photoshop, but alas! I had to do it myself. An […]

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Program: Graphics

Sounds, Week 4

 
So this week has been long, A long week means we have had a lot of things to do, which is good.
We started the week of by having a playtesting with the class again. This time it was really good compared to last time. We got a lot of good feedback and we had fixed a lot from the last time we got feedback. However we had not added sound!
What?
So this week my assignment, except from calling to meetings […]

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Sounds, Week 4

 
So this week has been long, A long week means we have had a lot of things to do, which is good.
We started the week of by having a playtesting with the class again. This time it was really good compared to last time. We got a lot of good feedback and we had fixed a lot from the last time we got feedback. However we had not added sound!
What?
So this week my assignment, except from calling to meetings […]

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Collecting feedback

Prior to each of our biggest milestones, the Alpha and the Beta, we have been hosting playtesting sessions. During these sessions, we as students have the opportunity to test our classmate’s games, and even more importantly, have them testing our games. This is a golden opportunity to gather feedback from our target audience, so that we can set the scope for the next milestone.
With both playtesting sessions being underway, I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate this […]

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Collecting feedback

Prior to each of our biggest milestones, the Alpha and the Beta, we have been hosting playtesting sessions. During these sessions, we as students have the opportunity to test our classmate’s games, and even more importantly, have them testing our games. This is a golden opportunity to gather feedback from our target audience, so that we can set the scope for the next milestone.
With both playtesting sessions being underway, I thought it would be a good idea to dedicate this […]

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Environment Textures and Vegetation

2017-03-02
The spaces that the player will travel through in the deep will sometimes be lush, comfy areas and sometimes rougher, more hostile environments. This is meant to communicate to the player what they can expect to find, if they should be more cautious or if they can feel safe.
This week I’ve focused on the sprites for the more lush and friendly environment. We are using the tool Ferr2d to let us edit the level quickly and easily. This allows us […]

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Program: Graphics

Environment Textures and Vegetation

2017-03-02
The spaces that the player will travel through in the deep will sometimes be lush, comfy areas and sometimes rougher, more hostile environments. This is meant to communicate to the player what they can expect to find, if they should be more cautious or if they can feel safe.
This week I’ve focused on the sprites for the more lush and friendly environment. We are using the tool Ferr2d to let us edit the level quickly and easily. This allows us […]

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Program: Graphics

Highly scientific color stuff

So, as mentioned in last week’s blog post, I will go into the colorization process of some of my sprites this time. Doing so, I will also refer back to my first article about the style and character concept creation of Burn Witch Burn’s protagonist, the hunted fire-witch Izalith. [So, if you are REALLY interested in this, you might want to check it out first. But then again, who cares… about anything… anymore… Yes, my grim attitude might result from […]

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Highly scientific color stuff

So, as mentioned in last week’s blog post, I will go into the colorization process of some of my sprites this time. Doing so, I will also refer back to my first article about the style and character concept creation of Burn Witch Burn’s protagonist, the hunted fire-witch Izalith. [So, if you are REALLY interested in this, you might want to check it out first. But then again, who cares… about anything… anymore… Yes, my grim attitude might result from […]

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Program: Graphics

The Berry Portrayal

During this week I was in charge of implementing multiple different art assets to our game. The main art asset I have been working on this week the berry. I did have other tasks, such as recoloring the thorn vines previously mentioned on the last blog. However the berry was one of the main art assets I needed to implement. The berry has a major role in the game.
The berry’s function in the game is that once the moth collides […]

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The Berry Portrayal

During this week I was in charge of implementing multiple different art assets to our game. The main art asset I have been working on this week the berry. I did have other tasks, such as recoloring the thorn vines previously mentioned on the last blog. However the berry was one of the main art assets I needed to implement. The berry has a major role in the game.
The berry’s function in the game is that once the moth collides […]

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Program: Graphics

Game Development Update #4

Yo, yo, yo! Welcome back my loyal followers for another weekly update. It has been another ineresting week in the making of Samsara.
What’s been so interesting? I know, sing me a song about your week!
Nah, recording a song and put it up here would be to much of a hassle right now. SOrry to dissapoint you, but for now, text will have to suffice.
This week after recieving a new batch of feedback from a playtesting session one thing emerged as […]

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Program: Game Design

Game Development Update #4

Yo, yo, yo! Welcome back my loyal followers for another weekly update. It has been another ineresting week in the making of Samsara.
What’s been so interesting? I know, sing me a song about your week!
Nah, recording a song and put it up here would be to much of a hassle right now. SOrry to dissapoint you, but for now, text will have to suffice.
This week after recieving a new batch of feedback from a playtesting session one thing emerged as […]

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Program: Game Design

Making a hunter

Without danger I think our game would fall flat.  It’s not that fun flying aroud in the darkness without some tension. from the start we said that there should be at least three enemies in our game and we started off by makinig the hunters. I wanted everything in our game to feel alive and therefore i didn’t want the hunters just standing in one position.
Idle state
At the start of a new game, the player is not close enough to […]

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Making a hunter

Without danger I think our game would fall flat.  It’s not that fun flying aroud in the darkness without some tension. from the start we said that there should be at least three enemies in our game and we started off by makinig the hunters. I wanted everything in our game to feel alive and therefore i didn’t want the hunters just standing in one position.
Idle state
At the start of a new game, the player is not close enough to […]

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Blog 4 – Focus

This week I feel the week started early. The team grouped together on Sunday to get things ready for the Play-Testing. The meeting was going to be a collaboration day, where we would implement what we had done together. Unfortunately, some individuals felt that they would have time to finish what they were supposed to do before implementing it. This resulted in a waste of time, and some scolding followed.

 
My main focus of the week was getting the Beta Presentation […]

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Blog 4 – Focus

This week I feel the week started early. The team grouped together on Sunday to get things ready for the Play-Testing. The meeting was going to be a collaboration day, where we would implement what we had done together. Unfortunately, some individuals felt that they would have time to finish what they were supposed to do before implementing it. This resulted in a waste of time, and some scolding followed.

 
My main focus of the week was getting the Beta Presentation […]

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