Browsing '2017': Students starting in 2017
Scrum
Hello everyone!
In this blog post I will talk to you about mine and our group experience with the scrum and how it has affected our development.
Our team had a bit of a rocky start with the scrum work plan the first week, before we learned how to use it. Our Project Manager did an excellent job at explaining everything once we started getting the hang of it. And after the first week everything was running smoothly.
Our Manager was in charge […]
Scrum
Hello everyone!
In this blog post I will talk to you about mine and our group experience with the scrum and how it has affected our development.
Our team had a bit of a rocky start with the scrum work plan the first week, before we learned how to use it. Our Project Manager did an excellent job at explaining everything once we started getting the hang of it. And after the first week everything was running smoothly.
Our Manager was in charge […]
How the boss is going to attack
In our team, we have discussed a lot about the boss. My team chose the Aetherial design document, and the core part of it was that you were supposed to hunt a huge monster (the boss) and feel like a champion. Because of this, it is quite an important part for as the designer, to design the boss in such a way that it gives you the thrill of battle, but is still winnable.
To make it a challenge, I came […]
How the boss is going to attack
In our team, we have discussed a lot about the boss. My team chose the Aetherial design document, and the core part of it was that you were supposed to hunt a huge monster (the boss) and feel like a champion. Because of this, it is quite an important part for as the designer, to design the boss in such a way that it gives you the thrill of battle, but is still winnable.
To make it a challenge, I came […]
Boss
Boss – A Design process
This week I have taken a first stab at designing the boss for our game. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, the boss is of very high importance to our game. Everything before you face it is simply practice, the boss itself is the main course.
So, in hopes of gaining some understanding into what makes an enjoyable boss fight for a shoot ‘em up game, I have analyzed some boss fights from different kinds of games. […]
Boss
Boss – A Design process
This week I have taken a first stab at designing the boss for our game. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, the boss is of very high importance to our game. Everything before you face it is simply practice, the boss itself is the main course.
So, in hopes of gaining some understanding into what makes an enjoyable boss fight for a shoot ‘em up game, I have analyzed some boss fights from different kinds of games. […]
Comment #2 – Jesper Bergman, Team Z
Hi Jesper! Great Post. The post clearly explains what your guys have done drawing all the assets, except for the player, in a 45° angle. The problem with this angled view affects the movement of the boat is explained as well.
However, I do not find any reasoning behind the decision to have all the assets in a 45° angle. I will presume that the reason why, is that the assets in a top down view can be unclear and sometimes […]
Comment #2 – Jesper Bergman, Team Z
Hi Jesper! Great Post. The post clearly explains what your guys have done drawing all the assets, except for the player, in a 45° angle. The problem with this angled view affects the movement of the boat is explained as well.
However, I do not find any reasoning behind the decision to have all the assets in a 45° angle. I will presume that the reason why, is that the assets in a top down view can be unclear and sometimes […]
Game Design Blog #2
For two weeks I have worked on the full implementation of the pick-up powerup called the flare. A powerup in any videogame is there to make the player feel powerful while also trying to ease them out from a serious situation. The reason our group chose this kind of a powerup is caused by the similarities it has with the flashlight mechanic which essentially is a light that when held upon a blurry sprite, reveals what the actual sprite holds […]
Game Design Blog #2
For two weeks I have worked on the full implementation of the pick-up powerup called the flare. A powerup in any videogame is there to make the player feel powerful while also trying to ease them out from a serious situation. The reason our group chose this kind of a powerup is caused by the similarities it has with the flashlight mechanic which essentially is a light that when held upon a blurry sprite, reveals what the actual sprite holds […]
Game Design Blog #1
This weeks sprint planning for me included the enemy spawn mechanic change and the flare pick-up mechanics. The change of the spawn of the enemies was bound to happen as my older static and preplaced spawn system was criticized by the project manager and the lead programmer to being too predictable, thus making me change the old spawner this week into a random spawner which makes the game less predictable. As one of the most important aesthetic goals of the […]
Game Design Blog #1
This weeks sprint planning for me included the enemy spawn mechanic change and the flare pick-up mechanics. The change of the spawn of the enemies was bound to happen as my older static and preplaced spawn system was criticized by the project manager and the lead programmer to being too predictable, thus making me change the old spawner this week into a random spawner which makes the game less predictable. As one of the most important aesthetic goals of the […]
Enemy spawners and Prefabs
Today’s post will be about the way we handle spawning enemies in Aetherial and how this system can be used to tweak and balance the game.
The camera is static in the scene and the parallax effect of the background gives the illusion of movement. By having the scene be static it becomes easier to control and design the movement of the enemies and player, since we don’t have to account for any camera movement.
Then we have a game object called […]
Enemy spawners and Prefabs
Today’s post will be about the way we handle spawning enemies in Aetherial and how this system can be used to tweak and balance the game.
The camera is static in the scene and the parallax effect of the background gives the illusion of movement. By having the scene be static it becomes easier to control and design the movement of the enemies and player, since we don’t have to account for any camera movement.
Then we have a game object called […]
Flip a paper prototype to digital in 5 days
To initiate works on the student shoot-em-up game project, and to open a group discussion about development, I prepared a paper prototype to specify movement mechanics and dynamics. Then I asked the team to flip the paper prototype to a digital prototype, using Unity2D and C#. The purpose of the paper prototype was to clarify the basic movement mechanics of the character in 2D Euclid space, whereas the digital prototype was requested to test the current abilities of the team […]
Flip a paper prototype to digital in 5 days
To initiate works on the student shoot-em-up game project, and to open a group discussion about development, I prepared a paper prototype to specify movement mechanics and dynamics. Then I asked the team to flip the paper prototype to a digital prototype, using Unity2D and C#. The purpose of the paper prototype was to clarify the basic movement mechanics of the character in 2D Euclid space, whereas the digital prototype was requested to test the current abilities of the team […]
Alpha Presentation
This week our Sprint Planning Meeting was hosted by our Second-Year Project Manager, our Scrum Master. The primary task this week was the Alpha Presentation, the Scrum Master delegated the task of writing and hosting this presentation to me, which we did not object to. I personally felt that it was fair to let me handle this task, since it can for the most part feel like Project Managers aren’t contributing enough with the general project.
I decided to host a […]
Alpha Presentation
This week our Sprint Planning Meeting was hosted by our Second-Year Project Manager, our Scrum Master. The primary task this week was the Alpha Presentation, the Scrum Master delegated the task of writing and hosting this presentation to me, which we did not object to. I personally felt that it was fair to let me handle this task, since it can for the most part feel like Project Managers aren’t contributing enough with the general project.
I decided to host a […]
Game Design Week 4 – The Making of a Large Monster
I’ve been working on several things during these past weeks, but not all of them are so interesting to read about. So, one of the most fun task I’ve undertaken was to create and draw the large enemy fish that is chasing the player for the duration of the game play. For two sprints I – among other things – made a concept illustration, changed and refined that design, and tuned the colours.
In the planning stage, I made some quick […]
Game Design Week 4 – The Making of a Large Monster
I’ve been working on several things during these past weeks, but not all of them are so interesting to read about. So, one of the most fun task I’ve undertaken was to create and draw the large enemy fish that is chasing the player for the duration of the game play. For two sprints I – among other things – made a concept illustration, changed and refined that design, and tuned the colours.
In the planning stage, I made some quick […]
Game Design Week 7 – The Making of a Large Monster
I’ve been working on several things during these past weeks, but not all of them are so interesting to read about. So, one of the most fun task I’ve undertaken was to create and draw the large enemy fish that is chasing the player for the duration of the game play. For two sprints I – among other things – made a concept illustration, changed and refined that design, and tuned the colours.
In the planning stage, I made some quick […]
Game Design Week 7 – The Making of a Large Monster
I’ve been working on several things during these past weeks, but not all of them are so interesting to read about. So, one of the most fun task I’ve undertaken was to create and draw the large enemy fish that is chasing the player for the duration of the game play. For two sprints I – among other things – made a concept illustration, changed and refined that design, and tuned the colours.
In the planning stage, I made some quick […]