Development Log

We managed to make some good progress on our game today. The screenshot above, taken by my brother earlier on this afternoon, shows the state our game was in, and we have since made further developments. Main points of development for today were: Adding floor and ceiling tiles, as well as four new types of cell/tile for the game; Adding the standard ‘sandstone’ texture to all of the cells/tiles; Creating a background texture which has […]

Today was quite a slow day in terms of productivity, largely not helped by the fact that we didn’t decide on our final idea until around midday, also not aided by difficulties we had syncing the files we shared on the cloud. However, the picture above shows the progress we’ve made so far. The main achievements are having: A grid which generates the cells/tiles in a random configuration based on particular parameters, with the cells/tiles […]

Coming up with an idea that both my brother and I agreed on was more difficult than I thought it would be. Part of the problem lies in our differing levels of ambition: as I am still relatively new to game development, I prefer to go with simple ideas, and am suitably happy if I’m able to do something new; my brother is more experienced, and likes to branch out with more complex, original ideas. […]

Ludum Dare 36 has started, and the theme for the event has been revealed as Ancient Technology. In the final round of theme voting I was positive about this theme, despite not having any particular ideas for games I could make. Now it’s here and I’m not entirely sure what to do… I’ll be working with my brother on a game, so we’ve started by individually brainstorming ideas, and soon we’ll come together, share our […]

Next weekend (August 26th-29th) is Ludum Dare 36. After missing Ludum Dare 35 due to being busy, I’m hoping to participate this time around. I haven’t made a game properly since my Ludum Dare 34 entry, Snake (see below), which I made last December, so I’ll need to refresh my memory a bit in preparation. However, since last December I have learnt a few new tricks and skills, thanks to reading and working through Sams […]