Gamemaking

Note: to follow the development of this little project, read 1, 2, and 3.

With this version, the Andean bird game finally actually becomes a game, and not a control prototype. But I’m left unsatisfied.

Read More “Andean Bird 0.4”

So, I haven’t been posting lately. And the reason is that I have been neck-deep in code.

Read More “Neck deep in code”

This time, there’s a new version to download!

Last time, I talked about how there were a few things that had caught my imagination: dynamic music based on how you were flying the bird, and the idea of adding verticality into the flight model, so you could zoom in and out. This latter one, I concluded, should be done before I put in any obstacles or challenges, because it would dictate what sort of challenges I could present. I also had planned to add the wind.

Read More “Vague game less vague: Andean Bird 0.3”

So, last time, I had left off with the simple flapping prototype, with broken sideways movement. Where did I go from there?

Well, mostly, I went into two modes at the same time: one, thinking about the play experience, and the other, focusing on fixing the feed back that the model was giving.

Sorry, no fresh version today. 🙂 But read on for the thoughts I had:

Read More “PK’ing duck: more on the vague game idea”