Category: Games

  • 3 Games in 6 Months, part 4: Improving Game Feel in Bionic Carrots

    3 Games in 6 Months, part 4: Improving Game Feel in Bionic Carrots

    In the last post I wrote about the inspiration for Bionic Carrots. After designing the gameplay I moved into the final polishing phase of the games development. This step was about improving game feel by giving better feedback to the player after each interaction, and also making the world feel more alive. The video below […]

  • 3 Games in 6 Months, part 3: From Minesweeper to Bionic Carrots

    3 Games in 6 Months, part 3: From Minesweeper to Bionic Carrots

    As stated in the introduction to my 3 Games in 6 Months challenge I’ve divided my current development process into six steps. The first two focused on implementing a clone of the classic Minesweeper game. In the last post I had completed step one and started polishing the classic version (step two). I have since […]

  • 3 Games in 6 Months, Part 2: Minesweeper clone

    3 Games in 6 Months, Part 2: Minesweeper clone

    I’m making a Minesweeper clone in Unity I have challenged my self to make and release three games in six months. The point of this challenge is to practice making a finished game and actually getting it out there to the players. The first game I’m making is a Minesweeper clone. I’m using this as […]

  • 3 Games in 6 Months, Part 1: Introduction

    3 Games in 6 Months, Part 1: Introduction

    Like so many others, I have a huge amount of half-finished games scattered around my git repositories. However I have never actually managed to finish and release a proper game.

  • Game Dev Log #3 (6/18): Player and Camera Movement

    Game Dev Log #3 (6/18): Player and Camera Movement

    Another sprint has been finished, and it is once again time to a dev log. Our last sprint focused on drawing our maze using only two different wall tiles. In this sprint we have added player and camera movement, removed an annoying memory bug and also improved the frame rate of the game.

  • Game Dev Log #2 (5/18) : Drawing the Maze

    Game Dev Log #2 (5/18) : Drawing the Maze

    Yesterday we finished the second sprint for our maze game, so I figured today would be a good day for my second Game Dev Log. We are working on a roguelike maze game. The maze part is currently our main focus. Last summer I made a student project on algorithms for generating mazes and we […]

  • Game Dev Log #1 (4/18) : Introduction

    Game Dev Log #1 (4/18) : Introduction

    I’ve wanted to start writing development log regularly for a while now (this first post has actually been hiding half finished on the blog for more than 6 months now 😮 ). So, instead of procrastinating on reddit looking for ideas on how to write a dev log, I finally decided to just do it 😉

  • Building an Arduino Game System 1.0: Setup and schematics

    Building an Arduino Game System 1.0: Setup and schematics

    Posts in this series so far: Introduction Setup and schematics Making a Breakout Game (coming soon) Setup and Schematics In this first blog post on my Arduino Game System project, we will look at the basic schematics and ideas the project is based on.

  • Building an Arduino Game System: Introduction

    Building an Arduino Game System: Introduction

    Earlier this year, I made an 8×8 LED matrix Arduino breakout game. The game was inspired by the classic Atari Breakout, but limited to 8×8 pixels for the display. It was a fun way to test the LED matrix and also show how useful these small LED matrixes actually are! The project also got my […]

  • 8×8 LED matrix – Atari Breakout inspired Arduino game

    8×8 LED matrix – Atari Breakout inspired Arduino game

    In this post you will find details on how to start making your own 8×8 LED matrix Arduino breakout game. The gameplay is simple but still entertaining because of the different ways the ball bounces when hitting the paddle.