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This week I have been looking into how you create sequels. Sequels are very common within games but why would you want to make one? A...

Over the past week, I have been looking at adding and subtracting mechanics in games. This comes back to the fact that bigger games are...

This week the focus has been on learning an unfamiliar genre. Before we can talk about learning new genres, let’s begin by talking about...

As you can tell from the title, this week I have been looking at targeting a market. Targeting a market is very important in order to...

As you may have realised, last week I didn’t post anything due to me going home for a week since my mother gave birth. This week however,...

This week the topic was strategy and tactics. These two things are very important to consider in any game, does the players strategy...

This week we looked at elements of chance within games and how randomness and chance can be utilised to further the fun and replay...

This week we looked at puzzle design. So, what makes puzzles fun? Intuitive? Interesting to play? What even is a puzzle? Well, a puzzle...

So, this week the topic was communicating games design and how I as a designer should communicate my ideas to other people. This topic is...

Peace, Calm, and a drop of confusion Introduction Last Year I had to write two blogs. The first one I left until there was only a few...

So, it has now been a week since handing in the assignment, and so for my final blog post, I want to look back over my work in order to...

So, it has been a while since I last posted about my 3D level design and I thought it would be best to put it all in a single post since...

This week I have been mainly focused on playtesting as well as adding the finishing touches to my game. One thing my game was severely...

This week I have focused mostly on Art, trying to get my game to look the best it can. I have also done some major UI updates and made...

Last week I said that I wanted to get the dialogue and story finished and that is exactly what I have done and more. So, I began by...

So, this week I checked the deadline for my GAM140 assignments and found out they are due on the 16th of April. This means that I have...

So, this week I worked on how I was going to tackle the streaming segment of my game. As I’ve mentioned before, the game begins under the...

This week I have been focusing mostly on writing dialogue for introducing all the main characters in the game. I started off by creating...

Last week I said I would start work within Unity and that is exactly what I have done. To begin with I created a brand-new project and...

While I had hoped to release blogs weekly, as you can tell from the date, I missed last week’s post. This was because while I had been...