Greetings and salutations!
Three of the four judges have given their feedback, I believe; this, I feel, is enough feedback for me to be confident of my thoughts in reviewing my Week of Awesome entry:
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Monday, September 5. 2016
Hopefully not Noise-some!
Greetings and salutations!
First, a quick update regarding my post-mortem for my "Week of Awesome" entry: I now have enough feedback from the judges that I intend to write up my post-mortem today. Look for it to be posted in a few hours time; if not, then likely several hours later.
As to this week's screenshot, with sound-work being again the focus of the week, there isn't much new on the visual side. As a result, let me do something similar to what I did last week: below is a video showing a partial playthrough of the prologue/tutorial level, sounds included. (The tutorial itself has been skipped in this playthrough.)
This week just past was another slow one--again in part due to sleeping issues and inexperience with sound-work, and exacerbated on Tuesday by the internet connection acting up. Nevertheless, progress was made, I do believe!
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First, a quick update regarding my post-mortem for my "Week of Awesome" entry: I now have enough feedback from the judges that I intend to write up my post-mortem today. Look for it to be posted in a few hours time; if not, then likely several hours later.
As to this week's screenshot, with sound-work being again the focus of the week, there isn't much new on the visual side. As a result, let me do something similar to what I did last week: below is a video showing a partial playthrough of the prologue/tutorial level, sounds included. (The tutorial itself has been skipped in this playthrough.)
This week just past was another slow one--again in part due to sleeping issues and inexperience with sound-work, and exacerbated on Tuesday by the internet connection acting up. Nevertheless, progress was made, I do believe!
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Monday, August 29. 2016
Sound Decisions!
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, the judging for the Week of Awesome competition is in! I came in sixth place out of sixteen (technically seventh out of seventeen: the organiser entered, but was of course excluded from any prizes or official placing). While I'm not entirely happy with my performance there, I'm not entirely unhappy either, and it's given me somewhat to think on for future jams, I believe.
I intend to write up a post-mortem for my entry soon--I'm pretty much waiting for one judge's feedback before I do, I believe.
This week has been largely devoted to work on the sounds of A Door to the Mists, so I don't have much visual progress to show. As a result, in place of this week's screenshot, let me share a little of the game's current--very much work-in-progress--soundscape. It's not a full, uncut recording, for which I apologise: there are a few sounds that I'm not sufficiently happy with that I'm content to include them here, and there are a few sections that I chose to skip over.
I've decided to try a slightly different approach to this week's blog entry than I've been using thus far: I've felt that the simple listing of progress was perhaps a little boring, so I'm going to attempt a slightly more "narrative" style:
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First of all, the judging for the Week of Awesome competition is in! I came in sixth place out of sixteen (technically seventh out of seventeen: the organiser entered, but was of course excluded from any prizes or official placing). While I'm not entirely happy with my performance there, I'm not entirely unhappy either, and it's given me somewhat to think on for future jams, I believe.
I intend to write up a post-mortem for my entry soon--I'm pretty much waiting for one judge's feedback before I do, I believe.
This week has been largely devoted to work on the sounds of A Door to the Mists, so I don't have much visual progress to show. As a result, in place of this week's screenshot, let me share a little of the game's current--very much work-in-progress--soundscape. It's not a full, uncut recording, for which I apologise: there are a few sounds that I'm not sufficiently happy with that I'm content to include them here, and there are a few sections that I chose to skip over.
I've decided to try a slightly different approach to this week's blog entry than I've been using thus far: I've felt that the simple listing of progress was perhaps a little boring, so I'm going to attempt a slightly more "narrative" style:
Continue reading "Sound Decisions!" »
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Monday, August 22. 2016
Tweaks and Adjustments
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, a quick update regarding my Week of Awesome entry: I believe that I mentioned in my "Day 6" post that I intended to make a decision regarding the future of the game on Monday of last week; as might be apparent from the unchanged project-page, I have yet to do so. In short, I've decided to wait for further feedback (including the final judging) before I make a decision.
Relatedly, I intend to write a post-mortem for my entry, also set to be done once the judging is in and I have further feedback on the game.
However, back to A Door to the Mists! It feels like so long since last I wrote a blog-entry for it!
For this week's screenshot, the new look of the forest behind the pyramid:
As with the preceding few weeks, this past week's progress was a bit of a miscellany:
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First of all, a quick update regarding my Week of Awesome entry: I believe that I mentioned in my "Day 6" post that I intended to make a decision regarding the future of the game on Monday of last week; as might be apparent from the unchanged project-page, I have yet to do so. In short, I've decided to wait for further feedback (including the final judging) before I make a decision.
Relatedly, I intend to write a post-mortem for my entry, also set to be done once the judging is in and I have further feedback on the game.
However, back to A Door to the Mists! It feels like so long since last I wrote a blog-entry for it!
For this week's screenshot, the new look of the forest behind the pyramid:
As with the preceding few weeks, this past week's progress was a bit of a miscellany:
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Sunday, August 14. 2016
WoA IV, Day 6: The Final Boss!
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, a quick screenshot to accompany this post, as per usual:
I mentioned in my previous post that I had encountered a potentially game-breaking bug. I'm glad to say that I seem to have circumvented it successfully! That done, I've been able to move on and create a complete entry; it's rough in places, I fear, but one can play through from beginning to end, fight a final boss, and receive a short epilogue text in reward.
So, what did I get done today, and what was left aside?
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First of all, a quick screenshot to accompany this post, as per usual:
I mentioned in my previous post that I had encountered a potentially game-breaking bug. I'm glad to say that I seem to have circumvented it successfully! That done, I've been able to move on and create a complete entry; it's rough in places, I fear, but one can play through from beginning to end, fight a final boss, and receive a short epilogue text in reward.
So, what did I get done today, and what was left aside?
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Friday, August 12. 2016
WoA IV, Day 4: Shadows and a Moving World
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, today I have two things to show: one screenshot, and one gif, showing the new model for the first enemy-type and a piece of level in motion, respectively:
As to today's progress:
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First of all, today I have two things to show: one screenshot, and one gif, showing the new model for the first enemy-type and a piece of level in motion, respectively:
Week of Awesome IV: Not a dead world, an >un<dead world. #gdnjam #indiedev #gamedev #screenshot pic.twitter.com/z9R7tYWoQ9
— Ian Eborn (@EbornIan) August 12, 2016
As to today's progress:
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Thursday, August 11. 2016
WoA IV, Day 3: The Undead World
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, today's screenshot/gif, showing the intended level-aesthetic (in line with the "Undead" theme), and the new ranged enemy:
As to today's work:
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First of all, today's screenshot/gif, showing the intended level-aesthetic (in line with the "Undead" theme), and the new ranged enemy:
Week of Awesome, Day 2: The environment aesthetic, and a ranged enemy. #gdnjam #indiedev #gamedev #screenshot pic.twitter.com/XKo09iVFfF
— Ian Eborn (@EbornIan) August 11, 2016
As to today's work:
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Wednesday, August 10. 2016
WoA IV, Day 2: Combat!
Greetings and salutations!
First of all, today's screenshot/gif, showing my first-draft of the game's combat:
So, what did I get done today?
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First of all, today's screenshot/gif, showing my first-draft of the game's combat:
A first-draft of combat in my Week of Awesome entry: #indiedev #gamedev #gdnjam #screenshot pic.twitter.com/EdrV5WHe1w
— Ian Eborn (@EbornIan) August 10, 2016
So, what did I get done today?
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Tuesday, August 9. 2016
WoA IV, Day 1: Fighting for a World of Undeath
Greetings and salutations!
Thus ends the first day of this year's Week of Awesome competition! To start with, a quick gif, via my Twitter account:
This year's themes are an interesting set, I find. The basic idea, as I understand it, is this: There are two "gameplay" themes, and two "aesthetic" themes; players are then required to pick and use at least two of those themes, with use of the themes being a scoring element. Participants may choose any two, whether both aesthetic themes, both gameplay, or one from each. (To the best of my knowledge, there is no additional score given for the use of more than two themes--unless one of the judges decides to use that criterion for their personal scoring element, I suppose.)
The themes are these:
Gameplay: "Shadows" and "Evolution"
Aesthetic: "Undead" and "Ruins"
I went through a number of partial ideas based on these, but in the end I settled on two relatively-whole concepts from which to choose:
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Thus ends the first day of this year's Week of Awesome competition! To start with, a quick gif, via my Twitter account:
The end of the first day of the Week of Awesome jam! #indiedev #gamedev #gdnjam #screenshot pic.twitter.com/sseIYqCFbQ
— Ian Eborn (@EbornIan) August 9, 2016
This year's themes are an interesting set, I find. The basic idea, as I understand it, is this: There are two "gameplay" themes, and two "aesthetic" themes; players are then required to pick and use at least two of those themes, with use of the themes being a scoring element. Participants may choose any two, whether both aesthetic themes, both gameplay, or one from each. (To the best of my knowledge, there is no additional score given for the use of more than two themes--unless one of the judges decides to use that criterion for their personal scoring element, I suppose.)
The themes are these:
Gameplay: "Shadows" and "Evolution"
Aesthetic: "Undead" and "Ruins"
I went through a number of partial ideas based on these, but in the end I settled on two relatively-whole concepts from which to choose:
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Monday, August 8. 2016
Closer, Ever Closer...
Greetings and salutations!
Before I begin, let me note that the GameDev.net "Week of Awesome" competition has begun, and that I'm entering! As a result, expect to see daily blog posts during this week, detailing my journey through the competition; I intend to post the first such entry later today/early tomorrow morning, by my time (GMT+2).
On a related note, I've updated the "Projects" page (see the button in the menu-bar above) to support multiple projects. Specifically, each project now has its own page, with the "Projects" page providing buttons to lead readers to those.
Naturally, A Door to the Mists remains the main project, and is displayed both on the "Projects" page and on its own page.
As my Week of Awesome entry doesn't yet have a name--indeed, at time of writing it doesn't even have a solid concept!--its page is currently just titled "Week of Awesome IV", although this will likely change once I do have a name for it.
For this week's screenshots, a look at some lore-entries. The text and images may not be final--I want to go back over them before I decide.
The title of this post is "Closer, Ever Closer..."--and indeed, I feel that I am creeping ever closer to the completion of this first level. As with the past two weeks, this week's progress was somewhat of a miscellany:
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Before I begin, let me note that the GameDev.net "Week of Awesome" competition has begun, and that I'm entering! As a result, expect to see daily blog posts during this week, detailing my journey through the competition; I intend to post the first such entry later today/early tomorrow morning, by my time (GMT+2).
On a related note, I've updated the "Projects" page (see the button in the menu-bar above) to support multiple projects. Specifically, each project now has its own page, with the "Projects" page providing buttons to lead readers to those.
Naturally, A Door to the Mists remains the main project, and is displayed both on the "Projects" page and on its own page.
As my Week of Awesome entry doesn't yet have a name--indeed, at time of writing it doesn't even have a solid concept!--its page is currently just titled "Week of Awesome IV", although this will likely change once I do have a name for it.
For this week's screenshots, a look at some lore-entries. The text and images may not be final--I want to go back over them before I decide.
The title of this post is "Closer, Ever Closer..."--and indeed, I feel that I am creeping ever closer to the completion of this first level. As with the past two weeks, this week's progress was somewhat of a miscellany:
Continue reading "Closer, Ever Closer..." »
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