Making Games
Overview
- The Why?
- Games Made
- Tools
- General Learnings
- Challenges
- Relevance
Why?
New Challenges
Different kinds of problems to solve
Constant learning experience
Rewards
Games Made
Beyond the lava - LD 24
Kill the hero - LD 25
January Entry - GGJ
February - Knight
March - Badass Stickman
April - LD 26 - Potato Defense
Block The Enemy - TOJam - May
Tools
- JRuby + Slick2d
- Java + LibGDX
- HTML5 & MelonJS
General Learnings
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Scope
- Completion
- Math Concepts
- Art & Animation practice
Game Dev Challenges
Math Challenges
// constructor
targetRoot = new Vector2(MathUtils.random(middle - 15, middle + 15), MathUtils.random(190, Gdx.graphics.getHeight() - 100));
xMovement = Missle.rate * ((Gdx.graphics.getWidth() - targetRoot.y) / Gdx.graphics.getHeight());
double ac = Math.pow((x - targetRoot.x), 2d);
a = (y - targetRoot.y) / ac;
// update
pos.x -= xMovement * Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime();
pos.y = (float) (this.a * Math.pow((pos.x - targetRoot.x), 2) + targetRoot.y);
Art
Pixel Art
Spine
Sound & Music
How does this relate?
Differences of games over web.
- Running application vs stateless HTTP
- Games are structured in screens or game states.
- Start Screen, Menu, Options, Play, End
Similarities
- Planning
- Process: Scoped, Design, Development
- UAT/Play testing
- Coding, design all apply practice
- Focus on optimization
- Start small (Pong, tetris) vs (Static HTML, Blog)
Making games, learnings and fun.
By agmcleod
Making games, learnings and fun.
An overview of the games i have made, and what i have learned. For Mosaic Sales Solutions, CIS Tech tid bits.
