Week 8 – GGC just begun

This is the moment we have all been waiting for, and working incredibly hard towards.
As I write this, our booth is being crowded with people playing F.R.A.U.S and giving feedback into what they think. So far, it has been majorly positive, even more than I could have imagined.
The difficulty that previously was a concern is actually something some people have been praising, as it adds that extra depth and sense of failure that makes the players feel that much more […]

Spark: The 11 Day Game Jam

GGC (Gotland Game Conference) kicked off today, or rather yesterday, since the clock has passed midnight quite a few hours ago. Somehow me & my group pulled off getting our game done in time with as little bugs as possible to get it onto the show floor, and get an astounding amount of good reviews, and people wanting to see more. We not only made a vertical slice of a game in 11 days, but an entertaining game to boot.
I won’t go […]

The End of Synapse – Birth of Spark

So… A lot of things have happened during these last two weeks.

Besides my in-between animation work for the past five weeks, I’ve been tasked to search for sound effects for the game, both from YouTube and from the “sound library” extended hard drive from school. I found a total of 12 sounds, as well as potential background music from composer Kevin Macleod.

We had a huge playtesting on May 6th. But during the six weeks we’ve developed Synapse, it seems that […]

WEEK #7 – BIG GAME PROJECT – FINAL & GGC

Hey guys!
This is the blogpost for this week! And almost the final blog post. I will probably do one more after GGC with some pictures. So GGC (Gotland Game Conference) is here. What have I done this week? Practically everything. I have been updating the game visually with UI and animated textures. Besides that I have been doing some producer related work. I applied to SGA (Swedish Game Awards) with our game.
So for the UI, I have been updating some […]

WEEK #7 – BIG GAME PROJECT – FINAL & GGC

Hey guys!
This is the blogpost for this week! And almost the final blog post. I will probably do one more after GGC with some pictures. So GGC (Gotland Game Conference) is here. What have I done this week? Practically everything. I have been updating the game visually with UI and animated textures. Besides that I have been doing some producer related work. I applied to SGA (Swedish Game Awards) with our game.
So for the UI, I have been updating some […]

WEEK #6 – BIG GAME PROJECT – BETA WEEK!

Hey guys!
I am sorry for not writing last week, I have been so busy and I kind of pushed it away and forgot about it. So this weekend I will write two blog posts, one for last weeks work, and one for this week. Lets start with last week!
So what have I done the past week? I have mostly been doing all-around work. Basically everything was implemented art wise. Mostly the UI needed rework, and I worked with making some […]

WEEK #6 – BIG GAME PROJECT – BETA WEEK!

Hey guys!
I am sorry for not writing last week, I have been so busy and I kind of pushed it away and forgot about it. So this weekend I will write two blog posts, one for last weeks work, and one for this week. Lets start with last week!
So what have I done the past week? I have mostly been doing all-around work. Basically everything was implemented art wise. Mostly the UI needed rework, and I worked with making some […]