Daily Archives: February 20, 2018
Regional collaboration for serious games
Universen (“The Universe”) is a magazine for Uppsala University employees. Issued six times a year, ~7100 copies are sent to the homes of all employees and other interested parties. In the first issue of 2018 our colleague Lina Sors Emilsson is interviewed about her course Product Development for Games, 15 credits (5SD952).
Lina Sors Emilsson at the Gotland Game Conference 2017.
The interview is unfortunately entirely in Swedish, but she’s talking about how we use this […]
Regional collaboration for serious games
Universen (“The Universe”) is a magazine for Uppsala University employees. Issued six times a year, ~7100 copies are sent to the homes of all employees and other interested parties. In the first issue of 2018 our colleague Lina Sors Emilsson is interviewed about her course Product Development for Games, 15 credits (5SD952).
Lina Sors Emilsson at the Gotland Game Conference 2017.
The interview is unfortunately entirely in Swedish, but she’s talking about how we use this […]
How the boss is going to attack
In our team, we have discussed a lot about the boss. My team chose the Aetherial design document, and the core part of it was that you were supposed to hunt a huge monster (the boss) and feel like a champion. Because of this, it is quite an important part for as the designer, to design the boss in such a way that it gives you the thrill of battle, but is still winnable.
To make it a challenge, I came […]
How the boss is going to attack
In our team, we have discussed a lot about the boss. My team chose the Aetherial design document, and the core part of it was that you were supposed to hunt a huge monster (the boss) and feel like a champion. Because of this, it is quite an important part for as the designer, to design the boss in such a way that it gives you the thrill of battle, but is still winnable.
To make it a challenge, I came […]
Boss
Boss – A Design process
This week I have taken a first stab at designing the boss for our game. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, the boss is of very high importance to our game. Everything before you face it is simply practice, the boss itself is the main course.
So, in hopes of gaining some understanding into what makes an enjoyable boss fight for a shoot ‘em up game, I have analyzed some boss fights from different kinds of games. […]
Boss
Boss – A Design process
This week I have taken a first stab at designing the boss for our game. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, the boss is of very high importance to our game. Everything before you face it is simply practice, the boss itself is the main course.
So, in hopes of gaining some understanding into what makes an enjoyable boss fight for a shoot ‘em up game, I have analyzed some boss fights from different kinds of games. […]
Comment #2 – Jesper Bergman, Team Z
Hi Jesper! Great Post. The post clearly explains what your guys have done drawing all the assets, except for the player, in a 45° angle. The problem with this angled view affects the movement of the boat is explained as well.
However, I do not find any reasoning behind the decision to have all the assets in a 45° angle. I will presume that the reason why, is that the assets in a top down view can be unclear and sometimes […]
Comment #2 – Jesper Bergman, Team Z
Hi Jesper! Great Post. The post clearly explains what your guys have done drawing all the assets, except for the player, in a 45° angle. The problem with this angled view affects the movement of the boat is explained as well.
However, I do not find any reasoning behind the decision to have all the assets in a 45° angle. I will presume that the reason why, is that the assets in a top down view can be unclear and sometimes […]
Game Design Blog #2
For two weeks I have worked on the full implementation of the pick-up powerup called the flare. A powerup in any videogame is there to make the player feel powerful while also trying to ease them out from a serious situation. The reason our group chose this kind of a powerup is caused by the similarities it has with the flashlight mechanic which essentially is a light that when held upon a blurry sprite, reveals what the actual sprite holds […]
Game Design Blog #2
For two weeks I have worked on the full implementation of the pick-up powerup called the flare. A powerup in any videogame is there to make the player feel powerful while also trying to ease them out from a serious situation. The reason our group chose this kind of a powerup is caused by the similarities it has with the flashlight mechanic which essentially is a light that when held upon a blurry sprite, reveals what the actual sprite holds […]
Game Design Blog #1
This weeks sprint planning for me included the enemy spawn mechanic change and the flare pick-up mechanics. The change of the spawn of the enemies was bound to happen as my older static and preplaced spawn system was criticized by the project manager and the lead programmer to being too predictable, thus making me change the old spawner this week into a random spawner which makes the game less predictable. As one of the most important aesthetic goals of the […]
Game Design Blog #1
This weeks sprint planning for me included the enemy spawn mechanic change and the flare pick-up mechanics. The change of the spawn of the enemies was bound to happen as my older static and preplaced spawn system was criticized by the project manager and the lead programmer to being too predictable, thus making me change the old spawner this week into a random spawner which makes the game less predictable. As one of the most important aesthetic goals of the […]