Theme Park: Pre-Beta – It’s time to penguin up!

Hi again!
At the time of the last post we were in the middle of a hectic pre-alpha scramble with an overhauled concept and a lot to to do with little time to do it. By now I can tell you that we passed our alpha-presentation and have been working diligently  toward our Beta-deadline next week.
With all  basic mechanics in place, we have been working on implementing (amongst other things) new levels, hazards, powerups, a dash-mechanic and a new GUI.
As you […]

Theme Park: Alpha Week – Seal the deal

Hi again!
Since the last update our game has gone through a re-haul to a battle arena type of game where penguin mothers will try to snatch the last penguin baby and hold on to it for as long as they can, while avoiding various traps and obstacles! To match the new direction, our input was changed to trackballs.
Tomorrow is alpha and we are feeling the heat but considering the major change that was made last Friday it’s better than it […]

Theme Park: Week 3 – Ice, ice baby

Greetings!
This is the first blog post for our Theme Park project
so introductions are in order.
I’m part of Team Hush Hush which consists of:
David Crosson – Lead Game
Emil Christenson – Lead Teach/Lead Sound
Nayomi Arvell – Lead Art
Gabriel Ajuwa – Lead Code
Kim Gripenberg – Programmer
Eva Sokolova – Producer
Together we’re working on a project called Save the Penguins!

The premise is:
Global warming sucks! Especially for a certain family of penguins who’ve now been left homeless with a long and perilous journey ahead. Luckily, you […]