Journey of a Hobbyist Game Developer » Prototyping

July Progress Update

Erik — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:50:17 +0000

So here is a video of my latest progress of where I am to date.

Lot’s more to come soon. Hopefully I will be able to show off my level editor next week.

New Beginnings, again

Erik — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:13:28 +0000

I started working again. Yay! It has been almost a year since I had time to devote to my little prototype/game project. I’m not entirely sure how I lost my motivation (it all started with work), but once it was gone, it was very hard to get it back again. Ironically, I’m also not [...]

When to end prototyping and to begin a game?

Erik — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:42:25 +0000

Well, you’ve seen the first few weeks of my prototype, coming from someone new to it. So here are the next few parts. These bring my prototype to an end … sorta. I’ll explain below.

First Prototype – Part 11 from Erik Briggs on Vimeo.

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Prototyping continues: The Progression

Erik — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:46:35 +0000

Well, what you saw last time was the progress after less than 1 week’s worth of work (hobby time, not full time). The next step was to keep making progress and adding bits and pieces to continue working on the look and feel of the blocks. Even to this day, a month later, there [...]

Prototyping Begins

Erik — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:12:36 +0000

Now that you have your idea, and have chosen your technology, its time to get to work. As I said before, there are many reasons for a prototype. You will want to keep track of these to make sure that your prototype is progressing toward them, otherwise you are probably going to waste time.

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The contenders: some prototyping engines/toolsets

Erik — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:27:08 +0000

I will insert the disclaimer that this is by no means an exhaustive list. This list is more a list of things that I have compiled over the last few years, with my n00bish forays into game development. That being said, it’s a pretty good list, as I have spent quite a bit of [...]

Preparing to choose a prototyping engine/toolset

Erik — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:07:06 +0000

Now that the other parts are out of the way, and you have an idea, we need to see this idea in action to make sense of it. There are many reasons for a prototype, least of which is to prove that the core [gameplay] concept is feasible. Also, depending on how complex your [...]