When I browse a videogame development blog, I wonder what projects the author has done (I offer exhibits A, B, C) and is currently doing. It affects credibility. It demonstrates whether a blogger practices what they preach. If a picture is worth a thousand words, surely a videogame must be worth many more, at the very least when it comes to documenting what my thoughts are about videogame development.
My various portfolio pages have fallen slightly out of date. Here, then, is a brief list of links to the videogames and videogame-like things that I have been building this past year, some of which have been mentioned on this blog before, but several of which are seeing the light of day for the first time in this post.
It’s of course no coincidence that I included an entry this month introducing the idea of notgames – several of the projects included here, especially after the first section, selectively apply videogame conventions for purposes other than creating challenging entertainment games.
I may be writing design entries about a few of these, though even if I don’t wind up doing so, these are still the most recent examples that I have on my mind when blogging or responding to e-mail questions:
Georgia Tech VGDev Projects |
(About VGDev / VGDev.org site with other student games)
Play: MechStrike |
Involvement: Producer, Programmer, Lead Gameplay Design, Addl. Interface Design, Visual Effects Lead, Animator
Download: Torr of Thor(Windows only) |
Involvement: nearly all world art, player character art (not UI, title, etc.)
Independent Group |
Vision by Proxy: Second Edition[Edit: Released on 8/02/2011! Now playable!] |
I’ve been working with a team of Georgia Tech students to remake and extend Vision by Proxy (original, web/Flash) – note that I had no part in the development of the original project – using a modified version of the Everyone’s Platformer ActionScript 3 platforming engine that I developed for HobbyGameDev.
Unity Projects Made for Class |
Open: Relativity RunnerInvolvement: All (solo project) |
Open: Silver Clouds Puppets |
Involvement: cloud/fan physics programming, materials, animations, procedural walking/breathing, input hookups
Warhol’s Silver Clouds in their original setting:
| Video of Warhol’s Silver Clouds in modern setting: |
Videogames for Communication |
Play: UAV Game |
Involvement: programming, art, addl. technical design
Newsgames entry about UAV Game’s meaning
HobbyGameDev entry about developing UAV Game
Play: QuitSmoking |
Involvement: programming, tuning. Original image concept by ReClark Gable.
Newsgames Entry About QuitSmoking
Try: Media DietInvolvement: All (solo project) |
Note: The purpose of this project is to suggest a different way of thinking about our consumption of media, not to specifically criticize nor praise particular artifacts. My hope is to get players to think more about the numbers they subconsciously assign, to consider which categories they might pay most attention to, and to think about the effects media might have on our confidence or personal development when deciding tradeoffs about money and time between our media options. Put another way: what if media came with nutrition labels – one book having 500mg Literacy, or a movie with 10% Daily Value of science, perhaps a song fortified with Confidence in Creativity? A few (quite possibly a few too many) other little ideas are packed into Media Diet, as well.
Other Flash Projects Made for Class |
Open: Smallest SeenInvolvement: All (solo project) |
View: Family Future (speculative design)Involvement: Programming, Some Art, Codesigner, Cowriter Note: Non-interactive. Sci-Fi, based very loosely on real science/tech. |
Porting My iOS Apps to Web/FlashEntry about porting these apps / More iOS apps I’ve developed/assisted |
Play: Tumult HD (web/Flash) |
Involvement: All (solo project)
Play: feelforit (web/Flash)Involvement: All (solo project), except music (creative commons) |
Play: Transcend (web/Flash) |
Involvement: All (solo project) except the source text (public domain), voiceover audio (public domain), and music (creative commons)
HobbyGameDev Examples |
Play: Everyone’s Platformer (web/Flash) |
Involvement: All (solo project), except music (creative commons)
HobbyGameDev entry with source code.
Play: Platformer Game (web/Processing) |
Involvement: All (solo project), except music (creative commons)
HobbyGameDev entry on the implementation
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Play: A-10 Thunderbolt II Costs (web/Processing) |
Involvement: All (solo project), except music (creative commons)
HobbyGameDev entry on the implementation
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