For this project, I aimed to create a basic 2D platformer with an emphasis on pixel art using Adobe Photoshop. In Photoshop I ended up creating various assets such as cars, crates and pine trees to fill my level. However, although I finished the basic player animations, I didn’t have the time to finish adding … More Final Evaluation
For my enemy characters, I decided to go with the common urban legend of shadow people. Humanoid figures that seem to be made up of a black mass and/or shadows. This urban legend was made popular through an episode of the The Twilight Zone titled ‘The Shadow Man’ in 1985. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_person Photoshop Pixel Art Development… … More Designing enemy models…
To fill the level, I sketched a few vehicle deisigns to develop into pixel art later on. I listed the various manufacturers that the designs were inspired by. Cadillac inspired sedan development… Dodge inspired police car development… Chevrolet inspired truck development…
This blog post displays the developement of some of my 2D pixel art assets, from sketches to photoshop. Grass: Pavement: Park Sign:
In this post I explore the use of the web program Trello to organize the tasks needed to complete my game prototype. When first signing up to Trello, I created a board for my project. Within this board, I listed a backlog of tables and tasks to document, organize and update the progress of the … More Prototype Management: Using Trello…
In this session, we explored how to make retro audio for our games using an online site named BeepBox. The process is very easy, it mostly consists of clicking boxes to activate different beats. The higher up the block, the higher the pitch of the beat. You are also given a few options for repeating … More Sound: Creating 8-bit audio with BeepBox…
Interface Design can be put into two catagories: Feedback – Information the game tells you (output), HUD, timer, quests, weapon damage ect. Control – Receive information from the player. E.g. how you control the character, GUI. There are 6 user interface design principles which are intended to improve the quality of the UI design. This … More 2D Art: UI Design
Features in a typical 2D Platform game: Collectibles Movement Characters Combat Platforms Physics UI and HUD Side Scrolling Project Management: Why is it needed? It’s needed to keep organisation and to be as efficient as possible. Communication is key to managing a project.
For my project I plan on exploring the themes of Urban Legends. What is urban legend? Urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of fictional tales often featuring gruesome elements from pop culture. I am also interested in two different time periods that would really work for this theme so I created some mood … More Mythology: Exploring Urban Legend…
From this peer review, I conclude that in future posts, I’ll add a brief conclusion or evaluation by the end.
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