“Marble Maniac” – GBJam 5

Posted on 10.11.16 by Frank

“Marble Manic” is a procedural generated Marble Madness style game made to look like a game for the original Nintendo Game Boy. I made it for GBJam 5 at twitch.io in about a week in Unreal Engine 4. I experimented with many new things on this game jam, most noticeably working with super low-fi graphics in UE4. The result turned out pretty well though it could have used some fine tuning. It placed 205 out of 402 entries. Post mortem and download after the jump.

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DOOM

Posted on 05.14.16 by Frank

It’s been great collaborating with id on DOOM’s multiplayer! It’s out now for Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

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Game Jam Q&A Panel @ MAGFest 2016

Posted on 04.23.16 by Frank

I hosted another game jam panel at this year’s MAGFest and the video is now available! This is our second year doing a game jam panel at MAGFest so we focused more on audience Q&A and how to run game jams.

The best part was that after the panel we ran a 1 hour game “idea” jam. Around 70 people showed up and we split them up into 12 teams. We picked a random theme, “Oh no, I’m late!”, and the teams spent an hour developing an original game concept. Afterwards each team had about 5 minutes to present their idea. For most participants this was their first game jam so it was a really fun experience.

We had some amazing panelists, here is some info about them, from left to right…

Keep reading after the jump for more pictures from the event and postmortem and our plan for next year.

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“Berry Thorny” – Ludum Dare 34

Posted on 12.14.15 by Frank

Ludum Dare 34 had two themes “Growing,” and “Two button controls”. I tried to hit both making a 2 button controlled infinite runner with a vine growing in front of you. This was my first time using Unreal for a game jam, and tried doing many other things differently this time.  It placed 174 overall out of 1232 entries and 88 in the graphics category. Post mortem and download after the jump.

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“The Monster I Am” – Ludum Dare 33

Posted on 08.24.15 by Frank

Another Ludum Dare has come and gone, and I’ve managed to cobble together something that resembles a game. This time the theme was “You are the monster”.  It placed 209 overall out of 1199 entries and 66 in the fun category, making it my worst scoring Ludum Dare so far. Postmortem and download after the jump.

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“Monster Mart” – Austin Education Game Jam 2015 Winner

Posted on 03.15.15 by Frank

Last weekend I participated in the Austin Education Game Jam, hosted by Skillpoint Aliance and Globaloria. I paired up with artist Brad Jeansonne. We came up with the idea of being a cashier in a grocery store for monsters. The player needs to scan items, bag them efficiently, enter the amount of money paid by the customer, and count out their change. Our game teaches money counting skills and spatial relations. Also it could be a good warm-up for someone who is starting their first job working as a cashier and wants a little practice first. We ended up winning for Best Educational Game! Postmortem and download after the jump.

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“How to Make a Game in 48 Hours” – MAGFest 13 Panel

Posted on 02.15.15 by Frank

I hosted a panel about game jams at MAGFest 13 and the video just went up today!  We had some super talented and experienced panelists and covered a lot of ground. There was a lot of audience interaction and interest with over a hundred people in attendance. We talked about all aspects of the 48 game jam, from sleep schedules to art styles.

MAGFest was really fun too! I recommend checking it out. I was also on another panel: What’s in a Name: Video Games as the Next Great Sport, that was very interesting. They put up nearly all the panels and a lot of the music on The MAGFest YouTube Page.

Here are links to our panelist’s Ludum Dare pages and dev blogs…

Link to the slides because they are kind of hard to see in the video.

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“Scan Lines” – Ludum Dare 31

Posted on 12.09.14 by Frank

Ludum Dare 31 was last weekend, the theme was “Entire Game on One Screen”. My entry is called “Scan Lines”. This was my 6th official Ludum Dare entry. It placed 47th overall out of 1365 entries and 15th in the innovation category. Postmortem and download after the jump.

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“Chop Chop” – Barfcade Game Jam

Posted on 09.15.14 by Frank

I made a little game for the Barfcade game jam called “Chop Chop”. It is possibly the most realistic virtual chopstick all you can eat shrimp simulator available! Postmortem and download after the jump.

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“Bulkhead” – Top Down Action Roguelike

Posted on 03.10.14 by Frank

Bulkhead is a top down action rogue-like, that I’ve been working on for a few months. I’ve been keeping it under wraps but now it’s time to share what I have so far and get feedback from players. The core gameplay finally starting to feel fun and polished. The next step is to add much more stuff like enemies, weapons, upgrades, art, story, music, more areas, etc.

For more info check out the Bulkhead page on my website with a download link 

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