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Tag: Postmortem

  • Super Aspen – Remake Jam

    Super Aspen is a remake of my first game, a TI-82 skiing game that I made in high school. I remade it for #RemakeJam using HTML5/Javascript. This is my first game playable in browser, I really like being able to share without requiring a separate download. I wrote everything from scratch including a small game…

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  • “Marble Maniac” – GBJam 5

    “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…

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  • “Berry Thorny” – Ludum Dare 34

    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…

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  • “The Monster I Am” – Ludum Dare 33

    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

    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…

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  • “Scan Lines” – Ludum Dare 31

    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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