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Odd Jobs Devblog #6 – Getting Unstuck
At a Glance Analysis paralysis sucks! I spent waaaaay too much time thinking about stuff and not getting anywhere, hence the George Jetson theme. After I finished the movement code I had no single “next task,” instead I had a dozen different options. No sooner would I start on one then my brain kicked in Read more
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Level 47 Today
I interrupt my normally scheduled devblog to celebrate turning level 47 today. I finally took some time to play Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. The game is definitely different from its predecessors and that’s a good thing. I had a lot of fun. We will throw a themed party with all my family and friends Read more
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Odd Jobs Devblog #5 – Life Happens
At a Glance This past week I got nothing done. I had lots of “reasons” (read excuses) but in the end it comes down to the fact I didn’t set myself up for success this week. My wife and I work best when we have a set of goals to achieve and a plan to Read more
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Odd Jobs Devblog #4 – We Be Moving
At a Glance I focused almost exclusively on my coding this week. I checked in on a few blogs and read some articles about game dev, however most of the week I spent heads down, going clickity-clackity on my keyboard. I wanted to complete my basic grid-based movement code this week; which meant tackling collider Read more
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Odd Jobs Devblog #3 – I’m an Idiot!
Get Into Git! I paid tribute to Jim Carrey’s the Grinch this past week. The scene where he sat yelling, “You’re an idiot!” at the Cave, which yelled back at him, “You’re an idiot!” Finally, the Grinch tried yelling, “I’m an idiot!” to which the cave still replied, “You’re an idiot!” The Cave outsmarted him Read more
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Can’t Take the Sky From Me
Be a Browncoat I watched the Unity Keynote from GDC and damn they displayed some amazing work, from The Heretic to the BMW car to Call of Duty: Mobile. I’m not a fan of FPS games like COD, however, that Activision chose Unity to create the mobile version of COD says a lot about the Read more
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They Have a Cave Troll!
A Shiny Shirt I thought I did well two weeks ago, I figured out how to say friend in elven and the door to the mines opened and in I went. This past week I felt like I got stabbed by a cave troll! Luckily, my mithril shirt saved me. (Cue the flashback music and Read more
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Why Does Nobody Stay and Listen?
As I continued my quest to develop an RPG game I often remembered poor Deckard. I played all three Diablo games and I still consider D2 my favorite. Diablo may have created the ARPG genre but for me Diablo 2 really defined it. Simple, straightforward choices about your character, a good power progression, a decent Read more
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Still Sitting At the Tavern
So I recently got a quest for a crazy, wild-haired troll and in the last six days I felt like I’m that reluctant character in the story that just sat at the tavern long after he should have gotten moving. Sure I did some stuff this week, but not much game dev. Read more
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The Quest Begins
A crazy, wild-haired troll put me on a quest to make a video game, so let’s do this thing. Read more
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