http://www.sunshowergames.com Making games no matter the weather outside Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:36:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So last we left off with our unfinished game-jam game 'mini cave defense' and our plan to add another few days of work to it.  Since then we've been busy with another few projects, so we haven't yet finished it up, though it's much further along then our last version. ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=153 So our initial attempt at finishing the game within the scope of one game jam didn't pan out.  Through the process we've identified a few holes in our game design/development process which we think could help get stuff done faster in the future, though one of our biggest issues was ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=150 So the latest on our game is this: it ain't done by any means.  We did get a LOT of stuff in, however as expected we've got some broken/missing features.  In addition we had a last second crash, so I can't post the latest version, so I'll give you the ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=131 We both plowed through a lot of stuff today: On the programming front we've got the following working (and more!): Towers that shoot bullets Enemies that take damage and die from said bullets Path nodes for enemies (moving enemies) Collision walls A base that takes damage from enemies On the art front, we've got some pretty visuals ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=125 As the title implies, we had a late start today as we needed to take care of some other stuff in the morning (including sleep).  Probably began the jam about 4-5pm. We had a general idea of what type of game we wanted to make going into this, so I'll start ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=121 A game jam is where a team attempts to build a videogame from scratch in a ridiculously short deadline (say 48 hours). The goal is to come up with a concept, design it, program it, and finish as much as you can do before time runs out (and is ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=117 SunshowerGames.com is finally live!  I'm not 100% sure where this website will go and evolve to, but I'm of the type to figure stuff out as I go anyways. To start things off, I feel like I should tell a bit about the company: Sunshower is the result of what happens when ... http://www.sunshowergames.com/?p=1