Brainstorming. Probably one of the hardest parts making a game is coming up with an idea that is novel, engaging and in scope. Every time we start the process it seems like all the good ideas are taken and and all hope is lost. However as I’ve learned over the past the year project constraints […]
As a small research task to demonstrate that money doesn’t make good games, we were asked to look into the fall of a company known as Ion Storm. Little did I realize that said company was formed by John Romero, founder of id software and designer of the quintessential fps, Doom. Ion Storm was formed […]
After completing the Caffeine Chaos project to the cohort and then subjecting it to play testing by the SAE faculty, the project was wrapped up with a presentation to the cohort evaluating the changes that were made to the project since the initial pitch. Caffeine Chaos ended up being very close to the original pitch concept of a […]
After the wrap in week 2 it’s apparent that I need to start improving on certain skills to expand the tools at my disposal in the coming weeks and months and start developing a plan for this improvement. The following are the core areas that stood out to me in relation to the last project. […]
Caffeine Chaos was pitched in one of our weekly Studio classes among peers and faculty members. Overall the pitch was received well with the concepts and idea being received generally well with only some clarification needed. Presentation content was great and appeared to be sufficient without use of text or excessive number of slides. having the concept […]
I’ve dabbled in various uni courses and workplaces so it’s taken me some time to figure out what it is I really want to do with my life in terms of career aspirations. As a life long video game consumer I’ve always been enamored by them and now aspire to belong to the industry itself. My dream […]
ClearCutter, a studio game with a one week development time-frame, is a game with a strong aesthetic and clear player experience. The design is straight forward with enough feedback and reward that the player is left wanting to refine their play-style, however there were also a number of requirements that the game needed to meet […]
To create the Sprites for the Tony and Steve avatars make8bitart.com was used as sketch pad and for the final in game sprites. Make8bitart.com was an extremely easy tool to use, similar in nature to MSpaint but with less functionality. The browser based application allowed for very quick sketching and drawing of basic pixel art […]
Caffeine Chaos is a one week project completed for Games Studio 1 at SAE. The game had to hit multiple brief requirements such as no death, an exact 2 minute playtime and the ability to control 2 avatars simultaneously. The resultant product was a bomber-man style collect-a-thon featuring two caffeine crazed games lecturers. The following […]
A stage for my development blogs during studio1 at SAE Brisbane and thoughts regarding the industry. enjoy.
Ash Jagath 