FrogLand
Video of a frog game we’ve been working on recently. All artwork done in Adobe Illustrator. Put together in Unity using the Corgi engine. Some rough animations tested out in Photoshop…
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Couch Potato
We had an idea for a mini game a while ago called Couch Potato. We talked about different ways the game might operate, and made some character sketches and scenery artwork, but hadn’t gone farther than that. Someone on a… Read More »Couch Potato
Cupcake Shop!
Presenting Cupcake Shop! It’s a clicker game – Holly and I made the artwork together, and I made most of the game by following an interesting clicker-style game tutorial by Jimmy Vegas. It was a very good learning experience. I… Read More »Cupcake Shop!
PacMan from tutorial
Last fall I followed this Pacman game tutorial at noobtuts to learn more about Unity and to improve the movement on our Hedgemaze project. Today I was able to build that project as a WebGL file. I installed a WebGL… Read More »PacMan from tutorial
Potion Master
Sten and the girls have been coding a new project in Java. It’s a version of the Mastermind board game. Sten asks the girls questions, such as how they might determine if colors are in the right places. When the… Read More »Potion Master
Unity Skill building
This week I’ve started a udemy course offered by Blackthornprod called The Ultimate Guide to making a 2D strategy game in Unity. Early work on the Couch Potato mini game got me warmed me up for some Unity skill building.… Read More »Unity Skill building
Animated Potato
Here’s an animated potato. After drawing the potato in a sketchbook and Illustrator, I followed the steps in Brackey’s Skeletal Animation video. Slow going for me right now, and that’s okay! I recently read and enjoyed B.J. Fogg’s Tiny Habits.… Read More »Animated Potato
Hedgemaze Progress
We’ve made some progress on our HedgeMaze update. I really enjoyed taking the Beginner 2D Game Dev course at learn.unity.com. Using what I learned, I placed our trusty hedgehog into the maze and scripted for movement. Designated game tester Holly… Read More »Hedgemaze Progress
Homestead Gaming in Sweden
I had the pleasure of speaking about Homestead Gaming at an internal tech conference in Sweden a few weeks ago. The presentation talked about our journey over the past 10 years or so and our hopes for the future. I… Read More »Homestead Gaming in Sweden
Character design Practice
The girls and I had a lot of fun learning to use Procreate on the iPad. I signed up for a month of Skillshare and took classes in character design by Nina Rycroft. I especially liked “Draw a Circus of… Read More »Character design Practice