Things have been going pretty smoothly in the development of Glo the past few weeks, and I feel it’s a decent enough state to start getting some user feedback and also taking on board some new ideas. I’m planning to upload Glo Beta in the next few days to itch.io so whoever fancies giving a …
Over the past few weeks I’ve been tirelessly scouring the web finding contacts for my press list. I’ve now finally completed this and I’m ready to move on to Part 2 of my marketing strategy Creating a Press Kit. I’d like to reiterate that this is the strategy I’m currently developing for the release of …
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So a quick update on last weeks activities: Finish the remaining 50% of beta levels – I’ve got all 25 levels complete now and the first boss. There’s still some fine tuning for the boss but I think it’s pretty much there for the beta test. Generate a banner ready for marketing purposes – I …
Hey everyone, how’s it going? Last week I decided to take a slightly different approach to setting my task list. I realised there were some big areas I needed to focus on getting to a certain point before going back into iterating on each task. I think it really paid off as I managed to …
Hey everybody, how’s it going? Hope you all had a great weekend! I took a break from developing this weekend to enjoy some more family time, but that didn’t stop me and my wife discussing some of the less intensive aspects of the game design. We spent quite a bit of time discussing soundtrack options. …
Hey everybody, how’s it going? As I make further progress on Glow I get closer to needing to decide a release date. It would be nice to just release when I’m done. But the reality is to help the visibility of Glow I’ll need to plan the release date well and the activities building up …
Hey everyone, how’s it going? A bit later this week but time for another quick update on the last weeks progress: Get the different glow colour affects working and if not decide on a way forward – I finally got this sorted, and in time for #screenshotsaturday. It felt great finally achieving this as I …
Hey everybody, how’s it going? One of my main aims for getting a nice look to #Glow was to have the ability have different colour glows. I feel it’s really needed to avoid the game looking too stark and to add some overall eye candy to the experience. The way I’ve been generating the glow …
Hey everyone, how’s it going? A quick update today on last week’s progress: Add fully functioning enemies to Glow – I managed to add the enemies to Glow and put in their core mechanics. I’m pretty pleased with how they are functioning so far. The next steps will be to refine their design and sound …
Hey everyone! How’s it going? This weekend I finally posted the first prototype gif of Glow. Its shows the basic hook of the game. The game is an abstract, twitchy platformer with the lights turned off. The environment is mostly pitch black with the only light sources being from Glowie (the main character), the escape …
