Game Development So Far It’s been another two weeks since my last game development update. I’ve been really busy with trying to get Gym Empire ready for a demo release, new day job responsibilities, getting ready for Christmas and it’s only 5 weeks until my wife gives birth! Still, my target is to provide an …
Game Development So Far I skipped a game development update last week so that I could continue to focus on the building functionality. Three weeks later and I’m really pleased with the progress! After setting out the underlying tiling system I started working on how I would use the tiles to handle the walls, equipment …
Game Development So Far Game development this week has been nice and steady. The focus this week was around building. I have mentioned in previous posts the importance I place on having a good build system in a management simulation game. Building and expanding your empire is a big part of tycoon games. Being able …
Game Development So Far Game development this week has been a bit slower than planned. The short term plan is to build Gym Empire into a fully playable tycoon game experience. Including all of the fundamental aspects required to make great tycoon simulation game. The plan was to complete: 3D Models and Animation : The …
Game Development So Far Game development this week has been really good. One of the key areas in developing a gym management simulation game is actually have gym equipment to be able to build your own gym and that has been the focus of the past two weeks. Last week the plan was to add …
Game Development So Far Hey everyone! So this week was a continuation of adding new equipment types and animations: New equipment – This week we added a floor mat as a piece of equipment. Doesn’t sound too exciting right? However the floor mat is going to be one of the first pieces of equipment a …
Lately I’ve been getting more and more interested in the idea of ARG’s. My interest primarily comes from trying to think up new and interesting challenges for the Discord community. I kind of ran a small ARG a couple of months ago and it was really cool to see the community try and unravel the …
Game Development So Far Last week I finally got to move on from designing how to get clients to walk around like normal people and not act like muppets! So that enabled me to this week change up the pace a bit and get onto something different: Add new equipment types – A few months …
Game Development So Far So it’s been a couple of weeks since my last update and for those of you that keep up to date with the development of Gym Empire you’ll know that I’ve been struggling with incorporating collision avoidance for the characters. I’ve gone back and forth between using a manual system with …
Game Development So Far Straight off the bat, last week’s tasks were: Finish the fixes for collision avoidance Add more equipment Add animations for new equipment I’ve spent all of this week purely focused on the collision avoidance. Other Developments In my last post I alluded to getting closer to a solution that involved the …
