Game Development So Far Progress on Gym Empire this week has been great. The character assets and animation have moved on quite nicely, I was worried they would eat up a lot more time than they have. The progress however was at the cost of doing any work on the Staff behaviour and UI that …
Recap In part 2 we talked about picking a game idea, picking your tools and finding further motivation. If you’ve gotten to this point then you have all the ingredients you need to put in the hard work and get your game made. The tricky part now is finding the time to use those ingredients …
Game Development So Far Hi everyone, it’s been another really productive and rewarding week for Gym Empire. There’s a long way to go but it is already starting to pick up a lot of steam! A lot of that has been to do with the tasks I set myself for the last week so we’ll …
Game Development Hi everyone! Apologies for the distinct lack of blog content over the past few weeks. There’s really no excuse but I’ve been focusing most of my spare time on getting Gym Empire up to a standard for a teaser trailer and some behind the scenes work towards some early marketing as well as …
Recap In the last part we talked about the reasons you might decide to make an indie game, deciding if it’s right for you and the type of expectations to put on yourself. Assuming you still have that burning desire and have set yourself in the right frame of mind then you are ready to …
I’ve gotta admit I’m finding myself up against a bit of a brick wall recently. The animation side of things started really well but as I’ve tried to perfect it it’s gotten harder and harder. Game Development So Far For the past two weeks I’ve been struggling trying to get the Animator.MatchTarget function to work. …
Introduction This is the first part in a series of blogs around the idea of creating an indie game in three months whilst being a parent, a husband, holding down a 10 hour a day job, still keeping fit and not losing your sanity. It’s not easy, but I found that if you get the …
So yesterday’s attempt at a progress update turned into a story about seeing the northern lights, I’ll try and stay on track today! Game Development So Far Progress over the past couple of weeks has been steady but slow. There’ve been a few family events that have been going on which has meant I’ve not …
There’s not a whole lot to report on the progress of Gym Empire this week. Last week was quite a busy week as we prepared for a trip to Iceland to (hopefully) see the northern lights. 6 years ago I surprised my (then) girlfriend with a trip to Iceland to see the northern lights. On …
The thing I love about having a hobby that I am truly passionate about is how that hobby can take you to places you would have never imagined! For years I have always had a passion about video games. IT’s been the one constant interest in my life since the age of 8. Over the …
