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Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/03/19/production-2-week-7-8/ My largest contribution for this week was finishing up the Fort Building System document and finalizing the snowball ideas. I've included the document below, but it can also be accessed here if it isn't loading. As for the snowball ideas, I met with the other designers for about an hour to come … Continue reading Production 2: Week 9

Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/02/27/production-2-week-6/ For the past two weeks I've been mostly working on meetings with the rest of the designers. We discussed five major points: Game Modes, Character Design, How Snowballs will be Combined, Item Tiers, and Scooping Player Feedback. We decided on 9 different game modes: Showdown (1v1) 2v2 Free For All Shooting Range … Continue reading Production 2: Week 7-8

Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/02/18/production-2-week-4-5/ Jump To: Concept My Role The Team Current Plans https://youtu.be/-phWw3ZScgw After my prototype game Potion Seller was cut, I found a place on a game called Snowball Showdown. Snowball Showdown is the most intense, over-the-top snowball fight that players will ever experience. It is a VR game that emphasizes the playful nature … Continue reading Production 2: Week 6

Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/01/29/production-2-week-2/ Jump To: Trailer Concept What Changed Presentation Future Plans https://youtu.be/iMMQv0zYcCs   You play as an apprentice to a master alchemist. Running around the shop, cleaning up messes and gathering ingredients, you try to learn as much as you can. One day, when you come into work, you find that the master alchemist … Continue reading Production 2: Week 4-5

Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/01/29/production-2-week-2/ Jump To: Concept Images Documents Hotshot is a third person, survival wave shooter. The player plays as a lamp that must defeat and melt all of the toys in the room. However, the toys won't take it laying down. The player must keep their own light safe while fighting the toys in … Continue reading Production 2: Week 3

Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2019/01/21/production-2-week-1/ Jump to: Concepts Game Images Design Documents Risks   It's a new week, which means a new game! This week, we decided to take risks. The big risk we all took was using Unreal Engine. Usually, and in classes, we use Unity. So by choosing to use Unreal Engine, we knew that … Continue reading Production 2: Week 2

Production 2 has finally started, and we hit the ground running! The format of the class is as follows (if I'm remembering it correctly): Week 1: Prototype 1 Week 2: Prototype 2 Week 3: Prototype 3 Week 4-7: Further development of a prototype Week 8: Mid-semester cuts and team reformatting Week 9-15: Finish development of … Continue reading Production 2: Week 1