So time has come for me to start on my annual personal project. Granted, I've actually been working on it for a while now, but you'll understand why later. This year, I've chosen to create the sequel to my wildly popular (not really) mobile simulator game, Grass Watering Simulator 2018! The game is named Grass … Continue reading The Return of Grass Watering Simulator – Post 1
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Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2018/08/02/laika-post-5/ So this is a shorter one, but I completely finished my dialogue system and I want to show it off with a fully working dialogue tree. Once again, I'm going to be using the Level 1 conversation tree, specifically the Scoria tree. I've changed some of the dialogue to flow better, but … Continue reading Laika – Post 6
Previous Post: https://zphillipsgames.com/2018/05/31/laika-post-4/ I know it's been a long time since an update, and I apologize for that. I was working at an ID Tech camp for 6 weeks and didn't have a whole lot of time to work on this game. However, I (nearly) finished something that I'm really happy about! Introducing my custom … Continue reading Laika – Post 5
Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2018/05/24/laika-post-3/ I've added a bunch of things this week. Let's watch the video and then I'll tell you what I've changed. https://youtu.be/guqBWWXf_m0 I added: A fade effect for when you go between layers NPC characters that walk around inside a boundary Talking with NPC characters This is a pretty short list, but it … Continue reading Laika – Post 4
Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2018/05/09/laika-post-2/ So I just had a meeting today with the two artists I've asked to work with me, Riley Morrissey and Jenna Papagni. We talked for an hour about the direction we want the game to go, puzzles we wanted to see, art style, and the overall aesthetic of Laika. Documentation was also a large … Continue reading Laika – Post 3
Previous Post: http://zphillipsgames.com/2017/11/21/lakia-post-1/ So it's the first week of summer, and to me, that means that it's time to start a new project! After some thinking, I decided that I am going to make Laika, a game about the Russian space dog. Unfortunately, over this school year, my computer completely failed on me, and I … Continue reading Laika – Post 2