Syrene

I’m really excited about my future of game development. I’m really gonna take all of the lessons I’ve learned from this class to keep creating. I feel like a lot of my earlier projects in this class were lacking a lot of polish, so it was nice to focus more on that aspect this time. #SmallGameStudio

One of the things I struggled with for my game was trying to change the name of the project folder. For the longest time, I didn’t realize that it would show on the web version (is there a way to hide it?), and when I tried to change the folder name I almost broke the game. Oops. #SmallGameStudio

I changed quite a bit of my game compared the original concept. Because I was struggling to figure out a consistent system for triggers and dialogue, I ended up having my entire game take place in one area. Even though it was a limitation, I’m happy with what came out of it. #SmallGameStudio

I really enjoyed playing this game in class! Your games feel really vulnerable and introspective, and convey emotions well.

I want to learn how to make more elaborate particle systems. I'm kind of obsessed with them after this project.

I was trying to make a dark aura cloud, but it just looks like toxic fumes (,,•̀﹏•́,,)

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I had so much fun making the base for this game. It would be fun to make an interior with an isometric style like the Sims 1.

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I had a few people ask me about how to add a trail and wanted to make a post about it.

1) Go to Effects > Trail
2) Put the trail as a child of the player
3) Change the trail renderer line so it decreases over distance
4) Choose your colors and lower the Alpha on top right corner

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Passage had really cool art, and I liked how they showed the passage of time through the characters and world. I think having the narrowed view really adds to the game as well.

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I was a bit confused by shū qt first, but learning the controls makes you appreciate it a bit more. It feels like a more advanced drawing game, which makes sense with calligraphy.

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Loneliness was a … lonely game. Everyone just runs away from you and the game gets darker until it suddenly ends. I like the element of making objects repel you.

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It took me a minute to understand what was going on in PONGS. The added mechanic of a QTE with the keyboard was pretty unexpected. I guess it’s supposed to be edutainment pong??

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A Game About Love & Distance was such a fun abstract experience. It reminded me of the marriage where you can still understand the relationship between these simple colored squares.

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Sibilant Snakelines was really cool in using a retro aesthetic and gameplay to emulate more complex games

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I didn’t originally know what Freedom Bridge was about until the ending. Really effective despite being very simple and short.

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I keep getting an error for NullReferenceException sadly.

For some reason, I can't get the scoreboard to work. I got sad, so I added a dog to the game.

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Your color selection is so visually pleasing. Feels like a mobile game I would play to relax.

Also pretty sure we ran into this issue during class, I think it has to do with the min. and max. settings for the paddle, but can't fully remember. I'd double check and rewatch the lecture.

It's really exciting to see all the variables and terms that I would always see in game dev videos start to make sense to me. Like wow, I know how to shoot objects and make them disappear! Love this class.

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played Paperclips, feel like I just got thrown into a CEO position and tanking the company.

I can see the connection between making an auto clicker and using void Update in Unity.

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The Temple of No had a really cool art styles and fun sound design!

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A Teenage Vampire’s Guide to Sunshine is really fun to experiment with.

Was kinda surprised by how detailed the AI responses are.

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played Queers in Love at the End of the World, a true anna anthropy classic!

some of the lines are really poetic

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played nectar thief and was a little confused at first, but it seems pretty interesting!

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I made this really janky TV set in Blender last week to see how importing would work. It's not that hard to play videos on a plane, but they sadly can't be .gifs

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My 2.1 game is really random, but I do feel more comfortable scripting in Unity now. Still a lot more to learn, though.

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Update: I literally just had to use || as a conditional operator. Whoopsies.

This is so cool. Reminds me of using Twine.

Wanted to make a game where you have to press different keys to select TV channels. But I don't know how to program Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.__) for multiple keys.

I may or may not have to just copy and paste 26 lines until I figure it out.

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I didn't even know you could do that. This would be cool to use as a way to direct players to an area like Monster Hunter's glowing flies.

Wasn't sure how to make a natural looking light, so I just used a small area light and upped the intensity a bit for these candles. I'm sure I'll find a better way to do this later in the quarter hehe

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