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6 Games in 12 Months Game Jam Devlog

Cedar Cat Studios · 2021-07-12T01:19:45Z

6 Games in 12 Months Summary I’m a hobbyist game dev and love making games for the fun of it. However, I continually strive to improve my skills. This challenge is just for that. This Devlog is quite simple. I want to do a year long game jam which will require me to complete 6 games in 12 months. There are no rules or themes other than completing the 6 games in 12 months... and having fun of course! The purpose of this game jam is to hold myself accountable to completing 6 games and having fun throughout the process. This Devlog will be used to keep me on track throughout the jam as well as help myself keep record of what I am working on and new things I am learning in my game development experience. Progress See the latest post here ! Game 1: Free Range - Completed July 12th, 2021 Game 2: Terrier Tennis - Completed September 5th, 2021 Game 3: Tip Tap Cat - Completed November 14th, 2021 Game 4: Planet Recovery Force - Completed December 31st, 2021 Game 5: Birds are Real -Completed February 27th, 2022 Game 6: Not yet started. Join the Fun! If you would like to join the challenge or just hangout and chat about games with me then I would be happy for you to join the Cedar Cat Studios discord server . I also have been posting frequent updates and chatting with others on Twitter. Follow me @cedar_cat and we can chat more about games and my progress on this game jam. Thanks and happy game developing!

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Cedar Cat Studios2 years ago

Game #5 Completed!

Overview

The 5th game in my challenge and the Brackey's 2022.1 game jam submission Birds are Real is done!

First off, I am sorry for not providing any updates on the Brackey's game jam submission over the course of the week. However, as it was a pretty quick game jam I didn't really have the time I wish I had to document my progress. That being said, I did try and provide updates on my twitter account. I highly recommend you take some time to look at my past tweets to see the progress I made over time on this submission!

This was actually a really fun game to work on and I feel like I have really improved since the last Brackey's game jam I did. I was able to complete this game with just a few hours to spare, but I feel really confident in the end product. I spent a lot of time working on aspects of game development I lacked in the past and feel I really grew along the way. For example, I spent a lot of time making sure I got the core mechanics built out before I started developing the game out further and I put a lot of care into creating a smart and effective tutorial to educate the player on the game. I also added a lot of sound effects and was able to effectively inject my humor into the game.

I do wish I was able to spend more time modeling for this game; however, I am not good at 3D modeling in the slightest. Therefore, I decided to opt for a Unity Asset Store pack for my 3D assets. It really helped me complete the game in time, but I wish I was able to work on this skill some more. I would like to see me work on this more in the future and try to become a better 3D modeler to support my game development journey.

All in all, I had a blast working on this game and I am really proud of the end product!

What's Next?

In deciding to take a break from the longer running game to finish this jam submission, I actually found myself wanting to scrap my original idea for the long running game. I think I was trying to stretch myself too thin and make something that I am not ready to at the moment. I still want to make an episodic game, but I think I need to rethink the scope and scale of this project. That being said, I am going to take this long running game back to the drawing board and see what I can come up with to scratch my itch to develop a longer and bigger game, while also being within my own capabilities.

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