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Degree Objectives

       My game design degree requires a few things to be done, and this page shows the objectives and what I have for each, and links to that project if applicable      1: Prototype and complete original games for multiple platforms following the full game production pipeline Cloud Hop  and  Shadowbox will fill this role, there’s a few tools I’ll be using, including Construct 2 for the engine, Aseprite for the sprites, and Photoshop for other art (though outside the game itself, probably). The use of Construct over other mainstream engines like Unity or Unreal has to do with my inexperience with programming, frankly I want to actually build the game, not spend half the semester just figuring out how the engine works. I've added a new page that details other engines I've worked with in the past, including Unreal 4, and some more obscure ones. Here is a few images from a board game I helped make some time ago Also here is a GDD for a game I made a while ago, with a color them

Community Statement

The Covid pandemic has changed a lot about video games and the community, and this has shown in both which games gained significant traction, as well as how developers have approached online services in games. Games that picked up speed as a result of people being stuck at home would be shorter, social experiences. The now hit video game Among U was actually released two years before this all really started, but only gained popularity now as a result of people being stuck at home. Another big example would be Fall Guys, a quick, run through of minigames with random other people proved to be very appealing. Developers too have been looking into more online features, the release of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is a testament to that, it's a game that you would not expect to have online co-op, but it's very likely that the pandemic was the reasoning to add it, even if the quality is sup-par, compared to other offerings. The fighting game community is easily the most af