http://lumpygames.com/madrantz Views from an indie game developer on game development, life, and technology. And stuff... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:24:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The prototype for Bombing Run will be a single level with a high level of replayability. The basics I know I want to see in this prototype are the following: Provide a ridiculous amount of things to bomb, which will in turn provide for replayability. At least two types of critters with ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2008/01/03/project-plan-bombing-run/ Various and sundry ideas for Bombing Run. This will be one big list that I will later divvy up into categories. I will also choose a subset of the list for the one-level playable prototype. Critters are easily-identifiable by use of simple primary colors. Bombs are easily-identifiable by use of simple primary ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2007/12/31/brainstorm-bombing-run/   http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2007/09/22/pics-harry-s-trumans-residence/ Jeff Tunnell has a nice blog entry about keeping a list of game design ideas that is prompting me to be more diligent about keeping track of my own game ideas. I too-often will brainstorm a game idea by myself or with my wife and either (a) not write the ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2007/09/20/game-design-journaling/ I am in the process of researching for a game I plan on starting back up called (for now) Explorers (though Age of Exploration sounds like a good final title). In the process of getting this game ready for development, I've been thinking back on my experiences working with remote ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/03/06/collaboration-tools/ The second issue of the IGDA Casual Games Quarterly is online now. I didn't catch the first one during my recent hiatus, but I did find a couple of interesting bits in this one. First is some demo and price point testing iWin performed. Basically they say that (a) people ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/02/26/igda-casual-games-quarterly/ I admit that I often long for my college days when a group of us in the dorm would gather together for an impromptu day or night of social networking of the old-school sort - board gaming. Sitting around a gaming table, eating chips, drinking soda, and talking trash for ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/02/26/board-game-day/ I remember vividly the second mention I found of GarageGames online. The first mention, a Blue's News blurb, was largely forgettable and all I can recall from the announcement was that they had a website up or something. But the second time I saw the name, ah yes, now that ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/02/20/garagegames-has-arrived/ I really do love Napster. I have been using it for about a year now to stream tunes to my various locations, and it has definitely altered my listening habits. I find myself much more likely to just try some new band out, and I find their suggestions pretty useful, ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/02/20/prehistoric-music-to-my-ears/ As I previously mentioned, I am starting work on a two-player game I'm calling Duello for now. I added a hotseat option to the Checkers demo that came with T2D and now I'm ready to start prototyping. I love prototyping. Love it, love it, love it. Did I mention that ... http://lumpygames.com/madrantz/2006/02/18/mr-love-palace/