October 21, 2013

I missed the past week’s blog post — I’m glad that’s finally the exception, not the rule! — since I’ve been traveling around Germany.  Visiting friends, family, going to a wedding, and eating a bunch of great food.  I’ve got my laptop along, and I’ve been doing some work here and there, but it’s been much slower than normal.

But I *did* take another crack at exfret’s See-All Seal levels — and I’ve posted it on YouTube for your further viewing pleasure.  So go take a peek!

How did I do?  Well, I’ll let history be the judge of that.

-Andy

October 3, 2013

Looking back at my blog posts, I see it’s been a while since I devoted a post to Shocktopus developments.  What with festivals, slide rules, and velocity raptor levels, there’s been a lot going on!  Let’s take a look at where things are in the game…

Where it’s at:

The game is hovering somewhere around ‘Beta’ at this point, whatever that means.  There are going to be 45 levels in the game — and for the Boston FIG festival, I was showing off the first 30. I’ve been rearranging the game and adding levels these past few weeks, and now we’re just about at 45.  In fact, yesterday I was working on the final level, which is a boss battle.  I realized that with this high-octane game needed to end with a bang and not a fizzle.  So it’ll be you against the Magnetic Yeti to end the game.

I’m also nearly done adding in the ‘extras’ to the game, like instructions screens, pop-up hints, the about page, etc.

So at this point, it’s really coming down to polishing.  Making sure there aren’t any bugs, the game flows smoothly, and things look great.

Screenshots:

Speaking of how things look, it’s been a while since I released any screenshots of the game.  Here’s a few to tease your palate:

Aaah, a lightning bolt!

Level 2: Van der Waal Jumping

What a romantic setting. The sun setting over the water, stars all around, and missiles aiming right for you.

So when will it be done?

I ask myself that question every day!  My plan is to have the game finalized by the end of the month… and after that find a sponsor for it.  So, I’m afraid there’s no official release date yet, but it’s coming along.

-Andy