Category Archives: Prototypes

For all our game prototypes – anything that vaguely constitutes a game or something game related

Codify Official Video

Posted on October 22, 2011 by simeon

Here it is.

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Codify Dungeon Roller

Posted on October 9, 2011 by simeon

Made this on the plane flight to Singapore. Shows some of the new features in Codify 1.1

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Can You Express a Concept with Game Mechanics Only?

Posted on July 14, 2011 by simeon

This game came out of an argument about whether one could design a game to express a specific idea using only game mechanics. My argument was that you can’t – that you need to at least imply some relation to … Continue reading →

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Cartoon Styled Explosions

Posted on July 13, 2011 by simeon

I wrote this processing prototype to generate cartoon styled explosions for our next game. It took about two hours to get the basic burst effect. I’ll be adding debris trails and smoke to it when I next get some time, … Continue reading →

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Conveyor Belts and You

Posted on December 8, 2010 by dylan

I recently had to implement a 2D conveyor belt animation in code, where sprites had to rotate around a capsule of any size with a constant velocity. It turns out it is pretty simple, but it required a few hours … Continue reading →

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