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Entries for August, 2008

Wasabi Defense update 08-30

This has been a most unproductive week. Damn you, Bioshock! Damn you, Portal! Damn you, Mario Kart! However, I still managed to squeeze out somthing. May I present you, the very first enemy: the Alpha Fighter!

There will be four different types of enemies: fighters, gunships, bombers and bosses. Fighters are fast but lightly armed, gunships […]

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Wasabi Defense update 08-23

No flashy screenshot this week. I’ve been working on removing a few bugs and, for the most part, on thinking of a good system for controlling the enemy attack waves. In my previous attempt, I had to start over that part two times because it was too messy. The problem is that at first, a […]

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Game Developer Tools

For developing games, you need a lot more than just a compiler. Unless you want to start from scratch, wich I don’t recommend, you’ll need an engine. And since graphics don’t grow on trees, you’ll also need image editing software, perhaps a 3D modeling program, a vector drawing program, etcetera. And let’s not forget audio […]

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Wasabi Defense update 08-16

I have created a title screen and a setup menu. The title screen itself was pretty easy to design; I just took the in-game background, modified it a bit and put a title on it. For the main menu, I tried something else than the boring rectangular buttons. Here’s what it looks like:

The symbol right […]

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Wasabi Defense update 08-09

Here’s another update on Wasabi Defense, and it’s a big one! I have finished all the weapons and the status display. The weapons I designed this week are a rocket launcher with two types of rockets, and a grenade launcher. The status display shows the ammo of all weapons, the hitpoints the player has left […]

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