Hello Dan
I’m not sure who first directed me to Lost Garden (probably Cal), but it’s been one of my favorite reads ever since. The game design theory posts are interesting, but the prototyping posts are the most inspiring.
After completely skipping over the CuteGod challenge, I’ve taken on a couple of the others. I didn’t get very far with Tree Story, as you can see:
But I did get jumping/backflipping done before I lost interest.
Last week Danc posted a new prototyping challenge: Play With Your Peas. After a few days of playing with it on the train, I have most of the editor done:
The hardest parts are still remaining: AI, pathfinding, physics, balance. And I’ll probably lose interest well before I get that far. But that’s not the point really — just getting this far has been a lot of fun, and a nice break from what I’m normally working on. Who knows? Maybe in a couple weeks, I’ll post a “finished” product.
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