Video Game Development - Week 3

It’s been a very exciting and busy week! I was tired of staring at the same ol' playing cards that I found on a free game assets website, and create my own. Now I will be the first to admit, I am not a great designer. However, I am very proud of what I came up with. After 6 hours of Photoshop-ing, and several renditions, these are the results (zoom in):

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Video Game Development - Week 2

I won. And by that, I mean I was able to play through a complete game of Klondike Solitaire. The game has some rough edges, but it’s technically playable. I don’t think that I’ve ever enjoyed winning a game of Solitaire more. However, the best part this week wasn’t playing through a whole game, it was the interesting oddities that happened along the way. For example, I was tweaking how the card draw mechanic worked, when this happened.

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Video Game Development - Week 1

Hi. I was bored, so I decided to create a video game. It’s something that I have always wanted to do, and I have run out of excuses as to why I can’t. This website, is my attempt at holding myself accountable for my goal, to release a video game that is fun to play. Of course, whether or not a game is fun to play may be a bit subjective, but you get the picture.

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