Previously I implemented UI elements to tell the player the most vital info, their character's stats and abilities. Now I have moved on...

Developing your character throughout a playthrough is a key component of the RPG experience. To be able to do this effectively you need...

A key part of any RPG is your character increasing in level, and therefore in power, as the game goes on. Some games employ unusual...

In the process of designing and implementing AoE abilities I also added the "offensive" variable which allows abilities to be set to...

Previously, I went through the implementation of your fist multi-target ability type, a piercing projectile. This can allow characters to...

Unmissable point and click abilities are all well and good, but they tend to lack skill-expression and so can't be made too powerful....

Abilities dealing instant damage is key, but not enough to make an RPG interesting. For that you need "Effects", a blanket term I will be...

In a project like this, implementing a simple enemy AI is surprisingly easy. This is because your player largely already runs off of an...

Both player characters and enemies function using the same set of core systems. This means that when implementing a feature for the...

The core of an action RPG is damaging enemies until they die while trying to stop them doing that to you. Damage systems come in many...

This project is an isometric action RPG and so the first thing which needed doing was to get our player character visible and moveable...

As I am nearing the end of my game design master's course, it has come time to begin my final project. This project is worth the...

With the project complete, now comes time to reflect on its development and evaluate what went right and what we could have done better....

It is the final day of development. The project will be finished and handed in this evening. There are several components to the project...

On the final day before our deadline the whole team got together for a full online multiplayer test and played a match of Knock Off....

As previously mentioned, we have shuffled around some tasks to ensure everything gets done by the deadline. One such task that I have...

With the deadline for this project imminent it is all hands on deck for our team. As such, we are each looking out for ways to help out...

With the deadline less than a week away, production has ramped up on the project. We ahve quickly gone from a barebones tech demo to a...

Once I had completed the level blockout, our team's other designer went through and placed the assets she had sourced around the level to...

Since my last testing session, the rocket launcher has been implemented. It is still missing a good amount of functionality such as the...