I recently attended a game design session in which my classmates and I each delivered a presentation of our game design projects. It was...

I have chosen to implement the Blood Drain ability next. This will belong to Lucius the vampire and is integral to his Impulse mechanic...

I have added functionality to the manager and base character scripts to allow the enemy characters to also use the Bloody Slash ability,...

To finish off my UI, I have added another fill-bar element to track the active character's Impulse. As this is the core, unique mechanic...

In a strategic game such as this, its extra important that they player knows which character is which. I have done this by adding a...

I have continued to develop my UI and have made several major additions. First of all, I have added a UI element which displays the turn...

I continued my work on the UI today and have made some significant visual changes along with some additions to the functionality. I began...

I have now begun implementing my UI for the combat portion of the game. First of all, I went to the Unity asset store and acquired a good...

For a turn-based tactical RPG such as this, the game is controlled primarily by clicking on elements of the UI. As such, I would need to...

I decided to take a break from the intensity of creating the combat system today and instead focused on the artistic elements of the...

Since my last post I have been researching, experimenting with and then finally implementing my in-combat movement system. In my first...

Visual Design Yesterday we had a lecture on the how to effectively design the visual components of a game. First of all, we discussed the...

I have come up with a first draft for my cast of player characters. These are the characters that will make up the party controlled by...

Since I have written my initial design document and committed to my game concept, I decided to get started on the code. Ordinarily, I...

Yesterday I attended a day of guest lectures at Kingston Uni by Luke Parlin and Simon Kobic. They were excellent speakers and delivered...

For our final assignment in this module, we have been tasked with designing and creating a demo for a game. We had the choice of whether...

Wednesday's game design sessions touched on a variety of topics. We began the day with lectures on the subjects of game balance,...

Since my last post, my team and I have finished off and presented our final prototype. In this post I will explain all the finishing...

Another member of the team, who has a background in sound, took on the task of sourcing and editing some audio for us to use in this...

In this week's game design session we had guest speaker Fernando Gimeno, who delivered a lecture and tutorial on sound design for games....