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Kepler452b Released

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Kepler452b is available for Windows, Linux & MacOS. Enjoy a roguelike with one of 8 classes, 5 unique worlds, beautiful graphics by Oryx, music by Scott Buckley & Sergey Cheremisinov, 28 unique enemies, 101 supervisors to modify your gameplay, a story and much more! Whether you prefer to sneak around and backstab with the assassin, use a flamethrower as a pyrotechnic or grapple enemies to you and poison them, there’s bound to be a play style you will enjoy!

Balancing Game Mechanics

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Two of the most influential components to decreasing LOE in balancing game mechanics is automating the most essential parts of testing those mechanics, and providing meaningful and easy to understand graphs. Some meaningful questions to better lay the foundation of balancing and creating these components:

What are the actual ‘core stat(s)’ that identify survival? (Usually health)
What are the ‘ancillary stat(s)’ that help facilitate the increase or decrease that core? (damage, strength, dexterity, etc.) I’m assuming all actors here are equal and we aren’t comparing apples and oranges.
What are the ‘supplemental stat(s)’ that may contribute to the increase or decrease of the ancillary stats? (class, rank, level)
What are the ’extraneous stat(s)’ that don’t affect the other stats already identified.

I found that creating a tree by drawing lines connecting these identified stats provided incredible insight and direction.

Space Invaders Released

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

So I’ve recently compiled a bunch of my libraries together into a collection I call ‘ion-cloud’ available on ’npm’. In order to best test these, I’ve recreated my own adaptation of ‘Space Invaders’ available free to play here on my website by clicking the games above or here and ‘open source’ on github here.

Coterie Released

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

(Aug 3, 2016 Update: Coterie is now playable on mobile or touch devices as well. Play Coterie)

Growing up I deeply enjoyed two specific cards games: Triple Triad in Final Fantasy VIII and Tetra Master in Final Fantasy IX. Having some extra time this past week I developed a simple card game variant called Coterie. What started as an excuse to get more familiar with flexbox in css ended up actually being fun to play!