Skip to main content

#30daydeveloper - Day 10 - Gravity Corners

Hello! If this is your first time reading about my thirty day developer challenge, click here to go to the first post!

So now that the game's prototype is finished, I should start adding bells and whistles to it right? Or should I keep updating the core functionality of the game? Not that the core functionality is all too complex or anything.

I once read an article suggesting that the core game play mechanics are the most fundamental key to a game's success. Every game can be simplified down to 20-30 seconds of "core" game-play that is repeated over and over throughout the game. Therefore, if this fundamental piece of the game is not interesting or entertaining to play, then chances are that the game will also be boring. There's only so much you can polish a piece of turd, right?

I wonder if this is true. Are there any games out there with lame "core" game mechanics, but yet are very addicting and fun to play? Will adding shiny gadgets and score multipliers do more for my game than updating the main game design?

Anyways, today I implemented gravitational pull of the four corners. I thought it was kind of anti-climactic that once a ball touched any of the four corners, it just sort of disappeared without much grandeur. So I changed it to detect overlaps (using the Pythagorean Theorem, who knew math would be useful in real life?)

Maybe I'll add some simple sounds to get a better idea of what my game will look like when played. So here's a short list of future ideas that I am planning on implementing, in no particular order:
  1. Sound effects and music
  2. Menus and settings
  3. Score multipliers and bonuses (kind of like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater combos)
  4. Scoreboard and high scores (local or internet)
  5. Mobile application using PhoneGap

On a side note, wow I guess I still have a lot more mountains coming up, haha.

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jooble

Yesterday, I received an incredibly friendly email from an anonymous person who claimed to have read my blog and "loved it." Of course, because my blog is public and anybody can comment anonymously, I was a bit skeptical of this email. Yet, seeing as how this was the first ever "fan mail" I've ever received, I read the email. It wasn't fan mail, but it was an email from a person who works for a website called " Jooble ." Interested by his genuineness and heartfelt compliments of my blog, I took a quick glance at the website. Here's what he had to say about Jooble: Jooble operates in 45+ countries, so if you would like to find a job in other locations you may try to search jobs in: Argentina , Australia , Austria , Belgium , Belarus , Brazil , Canada , Chile , China Colombia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Spain , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hong Kong , Hungary , Italy , India , Indonesia , Ireland , Japan , Kazakhstan , Mexi...
13 comments
Click here to continue

Connect With Me

This is a story about two best friends. They were the grow up like brothers kind of best friends. The chase girls together kind. The never rat the other out kind. The always true to each other thick and thin kind. You know what I mean. They were inseparable. One was named Adam, the other Bill. Adam was an artist. He loved all forms of art--film, paint, photo, everything. If it was created or captured, chances are, he's seen it. He kept a journal of his thoughts and mostly kept to himself--and, of course, Bill. He was what you might call a shy guy. Following his passions, he went to art school and graduated with an excellent education and a renewed passion for his art. Bill was a business man. He loved money, making deals, and shaking hands. If it was profitable or had even the slimmest chance of making money, chances are, he's done it. He rarely stays still and is constantly out and about. At the local bar, the club, restaurant, wherever the new hot spot was. He was what yo...
7 comments
Click here to continue

Hangeul or Hangul

Here's the link for the Wikipedia entry for "Hangeul." Now here's the link for the Wikipedia entry for "Hangul" (Without the "e") Notice anything similar? Of course you do, they both point to the same entry! Now why is that? It's because there is no real set romanization of the Korean language. Or at least one that is universally accepted in South Korea. Why does this matter? Korean is a language with an alphabet, there shouldn't be a need for romanization right? Just learn some 한글 and be done with that! To hell with the Latin script! But that's really not good for foreigners. Are you Korean? Can you read 한글? If not, then those two characters mean nothing to you. Only if I tell you that those two characters are read like "hangeul" or "hangul" can you begin to pronounce the word. Romanization is an essential step for foreigners in learning a foreign language. Take two examples, the Chinese pinyin , and the ...
2 comments
Click here to continue