Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Oct 19, 2017

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2D Platformer Controls

This is Super Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy has good controls. When you die in Super Meat Boy, you know that it is your…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Feb 23, 2018

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The “Basic Shooter”

So I’ve begun development on the shooter attack pattern enemy, which for now I’ll refer to as the basic shooter for the lack…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Nov 10, 2017

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Tools for Game Art Creation

Now that I’ve settled on pixel art as my graphics style choice for my game, I have to decide on what tool I’ll…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Mar 23, 2018

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Procedural Content Generation

The next big thing I’m working on is the procedural generative nature of my game. Procedural Content Generation, or PCG, is a superset of algorithms that focus on creating content of some sort based on a specific number of parameters, as opposed to manually curating and…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Nov 3, 2017

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What are State Machines?

Finite State Machines are mathematical models that represent different “states” depending on a specific set of available inputs. The model can only be exist in one state at a time, and an external input will cause a transition to occur, with which the model switches over to another…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Oct 12, 2017

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The Brilliance of Simplicity and Brutality

Spelunky is my current favorite game.

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Feb 16, 2018

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New Enemy Designs

Because this game takes on characteristics of dungeon crawlers, it will need to have somewhat a nice variety of enemy types. Since the art style of this game will be minimalist and geometric, I tried to design my enemies after simple shapes.

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Oct 26, 2017

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Game Art

The above is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a gorgeous Nintendo Switch game released this year. It has single-handedly catapulted the sales of the…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Mar 30, 2018

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Gameplay Graph Implemented

I’ve successfully implemented the gameplay graph this week, which has been harder than I thought it would be but…

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Chase Williams in Developing Developers

Dec 1, 2017

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Net Neutrality

On December 14th, the five chairmen of the FCC will come together and make a vote that could effectively forever change how we…

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