Active Cinema is a sequence based minigame in which the player must perform tasks and interact with a dashboard of switches and buttons...

Eye Flex is a minigame in which the player must keep their head level and facing in a certain direction, whilst a screen playing a film...

Reflecting on the past 14 weeks I've found this major project to be an extremely fun, educational and rewarding experience. Learning how...

The final iteration of the players UI is as follows: - Health (top left corner) - Power up ammo (below health) - Coin count (top right...

Due to parts of Planet Unknown taking place underground and our implementation of 2D lighting the player is equipped with a torch. We...

Interest in Gaming Content: According to professional services network Deloitte's digital media trends survey, due to the global...

Serious games can be described as games that are developed and designed for educational and other non-entertainment purposes. The form of...

When conducting play testing, myself and my team found that although the players mouse cursor was visible on screen it was still slightly...

After conducting and receiving feedback from play testing, our team decided to include a pop-up tutorial at the beginning of Planet...

Over the past decade, video games have been increasing in popularity, becoming more of a mainstream platform for entertainment and...

The concept of game technology can be traced back as far as 1940, with the creation of 'Nimatron', a electromechanical machine designed...

During my vocational placement at Recovery VR, one of the mini-games I worked on for the application was Topple Bottle. Topple Bottle is...

A new addition to Planet Unknown's player behaviour is the double jump! After receiving feedback from the industry panel regarding...

During the development of Planet Unknown I have been working on implementing two new power ups, the anti-gravity and electric rounds....

Myself and my classmates are now heading into the production stage of our major projects and have been receiving feedback on our industry...

When taking on a big task like developing a game, project and team management is key. This involves implementing efficient scheduling and...

Moving into the five week prototyping stage of our major projects, it was time for us to determine what core elements and mechanics of...

As part of our assessment, myself and my classmates were required to select a game genre and write a research essay on its history,...

In preparation for our end of year major projects, myself and other students put together pitches for our individual game ideas. Out of...

The first topic for our Complex Game Systems subject, is threading and multi-threaded programming. A thread is essentially a function...