Task 2
This week we’re offering the choice of two tasks depending upon the time you have.
A. Improve an existing game
Find an existing game, whether it be a game you have previously made, a default game that is bundled with Kodu Game Lab or a game you’ve found on Planet Kodu and then improve it. This may include adding new bots to the game, expanding its scope or improving the AI and game play, its up to you.
Or,
B. A more complex game
This week, with a more formal strategy in game design in mind, we’re asking you to take the next step in the development cycle. Using the steps outlined this week, we’d like you to write a list of achievable requirements for your game first, perhaps a mission statement, make a few notes about the design, and then follow the iterative process outlined in this weeks course guide.
There are no time limits on this weeks challenge. You simply need to submit your game, finished or unfinished, with your notes. It doesn’t matter whether your notes are a few simple bullet points, or a considered paragraph or two. What’s important is that you have reflected on the development of your game more strategically.
Oh, and it’s worth noting that we’re particularly interested in your failures! That’s right, if you’ve found little success on your initial attempt, we still want to hear from you, so we can all learn from each others mistakes!
jjabraham 9:40 am on March 15, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I’ve uploaded my Week 2 Game, ‘Huts and Factories.’
Basically the start of a “snakes and ladders” styled game.
lucio 3:45 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I’ve uploaded my Week 2 Game http://planetkodu.com/hockey-game-2/1026 .
It is the upgraded version of my first game. I must say that I followed the rules of rapid prototyping. I looked at what was already in my first game and took away all the stuff that was not part of my current design anymore.
There are some elements of my game that I still don’t like, and others which I think are ok.
Elements I don’t like, which in other words are things that need to be improved in the next release:
1. The couple of pucks do not collide the way I would’ve liked it. When the small puck is approaching the big one at a high speed, the small puck sometimes slows down.
2. Sometimes the smallest puck doesn’t speed up enough.
3. There’s something missing in terms of fun, I still need to add other characters to make this game more interesting.
4. I have to add a way to heal or recover.
This list of things that I want to improve is now part of my requirements for next release. According to the rules of rapid prototyping, I should think of what is in my game which I still like and what are the elements that have to be changed or improved. I should also start sketching my game again, considering the elements that will remain as part of the next release.
lucio 7:44 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Testing to see if this message gets displayed. I posted something before, but it didn’t appear.
lucio 7:48 am on March 16, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Well, it is too bad that my previous message didn’t get displayed, because it was long. Well, I just wanted to announce that I’ve uploaded my upgraded game “Hockey Game”. It can be found in the Planet Kodu website http://planetkodu.com/hockey-game-2/1026
Too bad that I lost my first message
nikwing 4:53 pm on March 25, 2010 Permalink | Log in to Reply
http://planetkodu.com/transtone-v04/1048
Task 2: Improvement
-Proper Lv design
-More enemies
-adjusted speed both for char and enemies
-respawn feature
-win & lose