Baby Blocks

This is the development journal for baby blocks a word game for mobile phone and tablet devices.

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Game Play Movie

Today I am working on my game play movie.

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Baby Blocks Submitted to the App Store

On Sunday I submitted my game to Apple App Store. Current status is "Waiting for Review"

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Screen Shots

Here are some screen shots of game play.

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Screen Shots

Today I am working on screen shots that will be needed for the app store.

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Playtesting

Today I am working on level balancing and playtesting.

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Beta Testing Begins

Today I am starting the beta testing of the game. If all goes well, I should be uploading to the app store in about 2 weeks.

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In App Purchases

Today I am working on testing in app purchase functionality in the game.

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Sound Effects Complete

Today I finished implementing all the sound effects into the game.

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Custom Fonts

Today I am working on custom fonts. I purchased a nice tool for the Max called Glyph Designer to help create the fonts.

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Particle Effects Complete

Today I finished the remaining particle effects for the game.

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Text Effects and Vocals

Today I finished implementing all the vocals in the game.

I also added some text effects to the game. I will work on the some more particle effects next.

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Music Complete

The main game and menu music are complete. I hope to integrate them into game next week.

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Sound Designer Hired

I received a total of 32 proposals from many talented sound designers. I chose George Vlad for the project.

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Vocal Recordings

The vocal recordings for the game are complete. I used Voice Bunny and I am very happy with the results. I would recommend them highly.

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Vocals

Today I am working on the voice over script. I am also working on the game design specification that has been requested by some of the sound designers to give them a better idea of the flow.

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Sound Designer

With the graphic effects almost done, I have started the hiring process for a sound and music designer for the game.

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Text and Star Meter effects

Today I am working on implementing text and star meter effects.