So, I participated in Global Game Jam 2018, and oh boy, it was a blast!
Here’s the end result:
Here’s how this came to be:
Throughout the holidays, I had been pretty burnt out from working on games so I hadn’t any motivation to create anything...so I owned it, and I did nothing but play games and relax in my time off.
This proved very helpful as I am coming into my second year of studies in game dev and that much needed rest has given me the motivation to make things again.
I started off wanting to be in a team of complete strangers. In the end, I couldn’t find a team that I would fit well in, so I paired up with my good friend Gene, who I had worked with previously. Best guy, great programmer, puts up with my shit: 10/10.
We then ran into another programmer who was looking for a team to join. He wasn’t as experienced as other programmers, and he only did game dev as a hobby, but was quite capable and contributed quite a lot.
We were given our theme, and we were off. We didn’t have an artist so we just had to make the most of it and just go full minimalism. This helped with our mechanics idea generation but also hindered it. We had a great idea, we wanted to go far with it, but struggled thinking easy-to-implement interactions.
In the end, I believe we did really well with what we had, and it’s proud moment for me to be able to look back on a game that I made and be happy with what I accomplished.
I also decided that I needed a break from working on our game, so I decided to make some music for my friends 80′s neon puzzle game.
30 minutes later...
You can listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/deadthread/echo-command-theme
