Another week has gone by!

The week was productive and painful at the same time, lots of time spent improving on the technology for optimal performance in the Xbox, this game runs at 140 fps with 100 enemies on the screen, at 60 fps with 300, so I am happy for now.

here is the video of this week:

https://youtu.be/DGsNCoyYIvo

The Blob as well as the newest raccoon were both made by  marurun he is an amazing pixel and non pixel artist, who by the way is taking commissions, you guys should totally go check his stuff out and watch him if you haven't yet!

So, more environmental art is on it's way, I will hopefully be able to show some actual places soon, also, the new numbers are much better than before, you can see them!

a contrast example, when I was doing some stress testing on the attack speed(maximum attack speed in game will be 15 attacks per second, I tested at 27)

https://youtu.be/zBA-zg3ndsw


That's all for now, but make sure to check again next saturday for more updates, also follow me in twitter: https://twitter.com/JakeTBear

Thanks!

Hey guys!

First of all, thanks a lot for the support of last week, makes me happy to see some interest on my game :D

Now to the update, this past week was somewhat not that productive, I spent too much time trying to do arts that I could not get more features in the game, worse part is that the art amount is really low as well, I need to be more productive!

here's the weekly video:

https://youtu.be/2VnQnuWNZIk

broken down progress: Art:

- Attack animations added for the sword swing in 4 directions (Ragnarok online style)
- Qux enemy added, idle, move, attack and death animations.
- Icons for the sword pick ups added (Thanks Ruick!)
- Some more assets (stone road, well)
- Flame attack animation added.

Code:
- Enemy health bars added.
- Damage "Red" tint added when the enemies get hit.
- Overhead for pick ups optimized to only look for one at the time (current closest to the player).
- Glitter added to pick ups (non sorted particles that will be visible even if the item is behind an object)



Thanks a lot for the support guys, now it is starting to look more like a game and I am getting very excited about it, next week hopefully I will be able to show the first real "Scene" for the game, as well as some other skills, stay tuned!

Hey guys!

I have been working a lot on my game, art wise and code wise, here's a video of my latest build, doesn't look like much from 3 weeks ago but deep down it has been a lot.

https://youtu.be/XQt4dLoseGQ


I will be doing these weekly now, from now on I will post my advance report on the game every Saturday.

Thanks a lot for the support once again, I will be cooking some more interesting things to show next week!

Also, follow me in Twitter if you want to hear from the game more often: https://twitter.com/JakeTBear

Hey guys, it's been a long long time since I have updated anything here, but I have been busy trying to make something that will prove myself that I am someone.

I graduated back in May and with all the hopes I had to get a job as a game developer I could achieve nothing much, not wanting to give up and do what I love the most (game development...) I started trying to make some games, I made a couple of games, without much success, simply because I targeted the wrong platforms... I should have made games for Android, everyone seems to have one!

Now I am back on the pc trying to make a proper RPG game, This is what I have so far:

https://youtu.be/1fAtzKx-XeA


My goals for this game are high, it will be furry based and I will add some of what I like to draw on this as well, theme wise.

Right now the place holders for the characters I found a while back in the interwebs, they do not belong to me, everything else is mine so far.

So that's what's been up, I will be making some character design for this as well, hopefully I will be able to get those up quick, thanks for reading, just by doing so I feel supported.

Huzzah!!!

Boston is freaking delicious :D, we arrived to our Hotel and went out for dinner to the "Polcari's", which was epic, we got free shirts and all! (Free shirts that fit!).

We gonna be in Boston for another 3 nights, planning to eat as much as I can (even though my mom and dad will give me shit about it lol), after that we are heading to New York, I am not expecting people to be as kind as they are in Boston, but I am sure it will be awesome regardless!

PS: Ruick is adorable when sleeping by himself on his own bed (little beds), he rolls a lot kind of looking for me <3

So I have been here for 2 days now! along with Ruick, it is being fun, much better than the last time I was in Montreal, we had been going out every single night, I feel fantastic and spoiled <3. Tomorrow I will be going to Boston along with my parents, we will spend a few more days in there, I hope to get to see Harvard, I don't know why but I always wanted to go and check it out, and maybe even study in it if I have the brain and money for it, maybe in a few years :D

A bit after we will also be going to New York, have a good summer~

Hey guys, lots of things happening as of late, I am graduating in about 2 weeks, classes had been over for over a month now and that gave me time to make a nice little app for the Windows Phone, the game is called "Light bubble", it is a better version of my first game Caged Nova (not in the market anymore).

I am also starting to work in another game, which is going to be a bit more art intensive, but for now if you have a Windows phone and would like to support my future career as an independent developer, please just play my games, thank you for your time and support!

Link to the game: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-CA/a.....7-92fb1f3b63d7

https://youtu.be/ykNH1_IW_qc

So, it is coming to an end, my final semester, there's so much stress about the final project it is not funny...

just tonight I lost some work due to a power outage, not fun specially since beta test is tomorrow, but meh...

I got a new phone, it is awesome! at least something good eh?




I can't wait to be over with this.

I cancelled it, just a heads up to anybody who had it, no longer my number, thanks!

 fatyogi did this epicness and made me very happeh!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7686167

Go watch him :U! and steal his cookies <3

Oh my Ruick :p! he is finally giving into social networks <3!

https://twitter.com/#!/RuickBC

Today's been great so far, so many bday wishes thanks a lot! I am going to have a great day, Sushi/O'darby/Cake!

being 24 feels great. not like that odd number 23, eww :P

Till next time!

Osos~ made this and sent it to me in a letter, was so freaking hilarious XD

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7540901

Edited for the secret~

He get's cold once in a while, so he likes to sit on my cintiq... while I am drawing, so I decided to have some fun :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Jph7zWBBc&feature=youtube_gdata

isn't he cute? <3

Hey guys!

I wanna thank all my new watchers, I hope you enjoy what I post, and also to my old watchers for all the support.


So this is my last semester, I will be graduating at the end of April, well... the convocation is in June, but no more classes after April~ it feels like it has been such a great adventure and I am ready to do my best at doing what I love, programming. Hopefully I will be able to do a furry game~

Thanks for all and have a great week!

Been a while, so much to do, inking some more stuff right now.

it's the day my hubby  ruick was born, go wish him a happy one, and I will make sure it is :]!

That's all, thank you <3!

They are messing with indies again with their latest update, I found this video which actually shows how bad it is.

http://www.gamemarx.com/news/2011/12/08/xbox-2011-dashboard-the-movie.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter:%2BPublished%2BContent

why Microsoft doesn't like indies? meh, just passing the message, this is relevant for me.

Hello guys!

I have been coding a lot as of late, and it occurred to me I needed a place to put some of the most important things I sometimes I stumble upon, so I made a blog about game dev, it can be found here:

http://jakegamedev.blogspot.com/

I will be posting more coding, specifically, as well as my thoughts in code design, most of my stuff are for XNA C#, but once in a while I might do some C++ related, even though they correlate a lot, really, design is universal, regardless of the programming language you use.

anyways, stop by if you are interested in coding and video games =]!

hello everyone!


I am kind of proud of finishing this simple yet addicting game called "Caged Nova", it is a puzzle game for the windows phone 7.

This game counts with a built it randomize level generator, meaning that all the levels are done on the go, nothing is preset and every time you play the game it will be a new experience.

the art for this game was done by  draekos, she is amazing!

here is a link to the game: http://www.windowsphoneapplist.com/.....va-a29600.html

Thanks for reading.

Hey guys, I opened a new msn, note me if you would like to have it, if you have the old one, delete it since I don't have access to it anymore, thanks!

hey guys! thanks for the support, commissions are now closed until next batch!

Thanks again for the support :D

I will be working on the current ones :]

Why hello guys!

I did amazing this semester, even though it was a really hard one and I had to deal with more BS than normally~ but that's over with and now I can enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done!

I will be working in McDonalds this summer, for roughly 24 hours a week, mostly because that's what I would need to survive over the summer, also leaving some spare time to do what I enjoy the most, coding, drawing and gaming!

I am opening for commissions once again, I will make a list of who ever wants them, and I will start working on them, slowly for this week for I need to finish an APP (Game) for the Windows 7 phone to enter a competition in my college =], but after May 10th, I will be working normally.

you can get my commission info right here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1496761/

Thanks for your time!

Finally, I have it!

After all this time trying to get it, finally <3!

Expect some drawings from now on :p

hey guys,


I am finally half alive, after sleeping a lot, I got home around noon, and we were really tired...

Orlando was fun, I got to see my family and we had a great time with  mrlabrador at the Universal Studios, even thought I don't really like amusement parks, it was really fun, oh and freshly done Krispy Kreme doughnuts, to die for <3


life is good, now back to college!