Jimmy Briggs: Sunday Open Game Dev

Every Sunday from 1pm until 4pm Eastern US time I will be streaming live video game development from my Twitch.tv Channel.

Episode 1 - Setup and Prototpying

Video: Highlight | Full

Summery: In this video we explore the initial setup of starting a new project. I download and setup the ImpactJS framework and then step through taking the initial files to a working prototype game with a player, collision, animation, some minor logic, multiple level entities and input controls. Some minor bugs are introduced and diagnosed in the full stream.

Episode 2 - Menus and Story

Summery: In this session I create a simple menu level, entity, and program them to respond to both the mouse and keyboard. I briefly talk about story ideas related to this specific game and also touch lightly on level design concepts and teaching the player.

Episode 3 - Git/GitHub, extending animations, entity A.I.

Video [twitch]: Full Part 1 | Full Part 2 | Highlight GIT | Highlight Anims | Highlight A.I.

Video [youtube]: Highlight GIT | Highlight Anims | Highlight A.I.

Summery: In this session I am really under the weather with a bad head cold. I show some examples of GIT and GitHub, how I extended out animations to the entities actions and some A.I. Code to keep enemies on platforms instead of falling off the collision areas. I strongly recommend using the highlights and not suffering though the full length session as I was pretty sick when I was recording.

Episode 4 - Isometrics, Explosions, SFX, RNG, Parallax, Doors and HUD

Video [twitch]: Full Part 1 | Full Part 2 | Full Part 3

Summery: This week I showcase how to offset entities creating visual depth using isometric layers in impactjs and entity offset properties. We also explore how to animate explosions, create sound effects using sfxr, audacity and impactjs. Random number generation is explored frequently relating to coins and enemies. I also demonstrate a parallax background adding more depth to the game and lastly show a prototype door mechanic. We look into HUD and game concepts.