For the Stencyl project, my group mates and I decided to make a game based on accessibility. The game has the player play as a bee traversing through different environments until it finally reaches its hive at the end. The game contains no enemies and it is impossible to die. The only thing the player…
Stencyl was the struggle! Simply programming your character to walk was actually quite difficult for me. Sure it was a simple thing to do, but I remember asking myself: how do I do it? At first, I thought I only needed to add action animations to make my character move, but I was wrong. I…
Our final class was one of the most memorable experiences I have had in an Amherst class. The Stencyl games I tried out were engaging and impressive, given the timeframe in which we had to complete them. Most fascinating where the various interfaces groups created and incorporated into their games. Enormous card box surfaces placed…
Over the course of the semester, we have moved from very simple games (such as the Atari games, Blackbar, etc.) to more developed games (such as The Last of Us, Undertale, etc.) Now, we are moving into what is considered the highest quality of games that are produced, Triple-A Games. These games have much higher…
Twine was one of my first true loves, along with Ren’Py. When I was 14 or 15 and I began wanting to transition from writing stories to writing game stories, Twine and Ren’Py were easy and accessible, with the right amount of programming to teach me something, but not too much that it was impossible to…
