Game Diary: Technical Difficulties

Game Diary: Technical Difficulties

All through the month of June, my partner and I are creating a dating sim for the International Love Ultimatum Gamejam (#ilujam on Twitter and Tumblr). Want to know what goes into making a video game? I’ll be posting weekly updates in a structured development blog here.

This week: bringing it all together for Beach Island, and a tiny rumination on why women don’t enter the tumultuous world of game development

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Game Diary: Technical Difficulties

Game Diary: Putting the Visuals in Visual Novels

All through the month of June, my partner and I are creating a dating sim for the International Love Ultimatum Gamejam (#ilujam on Twitter and Tumblr). Want to know what goes into making a video game? I’ll be posting weekly updates in a structured development blog here.

This week: making players connect emotionally with character sprites via expressions and movements: the art of the dating sim.

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