One of the problems I realised about adding the CogBots to BotSumo, was that they’re overpowered. The spinning cog around them pushes opponents back, meaning it can be difficult to defeat them if you’ve chosen one of the earlier bots. Continue reading New BotSumo shield update, & new level
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New BotSumo bot: CogBot
Here’s a new bot that will soon join the dastardly ranks in BotSumo:
Here’s a video of these CogBots in action:
These new bots have now been released!
New version of BotSumo – New robot
I’ve added a new robot to BotSumo, my most popular game on the Google Play Store so far, which has been downloaded 35,000 times so far. Continue reading New version of BotSumo – New robot
Escape the sector update – playable ships are here!
I posted a while ago saying that new playable ships are coming, and I’ve finally got it finished! Also there’s a new level, new obstacles, and minor updates to the other levels. Get it on Android here, or in your browser here. Continue reading Escape the sector update – playable ships are here!
Is $1.50 for 1000 ad views worth it?
I saw recently that the indie developer of Victory lane racing posted the amount he’s getting on adverts for his app (see below), it’s about $1.50 for 1000x ad views.
This has got me thinking about the games that I make, and whether I should go down this path. Continue reading Is $1.50 for 1000 ad views worth it?
Different-sized colliders in Unity change the angular velocity
I’ve been working on adding different playable spaceships to Escape the Sector, but I’ve noticed this curious feature in Unity (I thought it was a bug at first!).
Watch this video:
Even though these 3 ships all have the same mass, angular velocity, drag and the same force is being applied, they turn at different rates because they have different sized colliders.
I assume this is normal, but it’s going to make it quite difficult to get the turning speed the same on them all without a lot of tweaking!
Some new spaceships
Even thought I’m actually quite enthusiastic about working on BotSumo after finding many videos of people playing it, I’ve still got to finish a feature on Escape the sector that allows you to choose the player ship. Continue reading Some new spaceships
I found these videos of people playing my BotSumo game
Sometimes I wonder if making games for a hobby is pointless, but then something happens and it makes me excited again. That happened yesterday when I discovered this video of some French kids playing my BotSumo game (on Android). Continue reading I found these videos of people playing my BotSumo game
New signs in Escape the Sector – Billboards in space!
Not incredibly exciting news, but a chance to show some screenshots of progress nontheless…
I thought Escape the Sector (for Android) needed some better instruction, specially on the later levels where it’s unclear which direction you need to go. I was going to leave it so the players can explore the level, and learn the direction through the maze, but it seemed to frustrate some people – probably because lots of red boxy cliffs look identical!
So I’ve added some signage, pointing to the exit.
As well as some new animated signs with the message to “Evacuate Evacuate”!
I’ve also created some new playable ships – so that I can create a player select screen.
Probably not quite as cool as the ships created by Dave Bisseg (see those here), which I’ll also add, but I just enjoy creating new ships in this boxy, voxel style!
Some more things to add to Escape the Sector…
I’m not done with Escape the Sector yet (which I released on the Google Play store in July). I toyed with leaving it a bit, and moving to another project, but I’ve been encouraged by a 3D artist called Dave Bisseg who contacted me after I posted screenshots on a Facebook group for Indie developers, and has created some new ships, which perfectly fit the blocky, voxel style of what I’ve already created.
For comparison and to show what a great job he’s done at matching the style, here’s one of my large ships (originally made for the abandoned Escape Vector project).