When I start working on a new game, I make a few core rules to use later on as DNA pillars. These basic rules help to take all my decisions down the road. As we are making Pix the Cat @Pastagames, I learned that this process is flawed. Here is why:
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Pix’n Love – Rush
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF PIXEL RIGHTS All pixel beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Universality, when we are in your thrall… Thanks to the new-and-improved Pastagames Amusement Device, enjoy The Rush with never-before-seen playability! Do you want the clearest, cleanest, shiniest pixels money can buy? Choose Pastagames Amusement Device brand game consoles (any iOS powered device)! You get not one, not two, but three times the fun for the price of one. Hurry to your local drugstore or the nearest app retailer and get yours while supplies last! Say Goodbye to a bland and boring life, and Hello to the laughter of children! Warning: this game may contain residues of macadamia nuts and gluten. ——- We were growing a bit weary of various work-for-food projects when a massive desire to build a dot-matrix driven display came up. We failed to resist the urge and dove head first into an extra-hours project. It was a great opportunity to release some pressure and give a task to a special kind of minion we host from time to time at Pastagames. At least twice a year we have 9th graders who come eyes wide open to our studio for a week to get a first contact with the professional world. We want them to do more than just play-test our latest production for a week. So we set up a computer with Game Maker and invite them to give it a try. A one page design document in hand and a folder full of graphical assets; welcome to the beautiful world of video game making! Our goal is for them to leave the Studio with a game that is not just placeholder populated. We had just released 03: Pixel with Arkedo. In it were plenty of great sprites and […]
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