In his ongoing devlog series, this week Patrick talks about the act of polishing small details of his upcoming indie platformer, Monochrome Heights. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #13 – So Much Polishing
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick shares about the NPC characters in the game known as phasebots. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #12 – Meet the Phasebots
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick talks about the process of designing the layout of which levels should be grouped together, and organizing them into areas. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #11 – Designing a Level Layout
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick talks about defying player expectations, and when you should stick to convention. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #8 – Defying Player Expectations
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick talks about getting player feedback and the need for playtesting. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #7 – It’s Playtest Time
In this week’s devlog, Patrick talks about how planning the timeline for your development, especially on things you haven’t done before, can be difficult. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #6 – Time Estimates Are Hard
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick talks about staying persistent to try and squash some persistent bugs. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #5 – Persistent Bugs, Persistent Dev
In this week’s devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick breaks down some of the different kinds of decisions he has to make about the game. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #4 – Decisions Decisions
In the third devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick talks about having to jump around between disciplines and parts of the game when working on it. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #3 – Jumping Around
In his second devlog for the upcoming indie game Monochrome Heights, Patrick discusses the difficulty in deciding when something is good enough. Continue reading Monochrome Heights Devlog #2 – Good Enough