Alright, the year’s coming to a close, so now would be a great time to look back at some things.

Fungicide

Let’s start with Fungicide, the first game I released here on Game Jolt. It’s still a work in progress. Very playable, and very addictive, but nonetheless incomplete. I should probably focus any future efforts on finising up the campaign and just let the disaster that is the multiplayer component burn itself out.

The sad part is, Fungicide was intended to be a coop multiplayer shooter about zombies. The main engine came together nicely, but the networking just blows up. With some concentrated work, I could probably still pull it together.

On A Rainy Day

On A Rainy Day was second. Just a fairly simple puzzle platformer. This game was actually put together in two nights or so, as somewhat of an experiment. It got a lot more attention than I would’ve expected, given that.

I still like the idea of moving objects with the mouse. You can go a long way with a mechanic like that. Saddly, it hasn’t gotten too much polish. You may just see that type of thing in my future games.

Ant Attack

My third game was Ant Attack. An arcade-type game where you smashed ants for points. Probably the least polished game I’ve released, but still rather fun. The music was the best part.

Finally, Insomnia. This game featured some of my best pixel art thus far. I like games with a horror atmosphere, so I decided to make one of my own. I have this one labelled as a demo, which it is. Two more game sections are planned out in my head.

Insomnia

Insomnia needs more threats. I don’t feel there was quite enough to keep people one their toes. You can’t go walking through the halls without a care in the world, and have a horror game at the same time. The atmosphere and sound design were good. The sound effects were rather sparce, partly to help out my Windows 8 players.

The Future

I will keep working on these, especially if players ask for updates. You’ll find, though, that I have the attention span of a gnat. When my players aren’t interested, I probably won’t be either.

As a present for those of you who read this far, (seriously?) you get some information and a screenshot of another project I’m working on. It’s called The Hero’s Handbook, an action RPG. It’s similar in design to the 2D Zelda games.

It’s not a bad looking game, as far as pixel art goes. The gameplay so far is fun, but it’s no where near good enough for any kind of release. Lots of work to do yet.