Ether One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4la1ghbRg
Game Jam
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Ether One Released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us4la1ghbRg
We just released our first game! Ether One is out now & we're hugely proud of what we achieved. It took 3 long years of figuring out who we were as designers and people. We've learnt a lot in the process and I'll be sharing a lot of those experiences throughout this blog in reflection to the development and what is coming next for White Paper Games.
We have received a higher level of critical acclaim tha...
Prototyping with self-set restraints
So following on form last week, students got into groups to create a prototype. This time, instead of in a few hours, this project will be over 2 weeks. The first was to show how much planning and iteration designs take instead of leaving it until last. So now all the students mistakes (hopefully) are out of the way, time to get designing. Each group had to create 3 rules which their game must be based on.
Group one set their own restraints as:
1. A si...
Steam Greenlight
Hey guys!
We've finally got our game up on Steam Greenlight after a couple of weeks of long hours! If you're following what we're doing and like our project please sign in and vote for our game! We'd really apprecaite the support, every vote counts! Also, if you favorite the game it helps us out even more :D
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=96424148&searchtext=
Also, be sure to check out the new trailer:
http://www....
Paper Prototyping (second year)
So we did a similar task today as the first years tackled with some really positive results. Each group got given a core set of rules to follow by. Got some cool games designs out of it and it was a nice introduction to the semester.
Looking at these pictures the students were very imaginative with the limited resources available to them. We even had origami dice!
This was a 1-day games design experiment where they had to plan, bu...
Ether Teaser Trailer
Hey guys!
We've been working hard over at White Paper Games to get out game developed and out! We finally released a teaser trailer for you all to check out (if you havnt done so already!)
We're putting a lot into this game at the moment so it would be great to hear any feedback you all have!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauSyJDAJT4]
Also be sure to check out the Ether Game website! I'll be sure to keep adding more WiP and any other intere
BLOCKING OUT 4TH LEVEL IN ETHER (Part 2)
Spent a few more hours fleshing out the scene. Its getting there now, nearly time to start adding gameplay!
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Blocking out 4th level in Ether
Hey guys,
Just a quick update on a blockmap I'm working on showing the different stages of fleshing out. Around 3 hrs work time. Planned it out and gathered some architecture reference for around an hourr beforehand also.
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Paper Prototyping
Recently I set my students a task to prototype a game idea. I gave them a set of parameters (rules) by which to design by and also put them into groups. They had 1 weeks to idea generate, prototype, iterate and write a design document. We did this process twice in a 2 week period. We had some great results and I would highly recommend getting students to prototype their ideas first before taking them into any 3D program. Even if the game really needs a 3D ...