Share a secret

I have developed a new website called whisper a secret. It is a place for anyone to post secrets anonomyously. So if you wan´t post secret to the growing database.

"Slight" design changes

In the last post i mentioned a possible concept, this concept has been thrown away and replaced by another in my opinion more interesting concept.

What I have my mind set on now is a game where you control a sort of futuristic digging machine, your objective is basicly to dig as deep as you can and collect and process minerals and other valuables on the way (think Motherload with a few twists and improvements).

I have started working on the graphics, this is usually where I start when making a game. I prefer to have at least a basic graphics foundation for the game before i start implementation. It is much more fun to program the game when you see good visual results right away, instead of sticking with placeholder art until the game mechanics are done.

For the first time I have set up a subversion repository for the game and it seems very valuable so far. It´s neat to have a backup availible to revert back to whenever I want or if a harddrive decides to die on me :).

Choosing a genre

I´ve been doing alot of thinking about the genre and type of game I want to make. The goals I have set naturally rules out alot of genres. It have to be relatively quick to program and not to demanding graphics wise as I will be doing all programming and graphics by myself.

I think i have my mind set on a sideview, one screen map puzzle game. Where you control a character on the map and solve puzzles to proceed to the next level. Im writing down some ideas to a concept document to see if my ideas it works together.

First post

So this is the first ever post to this blog. What im trying to do here is to describe the process of developing a complete game from start to finish.

What I have right now is a rough idea of a game concept. One year from today I will have a complete game.

I´m sure it will be a fun ride :).