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The player jumps back and forth; you slam the wall back and forth
As usual, a lot of behind the scenes work results in what on screen looks so trivial, and this is still not greenlightable as far as I'm...
Nick Brunell
Oct 27, 20231 min read
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Wall jump... or not, apparently.
The curse of game design, where it completely feels like I did everything right, and then I change a little bit of code somewhere and...
Nick Brunell
Oct 20, 20231 min read
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WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL TODAY IS...
Another week of "I did a lot... WOW I can't prove that worth a darn." Oh I changed some code up to help my character get back to walking...
Nick Brunell
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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But this is more realistic than double jumping...
ALL the code you have to put in for a simple platform feature... And it doesn't even work properly yet, including animation bugs. Like,...
Nick Brunell
Oct 6, 20231 min read
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A... Finished Product?! (I don't believe it either).
Not that it compares to my Construct version (which is kind of oversimple in and of itself), but I've got something done. Is it called...
Nick Brunell
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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#Homemakingisajob
People actually expect me to CODE when I have ovens to clean, fridges to organize, food to make, podcasts to watch, walking to...
Nick Brunell
Sep 22, 20231 min read
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Remember Algebra Worksheets? Where did I go wrong?
The satisfaction of boxing the antiderivative plus C during a Calc 2 class, except now these Python lessons always ask me about something...
Nick Brunell
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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Blink and you'll miss the week
Well, I definitely STARTED programming a snake game... Between the "no folder" icon in Visual Studio and now this New Things tab in Wix,...
Nick Brunell
Sep 8, 20231 min read
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So how do I replicate my multi-paddle gimmick?
My python Pong project is finished, and it even works in Visual Studio. Can the ball speed and sound effects actually work right? Who...
Nick Brunell
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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I've used the "FUTURE" meme too often.
No real Game Gen updates this week - I can't even blame Gamescom as much as usual - but one big thing for me - after years of refusing to...
Nick Brunell
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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Making art with the Crayola 8 pack - when a toaster can use the 64 pack
This week the main thing I got around to adding was scoring; I'm gonna need to go over the videos more carefully to get the sounds and...
Nick Brunell
Aug 18, 20231 min read
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Ping Pong, or as the Chinese say, Pingpang qiu. (Wait what?)
I've made a pong game before, doing it in Python should be a cinch, right? Except that the ball is always either too fast or too slow....
Nick Brunell
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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Completely ignore the laws of physics and jump twice!
I mean I'm feeling weeks late at this point, but I'm past the goal finally until there's another one right there. So who wants to bet...
Nick Brunell
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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Running and Stretching and Defying Gravity
What it costs to make a character look good. As is often the case, a bunch of code has to be set up for something that happens in...
Nick Brunell
Jul 21, 20231 min read
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Idle? Are you asking me to write Spamalot?
Once again, what feels like quite a bit of work at coding the "idle" animation shows like I didn't do too much - the animation seems to...
Nick Brunell
Jul 14, 20231 min read
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What's that one song from My Name is Earl?
This week was about finishing up the jump logic, and it ended up being about other types of movement in general - Sprinting is shown here...
Nick Brunell
Jun 30, 20231 min read
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LOOK AT IT! (Or don't, I'm not your parent).
Combine some off days, a laptop that wants me to use different drivers than the software I use does, a Nintendo Direct that now increases...
Nick Brunell
Jun 23, 20231 min read
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Interrupting C- MOOVEMENT!
People actually expect me to get anything done during Summer Game Fest. As if. After sorting through a dozen or so problems I kept...
Nick Brunell
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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Moe meant "Em"
Tank controls apparently never died. Controller > Mouse all day This project has animations included... which the tutorials will...
Nick Brunell
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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#VidyaGamezRKool
When they say it's lonely at the top, try being the only person with all the facts compared to everyone reacting wildly because they...
Nick Brunell
May 26, 20231 min read
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