A new PLOK Remake Devlog is among us. This time making a linux build to play on Steam Deck, adding new levels and moving platforms! Moving platforms were challenging, next time we will be looking at the first boss!
Adding POWERUPS and ENEMIES
Making a WarioWare style game in 48 hours (Devlog)
I took part in the GMTK 2023 game jam. The theme was ‘Roles Reversed’. I made a WarioWare game where you setup the microgames to fail the computer/AI player. Here’s my devlog!
I Made A WarioWare Inspired Game in 48 Hours (GMTK 2023 Game Jam)
What do you mean you don’t know who Bario is? BarioWare: Swap is my entry to the Game Makers Toolkit Game Jam for 2023. The theme was Roles Reversed.
The examples given for this theme in its announcement video were;
- Angry Birds where you build the towers instead of knocking them down
- Pong where you play as the ball instead of the paddle
- Tetris where you control the board/environment instead of the falling blocks
I applied the theme to WarioWare which became WarioWare but you’re in control of the microgames, now while a WarioWare game already exists where you make games (WarioWare DIY) I decided to make a game that instead has you modifying and setting up existing microgames to maximise your chances of defeating the player (The AI).
An example from the game includes a microgame where the AI is trying to pop balloons within 5 seconds, in this example you get 5 seconds to spread out the balloons as much as possible so the AI can’t click them all fast enough.
You can play the game for free on itch.io, if you’re also taking place in the GMTK Game Jam, why not give BarioWare a rating while the submission page is still open? Thanks
itch.io Page: https://tompouchergames.itch.io/barioware-swap
Submission/Rating Page: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2023/rate/2155728
Game Dev Direct – February 2023 (TomInbound Direct)
Hey everyone, I’m looking to get back into game more regular game development videos. To start this off I thought it would be fun to parody a Nintendo Direct and do my own set of announcements mostly related to new games and updates to old ones with a few channel updates thrown in for good measure. The direct only has 4 minutes of runtime (Please Understand) thought its quite dense on content and to the point! A new devlog series will air straight after the presentation and a few other goodies will also be available shortly after. Hope to see you there!
Protect The Green – Trailer (Zombies & Golf)
I’ve just created a new game ‘Protect The Green’, this was created for a game jam where the theme was ‘green’. I wanted to come up with something different and I’d never tried to do a game with fake 3d height before so it was very challenging. It was also a step up from my current ongoing 16×16 project that is side scrolling to a 4 directional 32×32 project. I’m glad I ended up scrapping 8 directional movement art as this would have been a lot more work!
Play the game here: https://tompouchergames.itch.io/protect-the-green
Fragmented Space – Free on itch.io
I recently entered the Weekly Game Jam 210 with another developer. The theme was fragments, we created a game about knocking fragmented space debris into the correct collection zones. We had quite a lot of fun creating levels for this game as we were able to combine a lot of our systems in the later levels. It’s fully free on itch.io and can be played in browser or downloaded here. https://tompouchergames.itch.io/fragmented-space
You can watch the trailer here.
Beyond The Crater (Free To Play/Open Source)
This year I attempted something I had never attempted before. A month long game jam. This game jam requires your project to be open source and I teamed up with two other programmers to make a game for this game jam. The theme of the game jam was ‘MoonShot’. Please check out the trailer above.
You can play the game here: https://tompouchergames.itch.io/beyond-the-crater
You can find the source code here: https://github.com/tomaustin700/GameOff2020
Hold The Throne – Now Open Source
Hello, I’ve decided to make Hold The Throne open source in celebration of it’s new update! Hope you enjoy. (don’t judge my bad code too much). See previous posts on update and how to play it.
Hold The Throne – New Bonus Stage (Play Free)
I’ve recently started doing dev challenges with another content creator on instagram. These challenge are game development challenges. I don’t currently have an active project so for the last two challenges I’ve been posting dev logs on my instagram and created a new level for ‘Hold The Throne’ an old game jam project of mine. There is now a bonus stage complete with 2 new enemies, 1 new boss, new background sprites, new music and there is also a new main menu. Here’s the trailer for the update and you can play it for free here. https://tompouchergames.itch.io/hold-the-throne
You can find my instagram here. https://www.instagram.com/pouch_nation
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