TomInbound Development, Gaming

Plok! Remake – Cotton Island – Level Comparisons



Hey there! I avoid notifying Youtube subscribers about shorts as it’s often repeated content. However I’d like to share the level comparisons for Cotton Island . Please take a look.

Beach – https://youtube.com/shorts/5U9U1jOvr9k
Beach Secret Stage – https://youtube.com/shorts/iJPn87G0ncE
Bridge – https://youtube.com/shorts/mqjGn5Oj3-U
Columns – https://youtube.com/shorts/9nYjJK-KwUw
Columns Secret Stage – https://youtube.com/shorts/RTSvXKQF_98
Log Falls – https://youtube.com/shorts/hSvc6DUnxbQ
Log Falls Secret Stage – https://youtube.com/shorts/_uD7m19ZmNQ
Rickety Bridge – https://youtube.com/shorts/zCkm3awqw9k
Rickety Bridge Secret Stage – https://youtube.com/shorts/7lxt1yz7l3c
Crazy Cradles – https://youtube.com/shorts/cWMRjz50UE4
Blind Leap – https://youtube.com/shorts/i7E3ZpuumUc
Blind Leap Secret Stage – https://youtube.com/shorts/sDFwIkP-Qls
Bobbins Bros – https://youtube.com/shorts/eunDpUFI1Dc




TomInbound Development, Gaming, Personal

An Overwhelmed Game Dev…

Hey,

I’ve just launched a second YouTube channel and I really wanted to highlight the struggles that went into creating the most recent devlog. Feelings of overwhelm, impostor syndrome and lack of motivation. I go into how I managed to overcome these issues on this occasion and talk through what that process was like. It’s different to my normal game dev videos but it’s quite a personal video and I hope you’ll enjoy it as you get to know me better.

Thanks,
Tom

TomInbound Development, Gaming, Personal, Youtube

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.

Logo/Theme art not created by me, taken from the GMTK Game Jam itch.io page

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
WarioWare DIY – A childhood favourite of mine

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).

The AI popping the balloons

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.

The human player filling the chest so the AI can empty it

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

TomInbound Development, Gaming, Youtube

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.