4 Things I Learned About Productivity
-2017.6.26 4:00pm
I just spent three weeks preparing for the Playdeck Project! Part of the time I was wrapping up loose ends, and part of it I was building tools for use during the project. It's been a relaxing and enjoyable few weeks, but it was also full to the brim with some pretty cool accomplishments!
I've streamlined my workdays a lot already, so I decided to share some strategies I used to make myself more effective! I won't say I'm 100% productive yet, but I've seen a pretty drastic improvement since my first week.
Ferr2D Terrain v1.11 Release
-2017.6.25 2:00pm
This week concluded work on v1.11, which is out on the Asset Store for download now! I had originally intended for it to be a simple update to remove some warnings caused by Unity 5.6, but with a pleasant surplus of time, I was able to fit in a couple of nice new features too!
This update should make your edges look a fair bit better than they used to, and I managed to chase down a number of bugs throughout! Check out the new stuff below :)
Building a visual style part 2.
-2017.6.16 1:00pm
Now that we've talked about what the project is, I'll show you some details on how I implemented it! I'll also share some shader code too, in case you're interested in doing something similar.
If you haven't read the previous post, you'll be interested in catching that here. It talks about the overall concept of the project, and has some cool details in it too :)
Building a visual style part 1.
-2017.6.14 4:00pm
I'm going to talk about a project I'd like to continue working on sometime. By that, I mean it's a project that I've abandoned, and while I hope I'll get back to it someday, I likely never will. Which is a bit sad. It was cool.
In this post, I'll tell you about how this project came to be! Then I'll show you a bit about the process I used to figure out the visual feel of the game, and a bunch of gifs. Then later in another post, I'll show you some shaders and visual effects! I love shaders.
I'm gonna make a fudgeton of games.
-2017.6.8 1:00pm
Have you ever thought about making a game? It's all I've ever wanted to do. Sometimes I get sidetracked, and sometimes life gets in the way, but now I'm setting aside some real time to make games! But not one or two games, I'm going to make an enormous pile of them, 52 to be exact! The Playdeck Project, one game a week, over a year. Or at least, that's the plan!
I recently ended 2.5 years at Zynga, a company that I never quite expected to be at. Like most experiences, it had its ups and downs. This one had more ups than downs, and I came out of it with exactly the sort of experience I hoped to acquire! I'm now a little older, a little more experienced, and I've had a much closer look at how success actually works.
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