PLEX Game File Formats
This week I’ve been dealing with game file formats. Each character in the game has to have different maps that the game starts off with initially. The NPC will start off in different locations,...
Monthly Archive: January 2008
Surface Conditions: Prototyping Challenge
This is a game all about changes in surface conditions. I originally designed it as a racing game for cars or trucks or motorcycles but the more I think about it, this could be...
Reaper: Prototyping Challenge
This is a story about Lauren Stone and her battle to save her son at the risk of loosing her soul. It’s a horror/magic/fighting game and the tone of it should be pretty dark....
Xorbient: Prototyping Challenge
This is a game about absorbing things around you. It’s possible to make this game with several themes, but the theme I’ve chosen for it is a children’s game. Imagine a yellow blob of...
Prototyping Challenge: What is it?
Okay, so I got this idea for prototyping challenges from Lost Garden. Danc is a pretty awesome guy and I have to give him a big round of applause for his accomplishments. I have...
Apache FIX: Forbidden/You don’t have permission to access / on this server
Check the permissions of the folder. Usually its a chmod problem and you can change it to drwx–x–x. However another problem can be the conf/httpd.conf file. If you have an incorrect <Files > record...
Cpanel FIX: Error from domain wrapper: domain is owned by another user.
I got this error when I was trying to add subdomains to one of my cPanel accounts. This happens when cPanel doesn’t remove the subdomain correctly and then it thinks it’s still there so...
Game Economy
One of the biggest issues I’ve run into as a game developer is keeping control of the economy. One of the problem with new players is they don’t have the experience to use the...
Conceptual Reality
Although most of the games I’ve made are online text based games, they’ve taught me a lot of valuable knowledge. How do you make a game that keeps people addicted? Some developers spend years...
