Creating a 3D game asset is not all that different from creating a physical object in the real world. The skills and labor required don’t line up perfectly (you’re more likely to develop carpal tunnel than lose a finger, just as one example), but there’s more overlap there than one might think. This series of […]
The last few posts have walked through Basic Interactables and Physics Objects, two-thirds of the available interaction types in Interference. However, there is a third distinguishable type of interactive object known as Focusables. Let’s check them out! Focusables Focusables, perhaps, involve the most complex set of interactions available to the player. Not to be confused […]
Interference is chock-full of interactive objects. Last time we talked about Basic Interactables (objects that accept an input to perform a specific task) and our methodology behind ascribing functionality to interactive objects. Today, our topic is much simpler: we’re gonna talk about Physics Objects! Physics Objects Physics Objects provide a straightforward interaction to the player: […]
Video games exist on a bedrock of player interaction. But have you ever been absorbed in a game only for that engagement to be compromised by questions like, “why can I open this door but not that door” or “why can’t I look at this object closer”? Interference is a game that experiments with player […]
Oh, shit, we sold out! We put it off for as long as we could, but the fact of the matter is developing a video game costs money. In our case, we’ve been incredibly frugal, but since every cent has come out of our own pockets, we’ve turned to Patreon to help offset some of […]
After nearly 15 months of development, we are very excited to formally announce to the world our first game slated for public release: Interference. Well, technically we “announced” Interference back in January. And we’ve been posting periodically about it on various channels since then. We’re not exactly releasing state secrets here, is what we’re saying. […]
Read the Introduction, Guideline #1: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, Guideline #2: Leave Perfection Out of It, and Guideline #3: Maintain Accountability. Making a video game is not fun. There. I said it. Okay, that’s not totally true, but when it’s 3:00 AM and you’ve been pulling your hair out for hours over what should have been an […]
Read the Introduction, Guideline #1: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel, and Guideline #2: Leave Perfection Out of It. One thing that Jared and I have always come back to over the course of our nearly 4 years of experience building games with Unreal Engine is the fundamental fact that we both enjoy it. So why is […]
Read the Introduction and Guideline #1: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel. If over-ambition is a threat to the completion of a creative project, then perfectionism is the weapon used to make the final kill. I’ve gone my whole life as a perfectionist in varying degrees, and while I enjoy meddling in the meticulous details, I’ve found […]
Read the Introduction. I think there’s an inherent desire when beginning work on a creative project to do something different, to bring something totally new to the table. After all, that is the value of creative work – to create something, rather than just repurpose other things that already exist. But this desire can be […]