AlceX

Well, I was tagged by Pichu-B! It was ages ago, but I haven't really managed to get around to doing until now. I'm a rebel who doesn't want to bother to post the rules, so let's get into it right away. 10 Facts About Me 1.- I want to have my own game company someday. For now though, I'm pretty happy with developing games in my free time. 2.- I like chocolate. I mean, I really, really like it. For the safety of your chocolate, you should keep it away from me. 3.- I've always been interested in game development, and have made little games since I was young, but what made me get serious was the Square Enix Latin America contest, a competitio

This devblog, I'll be talking about the process behind designing the Corrupted, the main enemy type in Life's Impetus. Corrupted are monster formed by corrupted souls, souls that were not successfully delivered to the Fountain of Life. Corrupted seek only one thing: life. This is why they seek souls and try to imitate life by taking on human form.  But what they do not know is that any soul that they touch becomes corrupted too. No matter how many souls they gather, life is something they'll never obtain. Basic Rules for the Design Before actually getting started with the design process, I first set some rules to define what I wanted the d

You can read this article at my blog here: http://alcex.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/lifes-impetus-devblog-5-looking-at-the-choices-behind-the-gameplay/ A couple of devblogs ago, I talked about how Life's Impetus's battle system was like, or in other words, I basically talked about the gameplay. Now, I'm going to talk about why I chose each of the main aspects, and in the process look deeper into how the game is like. The Decisions Time Based Gameplay Before Life's Impetus, I worked on a game (my first bigger-than-tiny game) for a competition from Square-Enix. It was called "Ruins of Time", and as you can guess, it had time related mechanics.