Escape Industries

Tag: Updates

  • Redacted: The Balancing Act of Sharing Content

    Redacted: The Balancing Act of Sharing Content

    Sharing content with you, the audience, is a tricky subject. We have already reached a point in development where we need to start thinking about what content we share and what we should keep secret. In fact, if you read last week’s blog post we had fun withholding some info about a new character. Jokes…

  • GDC 2016 Adventures

    GDC 2016 Adventures

    We are back from GDC 2016! This year marks the first year that my bro, Stephen, and I went to the Game Developer’s Conference. The Game Developer’s Conference (or GDC for short) is a professional conference where game developers from all over the world come together and share ideas, show off their games like the…

  • The Long Push

    The Long Push

    Phew! As we said last week, we’ve finished up a HUGE push. It was pretty intense; we spent a lot of time working on new content for the game. We worked on new enemies, bosses, and environments (like the Kelp Forest). I wanted to take this time to reflect on the experience, talk about what…

  • Redesigning the Shop and Bullets

    Redesigning the Shop and Bullets

    The shop has been a major problem for players for some time now. When the player is first shown the shop, a bunch of info is thrown at them: items available, item descriptions, item costs, etc. It was a very intimidating view. This is especially true when there are more than one player playing. So…

  • Out of Commission

    This past week has been rough… I have had a major set back. My computer charger died on me and I haven’t been able to work on Fingeance since last Saturday. I was able to finish up that menu system that I mentioned I was working on last week, but other than that I haven’t…