New Game - Magnetface

Another new game!

Magnetface

So this was an idea I had a while back. I wanted to make a platformer with magnetic powers. I had seen other games with magnetic powers but I thought they were often overly complicated. These games I played were practically physics simulations, play with attraction and repulsion, etc.

I just wanted to bounce heavy objects off my character and make him fall down.

As luck would have it, in this episode of Billy & Mandy, Billy gets a magnetic face. There is SO MUCH cut from this game. I have many other ways to use this mechanic. Maybe one day we can make a sequel.

Our new game designer Adam Wolf (adamwolf.net) helped with testing and level design. Much of level 3 is his doing.

New game - Outer Space Trace

We just finished up Outer Space Trace.

This is one of 5 games which will launched over the next 5 weeks. The CN Games Studio is doing the 1st and 5th games.

With this game I really wanted to push myself to make a mouse-based game. I have to use a special mouse and as a result my mouse dexterity is very poor. Due to this I have developed a bias to keyboard controlled games.

From the outset I was really excited about this design. I really felt it was one of my better designs, simple and easy to play, while still having enough variety and strategy for deeper play.

The programmer really helped realize this design. He & I worked together ironing out many design issues. I am so happy with the result.

My best connection is 28.