Suzy Cube Update: Friday December 30, 2016

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Just a quicky for anyone checking in this week as I've not much to report having taken, pretty much the whole week off.

Happy Holidays from Suzy Cube!

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I wanted to take the time to wish everyone a great holiday season, and to thank all of you for coming along with Suzy and myself on this great journey! 

Suzy Cube Update: Friday December 16, 2016

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Turns out, when you get your place fumigated, you have to wash all your kitchen wares afterwards... Short update again this week.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday December 8, 2016

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Been a busy week so I'm glad I got some work done in spite of the distractions.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday December 2, 2016

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Another light update this week with a bit about Level 3-2 which I mostly worked on last week and a bit about Level 4-2, visible above, which I started building this week.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday November 25, 2016

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Great progress on Level 3-2 was made this week, but not much else... Thanks Xbox!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday November 18, 2016

This update may excite me more than you, but I was able to not only start work on Level 5-1 but finish the design draft of the whole level!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday November 11, 2016

A short and sweet update this week all centered around Level 4-1!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday November 4, 2016

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This week I started building Level 4-1, added a couple new variations to the basic Skull enemies and implemented some odds and ends off the old to-do list.

Lessons from Suzy Cube: The Camera System, Part 3

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Welcome to the third and final article in a series examining the camera system used in Suzy Cube. This series dives into several aspects of the game’s camera system with each describing a particular set of features. These articles also follow the chronological order in which the features have been implemented into the camera system.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday October 28, 2016

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Don't click away! The Skull Bullies are actually functional now! 

Lessons from Suzy Cube: The Camera System, Part 2

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Welcome to the second of three articles in a series examining the camera system used in Suzy Cube. This series dives into several aspects of the game’s camera system with each describing a particular set of features. These articles also follow the chronological order in which the features have been implemented into the camera system.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday October 21, 2016

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I swear I'm not trolling all of you! I was unexpectedly traveling this week so I didn't get done nearly as much as I had hoped!

Lessons from Suzy Cube: The Camera System, Part 1

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Welcome to the first or three articles in a series examining the camera system used in Suzy Cube. This series will dive into several aspects of the game’s camera system with each describing a particular set of features. These articles will also follow the chronological order in which the features have been implemented into the camera system.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday October 14, 2016

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Yup, same top image as last week. Which might be indicative of how slim this update is going to be...

Suzy Cube Update: Friday October 7, 2016

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I was, unfortunately, plagued with continuing internet troubles this week. We’ve now been eight days without connectivity and I’ve resorted to posting this through a neighbour’s WiFi.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday September 30, 2016

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A new enemy type and lots of work on Level 2-1 have made for a nice week's worth of work.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday September 23, 2016

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Progress on two levels and some useful new functionality make for a nice little update this week.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday September 16, 2016

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A bit of a weird update for all of you this week. I've recently returned from a month long vacation to Canada and have since been hit by a slew of distractions. I have still managed to make a bit of progress on Suzy Cube but not as much as I would have hoped.

Lessons From Suzy Cube: Reinforcing Behaviours, A Look at Two Levels

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Boss levels should be a cinematic way to test your player's skill. But what happens when your boss level is too hard and its goals unclear? This Lessons From Suzy Cube article will compare the design of two boss levels from the game in order to illustrate the difference between a level which adequately uses behaviour reinforcement to prepare players for the battle ahead and one which fails to do so.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday August 12, 2016

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This week, I, finally, completed the design of the World 4 boss level, fixed some more bugs and also started the paper design for my first regular level in a while, Level 3-1.

Palate Cleansers: Rayman Origins vs Rayman Legends

Ah, the palate cleanser, that bit where a game throws you a curveball for the sake of variety and to keep you from getting bored.

In this post, I want to discuss what I think makes a good palate cleanser versus a bad one mostly by contrasting the shoot-em-up inspired sections of Rayman Origins (2011) to those of Rayman Legends (2013).

Suzy Cube Update: Friday August 5, 2016

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No more distractions for a while! I've finished the work I was doing for the Embassy and can now fully commit to Suzy again. Finishing said work, though, means this is going to be a slim update.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday July 29, 2016

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Another good week of progress on the World 4 boss level and a growing list of hiccups related to upgrading to the latest version of Unity.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday July 22, 2016

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I didn't expect to have an update for you this week, but I do! The work I was slated to do for the Embassy had to be pushed back allowing me to get some Suzy work done.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday July 15, 2016

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Well, I've been sick this week! 

Suzy Cube Update: Friday July 8, 2016

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Sorry to do this to all of you again, but I was on vacation this week, so no update, yet again!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday July 1, 2016

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This week's update?... No update!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday June 24, 2016

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A short update which ends in a bang!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday June 17, 2016

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One more boss level in the bag and lots of tweaks thanks to my testers. Sorry, just plain solid work weeks don't always make for exciting updates.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday June 10, 2016

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Another boss level in the test queue, more and more feedback coming in from testers and some spiffy new environmental effects! A pretty good week overall.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday June 3, 2016

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More progress to show this week! Work on Level 3-B is going well and, yep, I'm ready to take names for testing!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday May 27, 2016

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Another shorty this week... More on that at the end of the post.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday May 20, 2016

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Not a flashy update, sorry, but a good week on my side of things!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday May 13, 2016

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Wow! Crazy day! I'm so sorry for the super late update, but the internet's been out almost all day! I'm glad to finally be back online, though I have to say, not having internet access sure made this a productive Friday!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday May 6, 2016

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This week, I continued work on Level 5-B, otherwise known as the final boss level!!!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday April 29, 2016

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Friday, already!? I almost forgot to write my update!! This week was spent on bug fixing, refactoring things and getting things ready for the game's final level!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday April 22, 2016

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Sorry about missing last week's update, folks. I was out of country on a little vacation!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday April 8, 2016

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Flowers and bees and fresh air, oh my! I've been building out the design of Level 5-3 this week. It's coming along well but it isn't quite done yet. 

Suzy Cube Update: Friday April 1, 2016

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And we're back! So, after getting back from the Game Developer Conference and, essentially, taking a week off from working on the game I jumped back in the saddle this week.

On the Controls of Rayman Adventures

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I've recently been playing Rayman Adventures on the new AppleTV and, as a fan of the previous two mobile runners and the console games, I wanted to share some thoughts concerning the controls in the game.

Suzy Cube at GDC 2016, Day 5

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What a week! Man, what a week! I have never felt so vindicated in my life! Folks really seem to like Suzy Cube, including TouchArcade's own Jared Nelson who you can hear me chatting with in the video up top.

Suzy Cube at GDC 2016, Day 4

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Today was the big day!

Suzy Cube at GDC 2016, Day 3

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What a day! Too much to cover, point-form to follow!

Suzy Cube at GDC 2016, Day 2

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Things are really starting to pick up at GDC 2016!

Suzy Cube at GDC 2016, day 1

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What a first day here in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference! 

Suzy Cube Update: March 11, 2016

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Not much of an update this week, cuz I'm going to GDC!

Suzy Cube Update: March 4, 2016

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This week, I worked on a new title screen. I can't say if it's final, but I needed something a bit more eye catching for GDC.

Suzy Cube Update: Friday February 26, 2016

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Prettying things up and getting ready for GDC! This week has been all about finishing up work to get the game show ready in time for the Game Developers Conference in March. 

Ottawa Region Folks, Check Out Girl Force!

Interested in building a skill set to help you develop games? Live in the Canadian Capital Region? Check out Girl Force! Monday, March 7th? 

Suzy Cube Update: Friday February 19, 2016

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This week, I concentrated on background tasks. Ha! I've been working on backgrounds... funny! I also spent all of yesterday doing something really stupid that felt so good to finally do!

Suzy Cube Update: Friday February 12, 2016

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If you want a good read this week, check out my latest Lessons from Suzy Cube post including first ever public video footage of the game!

Lessons from Suzy Cube: Level Design Breakdown

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In this Lessons from Suzy Cube article, we are going to look at a section by section breakdown of one level currently in development for the game. Let's dive in!