Development Blog #1

Back when I decided that I wanted to be part of game development near the end of high school, I knew basically nothing about the process behind making games and only knew about the finished products that I played every day.

Through pursuing a game programming major at Champlain College, I have learned many things about game development as a whole. In my classes here I have made numerous little demo games both individually and as part of a team consisting of artists, producers, and designers.

From back in high school up to now in my third year in college, my virtually non-existent skills and experience in game developing and programming now exist and I feel much more comfortable with the process. I now know a lot more about game engines like Unity, and also have managed to become more creative with thinking of game ideas. Through the production classes I also have become much more comfortable being part of a team than when I first started out. I have gone from knowing absolutely nothing and I have been able to now create games with teams that I am proud of.

One such game is a dungeon exploration game called Dungeon NFC, where the game could be played through a USB NFC reader and custom NFC cards

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Going forward, I hope to learn more about how to accomplish interesting game mechanics and features and to branch out and learn how to create games in other engines like Unreal and not just Unity.