I'm pretty excited today, this is my first time writing a journal!
My name is Eyal, I'm 18 - this time I'm doing this, and I'm doing this solo! My first GameJam EVER!
(English is not my mother language so excuse me for my mistakes)
After reading about the contest i decided that this time i should apply and do my best, after all its free :P
I prefer to work with XNA C# and this is the reason I chose this library to this Gamejam as well.
"The Toys are alive"
I read that line so many times today that I'm starting to sound like the leader of a very childish cult ...
One good thing came out of this though, I finally got my idea, well sort of...
I figured - toys are for young children, so my game should have that same feeling, a game that is fun yet simple, a toy.
This is the main reason I chose to go with 2D. also, as I said, this is my first Gamejam and I guess i should not go so big at the first time - so I'm aiming for something pretty basic, yet fun addictive and that is related to the theme.
So, after I settled on my game idea i started to drew some sketches, I don't do sketches.
One of the biggest challenges you face when you work alone is handling the stuff you're not good at - for me its the art.
I mean, I'm not so bad at designing, picturing the presentation and UI of the game, but translating it from my head into the computer - art-wise... not going to happened.
I don't have a tablet (wacom or what-not) so its even harder. My dad though, owns a galaxy note 2! you know... with that special little pen it comes with.
So I took a shot at it and went to design my entire game with my dad's note :P.
I have to say, as bad as it looks - this is one of the best drawing I ever drew, so I'm pretty excited !
Attached is my first drawing, which should give you some idea of the direction of my game.
(For the bear I used a real picture as a model)
Let me know what do you think about this post, what should I change / add / remove.
Stay tuned ! I hope I got your attention ;)
Eyal.
Nice teddy!