Friday, January 28, 2011

What the Hack am I designing?

Since November of 2010 I've had this concept burning in the back of my mind. Sadly, have been working 50+ hours a week with my dead end warehouse job. At the time however, I have been hoping to find the "right" software to develop the games of my dreams. Hooray, after going through well over 15 applications I decided to purchase a longtime home with Unity3d. Everything just feels right and I really am inspired by the direction of the Software development team.

As of today I am 2 weeks into the start of my project. What is it? What does it do? Its a music / platform game tie in. I have designed it from the perspective of a gamer that enjoys music games among others. The idea initially started from a comment made from an individual in the forum of another indie music title. The individual stated something in reference to waiting for a game that takes much better advantage of music in a more interactive way than just hitting buttons in succession to the music.

So I started thinking, "Woah, it would be great to have a music game do ..." and i came up with my current idea and concept. I am no game design successor or have a reputation that precedes me. But I have my personal set of guidelines to Quality Game Design. I'm hoping I can prove the design method successful by implementing the essentials into a easy to pick up and play game.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Finally Got One of These

So I figured I'd get one of these so called Web Logs or weblogs up. I'm currently in the middle of game development and I have experienced the equivalent of writer's  block. This will be an area of the www more for myself but welcome to anyone that takes interest in documentation of my work.

I currently go by the development name of Starpaq. What kind of name is this and how many days did it take for me to come up with such a half unoriginal idea? Personally everything I do and decide for some reason or another has to have some sort of back-story or reasoning behind it. So somewhere in the year 2010 during April I came up with this name while writing this short entry (currently on a crumpled piece of pc paper written in pen).
As follows:

StarPAQ
 - is just what the name says. No matter what kind of content you are looking for, its all about the way it's delivered... in star quality. Quality entails much more than the outcome of the product but also includes the experience. Whether you are new to the internet and have little less of an idea how to get started or you have a list of expectations. You can be assured that you are looking in the right place. So without further Adieu I would like to personally introduce you to the name of

StarPAQ - Star Products And Quality