It's been a long time since I've made an update about Polygunners. Creating the game as well as keeping on top of my other school work...

A look into why microtransactions can be healthy for video games, and what developers need to avoid when designing monetization systems.

Describes my implementation of the base systems for my game, and how I transitioned the project to my capstone class

A brief look into some of League's better designed abilities, and what we can learn from them.

This post describes the second week of development of my game, where I added new enemies and tweaks the core gameplay.

The first week of development of my new game, where I hope to practice game design.

Talking about different art styles in games, as well as creating a low poly scene using an asset pack from Polygon

A look into the history of matchmaking systems, and how modern games use the ELO system to rate their players.

Why do so many tabletop gamers find D&D fun? And how can we as designers transfer it to the computer?

My process of creating a portal effect using shaders, inspired by Grant Doney's work.

A look into some of the design choices from Hades that I thought worked particularly well.

Building a toon water shader in Unity, as well as my thoughts on shader programming in general.