BumpkinBrothers

I’m still making levels!

You may have seen my world trending (I can dream) tweet last week that I’ve finished more than 50% of the levels required.

With the risk of repeating myself – there are going to be 75 main levels, 5 bonus levels and (hopefully) a series of “challenge” levels for those of you who want levels that can be completed from several different angles to achieve better times.

But – you might ask yourself – how does Andy put all these levels together? Does he have some kind of super duper level editor with 1000 whizzy features that make level design a doddle?

Well…no.

I use Microsoft Excel. Continue reading →

Good morning everyone!

Firstly I’d like to say thanks again for all the feedback I’ve received from various people out there. It’s great to hear that I’m pretty much on the right track with the new game.

This week I’ve been concentrating on getting all of the levels for the first area finished. I’m sticking with 15 standard levels but the bonus levels should be a bit different to last time (as I’m sure I’ve eluded to before.) Continue reading →

Today’s subtitle is: The First Levels.

The beginning of Tribloos 1 still bothers me. Especially that first level, it seems too dull and simple and cluttered with tutorial stuff.

Ok, I still need the tutorial stuff, and the conversation is all part of the story. But I wanted to avoid the first level of Tribloos 2 being about building houses. Instead I’ve gone for something a bit different to help teach newcomers the basic controls of the game.

Umbrellas! Continue reading →

Hello again everyone! Welcome to part 2 of the development diary for Tribloos 2.

This week I want to talk a bit more about the advanced worker management which was a priority for me after the comments I received from the first game.
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