CS 108 - Game Studies

Devlog

• Blog #9: Course Reflection
  May 17, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#blog, #9, #reflection, #james, #morgan, #cs, #108, #game, #studies, #zen, #wing, #xenith, #defenders, #kyle, #birthday, #bash, #kapoon, #chaz, #acheronti, #unity3d, #godot, #engine, #programming, #fl studio, #ship, #space, #shooter, #testing, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #university, #graduation

  Game Studies Reflection Final Presentation For the final presentation of CS108 Game Studies, I presented two games: ZenWing and Grandma Force. ZenWing is a space shooter that pits two players (called... Continue reading

  
• Blog #8: Final Game Alpha Test
  May 02, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#grandma, #force, #alpha, #test, #unity, #3d, #cs108, #james, #morgan, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #university, #project, #final, #chaz, #acheronti, #chris, #dal, #porto, #jasmine, #ki, #sung, #park

  Grandma Force Alpha Test Description As a Grandma Force operative, your job is to go into unhappy town and happify all the sad babies with your cookie launcher! You start with 35 seconds and must paci... Continue reading

  
• Blog #7: GPS Game
  April 26, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#ingress, #augmented, #reality, #game, #arg, #ar, #gps, #blog, #7, #sjsu, #cs108, #studies, #game studies, #chaz, #acheronti

  Ingress Augmented Reality Game Introduction Ingress is an augmented reality game that works as an alternate reality view of the world around us. The game includes a narrative about precious Exotic Mat... Continue reading

  
• Blog #6: Video Game Prototype
  April 05, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#XenithDefenders, #Prototype, #Atari, #Local, #Multiplayer, #Gamepad, #Shooter, #Top-Down, #2D, #1-bit, #16-bit, #Retro, #Old-School, #Arcade, #CS108, #SJSU, #Chaz, #Acheronti, #San, #Jose, #State, #University

  Updates Since Alpha Xenith Defenders is the game I worked on last blog with Justin Kim, which I have iterated upon and released on itch.io for free (or donation)! Since the last update, we worked to b... Continue reading

  
• Blog #5: Alpha Playtesting
  March 20, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#atari, #tanks, #fight, #two, #player, #alpha, #testing, #blog, #5, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #university, #james, #morgan, #chaz, #acheronti, #justin, #kim, #godot, #engine, #gdscript, #python, #1 bit, #white, #black, #retro, #multiplayer

  Blog #5: Alpha Playtesting My partner and I (Justin Kim) worked on a game called Xenith Defenders . Xenith Defenders is a two player versus action game. Players are tasked with controlling slow tanks... Continue reading

  
• Blog #4: Video Game Lab
  February 27, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#video, #game, #lab, #cs108, #computer, #science, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #university, #flash, #websites, #armor, #games, #dont, #shit, #your, #pants, #super, #puzzle, #platformer

  Video Game Lab During my video game lab, I played six flash games to analyze and play critically with comparison to each other. These are the six games I played: This is the only level Jurassic Heart... Continue reading

  
• Blog #3: Prototyping
  February 19, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#prototype, #prototyping, #board, #game, #cube, #capture, #hexagon, #tile, #turn-based, #army, #soldier, #cs108, #chaz, #acheronti, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #university, #design

  Prototyping Capture the Cubes is a game of tug of war, where players compete to control all capture points by spawning soldiers and getting resources. The team that has captured all the hexes or is th... Continue reading

  
• Blog #2: Boardgame Session Report
  February 08, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#xwing, #starwars, #star, #wars, #blog, #two, #cs108, #sjsu, #san, #jose, #state, #chaz, #acheronti, #university, #computer, #science, #game, #design, #studies, #boardgame, #ships, #miniatures, #devlog, #dice

  Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game Session Report Introduction For my board game session, I brought two sets of Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures game . This includes two core-sets (each with two TIE fighte... Continue reading

  
• Blog #1: Adopt a Classic Arcade Game
  January 27, 2018 by Chaz Acheronti#blog, #classic, #arcade, #game, #adopt, #narc, #archive, #emulator, #cabinet, #comparison, #crt, #led, #joystick, #keyboard, #devlog, #cs108, #chaz, #acheronti

  NARC " Say NO . . . or DIE " -NARC The story of the game I am adopting, NARC , started with an event that San Jose State held in the Campus Village B dorms. They were hosting an Arcade game day wh... Continue reading