Ben James :: adventures in gaming

I didn’t make the cut I did get an honourable mention though, which places me in the top 15 out of over 50 entries, so I guess that’s still pretty good for my first flash game.

There were a bunch of good entries that got submitted in the last week or so, some of which took the prime places in the final standings. I’m a bit disappointed in some of the results, but I can see that my game had a few problems that probably cost it a place.

I agree with most of the decisions made by the judges, though I didn’t really think Wiggi Fire Mission deserved sixth place, definitely not above Galactic Mediator which took seventh. I also thought Wiggi Walk was a bit too simple to be so high in the standings, but it was well made and showed the values they were looking for, though I still think most of the entries were a bit heavy handed in that area.

Oh well, onward and upward! I am waiting to find out whether blogging the progress of my game is legal in the JayIsGames contest, if so I’ll have the prototype of my first entry done in the next few days. I’m making sure not too aim too high when it comes to the graphics this time, and the hard bits for the physics are already worked out so I’m feeling quite confident.

I’ve started adding a few blogs by Flash developers who are doing some interesting things: fellow Melbournian Michael Battle seems to share my fascination with automated agents and emergent gameplay, and Martin at Grapefrukt.com who is also big on prototyping gameplay elements. Hey guys!