2018.03.04 Xbox One, Clueless Artist and gameplay tuning

Hello and welcome to the weekend Zazmo Arcade Pack (ZAP) update!

First off – YES! We are bringing the Zazmo Arcade Pack to the Xbox One! More details coming but the good news here is we were accepted by Microsoft to bring ZAP over to their system. Needless to say – we are stoked!

What has been happening this week?

OK onto the rest of the update. If you have been following along you know we are currently in Early Access. To that end we have some videos of our friends playing the game in this update! Check out the links below.

Well, most of the time was spent tuning the games and getting the high scores hooked up. Up until now the local high scores were connected but we added in the Steam Friends and Global high scores. So yes, you can now see how the rest of the world is doing!

We also continued with specific game tunes. This time we were looking at the game Last Stand and giving it a couple of tweaks to make it more fun. One thing we adjusted was the amount of control the player has. The ships were a slight bit sluggish so we corrected them to be more responsive. We also fixed an issue where enemy ships would target players as they spawned on screen. This lead to a lot of instant kills and quick deaths for player. That’s all gone now.

During the week we started up two new series on game development. We did a segment on the Clueless Artist and had a game night. The Clueless artist took a look at making art for Zazmo and walked our programmer Joshua through the process of a “Get hit” animation. He made the art, animated it and then implemented it himself.

Game night saw us playing a few old classis arcade games in order to get ideas for a new Zazmo Pack. Of course there was a lot of scream and yelling as you might guess!

Check out the video below for a recap of the week as well as a look at some of the Zazmo playthroughs.

Indie Plays Zazmo – short segment and we queued it up to the beginning!

Dan plays Zazmo!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/233745773?t=00h26m08s

The Clueless Artist Series

Joshua learns how to make and animate game art!

Game Night at the Donley Time Foundation

We talk about game dev while scream and shouting at arcade games from nearly 30 years ago.

Look forward to net week having more programming talk as well! Remember to always – LIVE YOUR DREAMS!

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Early Access Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
We appreciate your continued support!

2018.03.01 Twitch Game Dev Stream Tonight

2018.03.01 Twitch Game Dev Stream Tonight!

Clueless Artist Series on Twitch Tonight! Watch Joshua learn from Tim! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack

2018.02.27 Clueless Artist Episode 1 up now!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Development Stream – The Clueless Artist Ep 01

Watch the Second episode of our new series – The Clueless Programmer! Game Dev night with Joshua teaching game programming to Tim!

More to come and this Thursday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.25 ZAP Game Development Stream tonight 6pm CST

2018.02.26 Zazmo Game Dev Stream Tonight

Clueless Artist Series on Twitch Tonight! Watch Joshua learn from Tim! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Estimated Ship, 1st Half 2018
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.24 Zazmo Weekend Update, video and more!



Hello everyone and welcome to the Zazmo Development Update!

We have something pretty special this time around. As you might already know we have a twice weekly game development stream on Twitch. Well, this week we started a new segment for the Zazmo Arcade called “The Clueless Programmer”. In this series our lead programmer Joshua will teach ME how to program a game (well, how to program parts of a game)!

We have two episodes to share with you. In the first one Joshua walks me thourgh some special effects and tuning work. In episode two we go a little bigger and I get to make a new object in GameMaker and add in my own code!

The idea here is we will be taking small programming projects from the Zazmo Arcade Pack and turning them into video tutorials. Check it out and see what you think! We’d love to know if you enjoy them.

Clueless Programmer Episode 1 – Using GameMaker Studio 1 to create the Zazmo Arcade Pack

Clueless Programmer Episode 2 – Using GameMaker Studio 1 to create the Zazmo Arcade Pack

Zazmo Arcade in Early Access right now!

We went into Steam Early Access with the Zazmo Arcade and we’d love you to check out the store and support us if you like. We have a discount bundle to get Boss 101 and Zazmo together as well as a discount on the Zazmo Arcade Pack for all Boss 101 users!

Thank you again for joining us and remember to always – live your dreams!!!

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Early Access Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
We appreciate your continued support!

2018.02.23 Clueless Programmer Episode 2 up now!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Development Stream – The Clueless Programmer Ep 02

Watch the Second episode of our new series – The Clueless Programmer! Game Dev night with Joshua teaching game programming to Tim!

More to come and this Monday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.22 Boss 101 and Zazmo Arcade Bundle Live Now

Hello everyone and thank you so much for all your support.

As you might already know, we are releasing our latest game, the Zazmo Arcade Pack (ZAP) on Early Access today. If you already own Boss 101 we thank you and as a bonus to owners we have created a special bundle on Steam just for you.

If you already own Boss 101 you can get the Zazmo Arcade Pack for 33% off by selecting “Complete your bundle of Boss 101 and Zazmo”. This will allow you to ONLY purchase Zazmo and get the bundle discount. Of course this works if you purchase ZAP first and later want to buy Boss 101 at 33% off. Just use that ‘complete your bundle’ option and get your discount.

You may notice that ZAP has some familiar games that were originally found in Boss 101. We did, however, take all those games and add new features the biggest add being co-op multiplayer. There are five games in total and ALL of them have multiplayer modes and tons of new options.

We’d love you to check out ZAP and hope you give it a look. We also have some new things in store for the Boss 101 universe and look forward to bringing you more games!

Thank you again for your support and remember to always live your dreams.

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch[www.twitch.tv]
Steam Store Page: 
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.22 Clueless Programmer GameDev Stream 6pm CST

2018.02.22 Zazmo Game Dev Stream Tonight

Cluelesss Programmer Series on Twitch Episode 2! Watch Tim learn from Joshua! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Estimated Ship, 1st Half 2018
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.19 Clueless Programmer on DevStream tonight 6pm CST

2018.02.19 Zazmo Game Dev Stream Tonight

Cluelesss Programmer Series on Twitch starts! Watch Tim learn from Joshua! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Estimated Ship, 1st Half 2018
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.02.17 Zamzo Early Access, development videos and more!

Welcome to the weekly Zazmo Arcade Update

Been a lot of action at the Time Foundation and we have the videos to prove it.

First off, Early Access

We did a bit of thinking about this one. The Zazmo Arcade has been getting some really good feedback from the community at large and we are working to take everything we can from you and integrate it. After a few weeks we felt the game had progressed to a near feature complete level and mostly was needing a lot of tuning.

In comes Early Access. We have set up this coming Thursday as the launch day for Early Access. We will be pricing the game at $6.99 and we are going to be giving current Boss 101 owners a discount when they purchase it. Details are still being ironed out and our hope is to bring over some of the friends from Boss 101.

Early Access ideally will give the game a lot more exposure and bring in more community feedback. On our end, we’re still sending out keys to as many people as we can. A lot of folks signed up for the BETA and we are using their feedback and our own direction to guide development.

Zazmo ultimately will be a collaborative project with our friends, fans and you here are invited to join. If you’re reading this and are interested we think it’s always worth commenting here or even getting a copy of the game and checking it out. There are a few ways to do this and we are always open to handing out keys to fellow devs if we feel there’s a mutual interest.

IndieDB Zazmo Key Giveaway

We are also running a contest with IndieDB for Zazmo keys to be given away. Enter here for a key if you want!

Indie DB Contest: http://www.indiedb.com/giveaways/zazmo-arcade-pack-5-games-in-1-keys-for-you#giveawaysform

Work and videos

We added a first pass of wind to Tank Wars – we still are working on the shape of the breeze and directions but it’s a start!

Tank Wars Wind

Asteroids

Started putting in Asteroids for the various games. Did an art change for the looks of the rocks. Gameplay tunes always happening to make things feel right!

Last Stand Asteroids

Rob’s Adventure Asteroids

Dev Streams from the week

Thursday

Monday

OK – more to come next week as we’ll be talking more about our experiences with Early Access and how the start went.

Stay tuned and as always – remember to LIVE YOUR DREAMS!

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!