What is this ???

The time has come! Tomeetis is finally starting to see the bright light of the day! I've been developing games in my cave for few years already. Time to let people know!

Who are you?

I'm a young game developer from Lithuania. Don't know what or where Lithuania is? Well, here's a quick link from Wikipedia (you're welcome): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania

I love playing games, more so I love developing them. As of writing this article, I am working on a game called Slingshot Bob. I promise there will be quite a decent amount of development posts about it.

What is going to be posted here?

This is where I will post all my coding adventures as well as DevBlogs for my games. It is planned to be central hub for updates of my work (until different options are more feasible).

Most of the posts are not going to be 1000 words essays, just a quick updates with some screenshots. I propagate quick reads.

However, it is impossible to make good tutorial with only few words and screenshots. Tutorial posts will definitely be more expanded, providing not only key points.

Other sources

Currently, I have set up Youtube Channel and Facebook Page for distributing information on different platforms. There's plans for creating Twitter Account, however, my last (long unused and recently deactivated) account is still taking up my email.

Ending notes

I'm happy if anyone reads this. Any comments and/or feedback is VERY appreciated. Wish you best of luck and see you in my next post!

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Slingshot Bob DevBlog #6

This week brings in total of 14 new levels, new bonus and some small tweaks to resurrection and level rewards system! New levels This week's goal was to add all remaining levels. I had to add a total of 18 levels to do that. Sadly, I only managed to add 14 levels, so there's still 4 levels left to be added... The inspiration seed wasn't as powerful. 😅 After adding all those levels, the selection map looks much more alive: Level selection map. I don't want to spoil too much of in-game content. However, I'd like to plant a seed of curiosity. That being said, here's a list of names of added levels: Tripple Threat Minified Magnifier Rough Dive Split Solution Controlled Falling Controlled Blow Against The Wind Rejected Agility Course (The "Nerve Wrecker") Frog's Leap Drift School Deadeye The Maze Floor Is Lava New bonus The image on the right is "No Gravity" bonus icon. It removes downwards gravity effect on the ball, allowing for linea...

Slingshot Bob's world is now breakable.

Sketches for new levels Today I was focusing on making some more levels (you can never have too much of them!). I've managed to sketch few of them. It is insane how difficult it is to come up with ideas to make those static worlds somewhat interesting!.. While doing that, I thought "why not implement destructible world objects? That seems fun!". And I merrily went on doing that. This, at first glance easy, feature took WHOLE DAY . Figuring out physics behind reversing velocity after collision with an object is not as easy as I thought. I'm glad it's a 2D game (imagine doing this for a 3D 😐), otherwise it would have taken whole week. 🙃 So... how does it look? You can break simple boxes while your size is normal (yep, size can be changed with power-ups! 😋). However, there's iron blocks, which can only be destroyed while your size is doubled. Being bigger means carrying more mass, thus making greater impact on the world (note the camera shake). Why not ha...

Slingshot Bob DevBlog #7

This week adds 4 new levels, 2 new attributes, lots of bug fixes and much more. Game trailer Slingshot Bob now has official trailer! Take a look. New levels Finally, all the levels were added to the game. This is how finished level selection map looks like: Finished levels selection map Levels outlined in a green are bonus levels - they contain more difficult challenges but also gives premium currency as a reward. Added levels names are: Black Hole Time Your Move The Canon Man Under Sea Level New attributes "Nice to have" to attributes were added. They are "Eagle Eye" (gives more visible area) and "Stickiness" (allows sticking to platforms). New attributes Removed highscores Highscore system wasn't providing enough boost to the whole experience but caused a lot more hassle to maintain. After weighing pros and cons, highscores were removed from the game. Level reward for each finish Previously, level reward was given when level was first completed. No ...

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