Hey Hey - I'm Thomas Guana AKA Not Your Typical Dev.

This is the start of a great project

Expect more updates in this game I’ve been working on with @gris_artist where you play as a futuristic switchboard operator. Here is just a snippet of what is to come. 

Storytime - Started working with Gris on the GMTKJam, we felt we had a great idea based on this year’s theme Joined Together and we knew it would be a great challenge since it was our first Game Jam, but we couldn’t prepare for what was coming. After a couple of technical issues, we were a little behind our schedule but motivation kept us moving, until… A heavy thunderstorm caused a power outage in my house.

We were devastated, “All that work for nothing”. Now a couple of days have passed and we feel that we need to put this project out for the world to see. We are excited for you guys to play it so stay tuned for more information on when the demo is out!

--Even in failure we learn-- 

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Prototyping a keypad mechanic for my still-untitled project. It checks whether you typed the correct phone number or not.

Just a quick update on the game art. Gris_artist is making a great job of making it feel like a workstation. Hopefully this week we can launch a 1st demo so stay tuned for more updates.

It's official... We have a name!

For anyone interested...

This is the process I go through when designing and developing a new mechanic. My thoughts tend to be chaotic but I try to organize them in a way I can understand and also communicate to other people.

In this case, I started visualizing the two core mechanics [Left and Middle Boards] of the game to help me be conscious of all the systems I had to implement. Later [The far right] I began to structure how I wanted my code to work. This is an iterative process since things tend to change as I'm implementing them on Unity, but it gives me a clear path to follow.

Been doing this for a couple of months now and it has really improved my ability to convey my ideas and to be more efficient.