If you’ve seen some of the videos of YinYangYou on the site, hopefully you’ll enjoy seeing the other projects which were completed as part of Next Level Dundee. Here’s a Showcase of what was created; bear in mind we only had a week!
YinYangYou at Neon Public
November 17th, 2009
Team Be were demoing YinYangYou at Neon Public yesterday. When we developed it as part of the week-long Next Level Dundee project I don’t think we really imagined just how many opportunities would follow so it was fantastic to be able to show the game to the public and get some feedback.
Look out for us at Dundee Winter Night Light on November 27th.
YinYangYou – Next Level Dundee Completion
September 17th, 2009
So, a week since my previous Next Level post and the project has come to completion.
YinYangYou, our game, is a top-down two-player race to collect energy and skew the balance of the playing field. By throwing orbs into their opponents’ “holes”, each player can increase the amount of ground they control on the opposite side of the board, eventually claiming an entire side and winning the game. A range of exotic energy pickups, such as time control and hole switiching, add variety and tactical elements to the gameplay.
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Next Level Dundee
September 7th, 2009
This week I’m taking part in Next Level Dundee. Next Level is a digital media collaboration project, which basically means I’m meeting some new people and developing a game with them in a week. Scary idea.
We pitched our games to the other participants on Friday, having only just managed to meet up the morning beforehand. Luckily we’d managed to agree on a game design through online meetings on Skype, but there were elements that we didn’t fully decide upon until we met face to face.