Author Archives: brandonbeckerrr

This semester has been an interesting one due to the transition to online classes. I myself found it to be quite a struggle at times since everyone was trying to figure out we can make the switch work. I’m more of an in person and hands on learner so there were times where I wouldContinue reading “Blog Post 9: Course Reflection”

For our final I decided to team up with three other people from our class to create a zombie shooter game. Our dream team consists of Dan as a programmer, Sean as the other programmer, Toni as an artist and me as the other artist. The game is a 2D side scrolling shooter called “DownContinue reading “Blog Post 8: Final Project”

I luckily got to experience the JackBox games on three different occasions recently for the first time ever. Two of the times were when I participated in the San Jose Game Jam and the other time was during our game design class. One of the games was some type of march madness looking bracket gameContinue reading “Blog Post 7: JackBox Games”

The Game Jam was a blast! I am really glad I had the opportunity to participate in it and got a lot out of the experience. This year they had to switch things up obviously because of the pandemic that is going on but the cool part we got out of it is that weContinue reading “Blog Post 6: Game Jam”

When it came to my first playable game I had a lot of technical issues one could say. At first it seemed to be smooth sailing and I started to feel more confident in what I was doing. I also had a video for reference walking me through the process of what I was tryingContinue reading “Blog Post 5: First Playable”

1st Game: This is the only level She started off not too strong because she thought the button to unlock the door was a pillow The second level she actually completed quicker and it had reverse controls On the third level she clicked the button but then found out she didn’t need it so sheContinue reading “Video Game Lab”

The game is called “Abe’s Domain” Description of the game: This is a war style game using a deck of cards to determine who gets to take over the land with their army. It is a head to head fight to the death to see who can be crowned winner of all thee land! ButContinue reading “Prototyping a Board Game”

January 31st, 2020 Worst Case Scenario The Game of Surviving Life Players: Sabrina, Ray, Baseball Brandon, Beanie Brandon Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26101/worst-case-scenario-game-surviving-life Mechanics: On the website it showed “N\A” and I even tried googling them separately. Link to session report: On the website it also didn’t show anybody elses reports.  Experience: There wasn’t any session report fromContinue reading “Worst-Case Scenario Game”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.