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"Make things that are weird, wild, and wacky. Create that which wouldn't be if not for your doing, through this you will find meaning and happiness in this world." - August 2020
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Misses a post but not progress
I didn't post yesterday, but that doesn't mean that I didn't get anything done! I animated the remaining frames for Tadpole Man level 3...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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Step by step
Spent most of today hanging out with my family and exploring around my hometown. Lots of memories were made but not much progress. I was...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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Almost no work = work!
I drove up to visit my parents today and have spent most of it with them and Jessy, so I kinda remembered my game at around 11pm. I...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 9, 20201 min read
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Giant peepee is ready
Finished adding shadows to level 3 of Tadpole man ;D I Ended up getting some work done earlier but then Jessy and I ended up working some...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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The first big stumble
So it's been a couple of days since my last blog post, and that already is a failure. I accept the failure but I'm going to make sure I...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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Tadpole 2 - Back and reloaded
Today was all about animating tadpole man level 2 and getting hooked up in the game. It was fun working on all the animations but the one...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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More design!
Spent time with Jessy today coming up with a final design for tadpole man level 3. After a couple different ideas we ended up coming up...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Time for the bigger peepee
Today was all about taking the rough drawing I did yesterday and adding all the details to it. I cleaned up some of the lines after going...
Ken Wheadon
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Baited breath
Jessy drew up a good concept for Tadpole Man Level 2, I really liked him and got motivated to start creating him. She's busy with...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 31, 20201 min read
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CRUSHED
Today has been an amazing day for progress and having it feel like the game is coming together! Just putting the backgrounds in was...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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Backgrounds
I ended up grabbing some free backgrounds and did some editing to create ones that suit my need. The time I saved is well worth adding...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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Lets just eat!
Jessy completed the open and close mouths for level 1 Tadpole Man today so I took those and created the eating animation. At first, I...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Animations
I took all the parts that Jessy created and for Tadpole Man and brought them in AI, after doing some image tracing and cleaning up, I was...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Energy Bars
I did some design work for the level screen and came up with an energy bar reason to level up, I created the energy bar's art and got it...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 26, 20201 min read
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Updated hud layout
I played around with the HUD layout today, first I changed the 'score required' to be 'hunger' and instead of counting up it counts down...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Fun filled day with no progress - but that's ok
Todays the last full day I'm at my parents so I didn't get anything done on the game. Instead, I took a walk with my mom, found some baby...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Winning the game
Today I created a win popup, a trophy, and some particles to be played once the user has won the game. I debated for a while on having...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 23, 20201 min read
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Evolving all the time
I ended up getting a good chunk of work done today and it's finally starting to feel like a game. I tinkered with the evolve screen so...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 22, 20201 min read
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Small progress but a fun night
Spent most of the evening and night spending time and talking with parents. I made myself do a little work but not much, family time is...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Level adjustments and a swinging peepee
Today was the start of some adjustments, I started off by adding a couple of things to the TODO list. I added the other sweets and...
Ken Wheadon
Jul 19, 20201 min read
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