Grapple Swing

Devlog

• Week 15: Devlog (Release)
  January 13, 2024 by Conthorp

  Now that this project is complete, I think its safe to say we learned a lot from it. It has the longest development period of any of our projects to date, and it was our first time going through each... Continue reading
• Week 12: Devlog
  December 14, 2023 by Conthorp

  Over the past week, there have been a few additions. Level 3 has now been completed, all levels have a simple soundtrack (which probably will remain in the final product), more art assets have been cr... Continue reading
• Week 11: Devlog (Alpha)
  December 06, 2023 by Alexx9

  This week, the main addition was a tutorial level as during a playtest we found that many people struggled with learning the movement within a small timeframe. We changed level 1 to make it easier whi... Continue reading
• Week 10: Devlog
  November 29, 2023 by Conthorp

  This week, the main additions were Title Screen, Level Select Screen and a pause menu, as well as exit level functionality. The first level didn't need much change from the vertical slice, and I don't... Continue reading
• Week 9: Devlog
  November 23, 2023 by Conthorp

  For the Alpha release of our game, we aim to have all 5 planned levels fully playable with more finely tuned character controls, and have our HUD, menus and other UI elements be fully functional. The... Continue reading
• Week 4: Devlog (Vertical Slice)
  October 25, 2023 by Conthorp

  A lot of the work done this week was making design decisions such as which of the prototypes to build onto. In terms of work done on the game itself, Alex has made a sprite for the player character, w... Continue reading
• Week 3 Postmortem (Prototype 3)
  October 18, 2023 by Conthorp

  This week, our prompt was 'Time'. Dylan's project featured a 'Bullet Time' mechanic where the player can slow time to help with timing precise inputs, and a timer which forces players to reach the fin... Continue reading
• Week 2 Postmortem (Prototype 2)
  October 11, 2023 by Conthorp

  This week's round of playtesting yielded some interesting results. For the "Corrupted Vision" prompt, we both had to go against the original vision of a tough, fast-paced platformer. Alex's prototype... Continue reading
• Week 1 Postmortem (Prototype 1)
  October 04, 2023 by Conthorp

  Playtesting was successful this week. Dylan's platformer featured automatic side-scrolling movement and a grapple you can use to swing around, while Alex's used a more typical WASD platformer movement... Continue reading
• Intro
  September 27, 2023 by Conthorp

  This is the Itch page for team 12, Dylan McBrien and Alex Bury. When deciding on what game we were aiming to make, we decided pretty quickly that we wanted to make a 2D side-scrolling platformer with... Continue reading