Gaming & Simulation Major

   After looking around for colleges offering a ticket into the gaming industry I settled on Penn College. Other colleges I found were way too expensive for me ($400k+) and Penn College was in my state and much more affordable ($100k). When looking around I was seeking a computer science degree, just a basic programming degree since this was before I decided to be a game designer. I was shocked to see that Penn College offered a programming & game design focused major called Gaming & Simulation. I would get hands-on practice with working in small teams to create games using Alienware computers and industry standard game engines like Unity and Unreal. Coming here was a great decision for me, small class sizes, plenty of free time for game development, great friends in the IT field, IT club events, and a healthy female population (considering how it's a tech school).

Focus for Fish Feaster & TriGrid

   A few days ago I posted about writing a game focus. I can give a couple examples by posting the focuses of my first two mobile games: Fish Feaster and TriGrid.

Status Report #3

  This week I've been doing schoolwork and writing things for my college game project. As for things for my own games, I purchased a nice little Unity Plug-in called NeatPlug Smart In-App Purchasing Plugin which makes coding IAP a lot easier. It cost $120 and automatically sets up the right configurations for purchses by checking the device's store data. You can find it here.
   I'm working on adding AdMob banners to Fish Feaster right now to hopefully start making a little money to go alongside TriGrid later this month.

College Project: Mach-Arena

   I wrote up a nice concept document to turn in for class yesterday and now I'm ready to share it with the world! This is the project I'll be working on over the next 21 weeks alongside my personal mobile game projects so I think it deserves a few dedicated posts. Read the concept document after the break to see what this college game project is all about.