Walter HillSep 26, 20206 min readCapstone Spring Semester PostmortemThis postmortem was written for class on 4/28/2020 prior to the release of Box Voyage on Steam in June of 2020. Box Voyage has been in...
Walter HillJan 22, 20203 min readExploring ImGui & Custom Editors - Rocket3d This Spring for my final semester, I will be working on Rocket3d in class.
Walter HillJan 8, 20209 min readCapstone Fall Semester PostmortemLooking back on this past semester, I feel that I have grown in so many ways as a programmer and a game developer as a whole. I’ve learned m
Walter HillNov 2, 20194 min readCapstone Reflection III: Talk It Out, Plan AheadThis past week saw my team and I challenge to move into step 3. We’ve spent the past months diving deep on Box Voyage, crafting our first p
Walter HillOct 4, 20193 min readCapstone Reflection II: Lessons from the PrototypeEarlier this week, my team and I challenged to complete Step 2. There were a number of moments that I felt like helped our team grow indivi
Walter HillSep 10, 20195 min readCapstone Reflection I: First StepsLast week, our team challenged for Step 1 of the Game Capstone. We came to class with our three ideas and no presentation and made the case
Walter HillAug 5, 20194 min readLessons From GDoC 2019It's been a long week since I left the 2019 Game Devs of Color Expo, and I've done a lot of thinking about what I learned and how to...
Walter HillJul 25, 20192 min readRoad to GDoC 2019This Saturday, I'm heading to Harlem to attend the Game Developers of Color expo! Consider this my pre-road trip preview. My main goal...
Walter HillApr 21, 20193 min readConstant Control: Air Movement in RebootGiving the player better control of their skating television when airborne has been on our team's to do list for a long while at this...
Walter HillApr 14, 20193 min readReboot: The Champlain Games FestivalThis past weekend was the 2nd annual Champlain Games Festival, and the Reboot team and I had the privilege of demoing our game at the...
Walter HillApr 8, 20194 min readWhy I PlayWith the Champlain Game's Festival coming up, the team and I have been really working hard to make sure Reboot is worthy of player's time...
Walter HillMar 25, 20192 min readPlay Your Game, SkeletonThis post is as much for me as it is for you, dear reader (skeleton). In an earlier post I sang the praises of QA. We've brought Reboot...
Walter HillMar 24, 20193 min readTight Corners - Solving a Movement IssueOver the past few weeks, the movement code in Reboot has come a long way. I've reworked the camera for smoother feedback when the player...
Walter HillMar 4, 20192 min readUnlocking The Power of QAThe Reboot team is eleven strong now and making progress towards a finished game project (we're on Twitter!). This is the end of our...
Walter HillFeb 18, 20192 min readThe Unknown Dangers of Scaling UpThis past Friday was the big day. My team presented our work from the past two weeks to the entire Production 2 cohort. Last night,...
Walter HillFeb 11, 20192 min readThe Art of Iteration As I write this, my Production 2 team and I are hurtling towards a major deadline, what we at Champlain College call "Midmortem." On...
Walter HillJan 29, 20193 min readMove Fast and Game Jam - Production II Dev LogThis past Monday marked the end of week two of my Production II course. That meant another prototype to pitch and present. Another...
Walter HillJan 22, 20193 min readListening & Learning - Production II Dev LogWeek one of my Production II course was a whirlwind. From our first three hour-long class meeting to the end of the first sprint and the...
