//side project: Hakai

Finally back to a game with a better scope!

“Hakai”, meaning “destruction” in Japanese, was based largely on the game breakout. It’s a short arcade-style action game with over 20 levels and a little story to guide it along.

You can download Hakai on itch.io here (for PC and Mac)

The game supports keyboard, mouse, and gamepad control. Which, until this point, none of the games I’ve made had such variety in user control. Chalk that up to the simple gameplay. Perhaps I’ll include touch controls in a future update. Depends on the interest I get.

The game, like Tetris Fighter before it, has a few glaring bugs that remain, including levels where sometimes the ball stretches and a few levels where the ball can go through the enemy even before the enemy is dead. I have ways to fix these problems, but ultimately, I think I have more to gain by working on the next project.

For two busy weeks, I’m pretty happy with where I ended up. But this is definitely a game I could come back to in the future and potentially make a sequel to.

We’ll see! For now, go on over to ichi.io and enjoy it!

P.S. Consider purchasing the game if you’d like to support my game development efforts.

//side project: Tetris Fighter

Hey guys. Over the course of the past week, mostly in my off time, I made this short Tetris-platformer hybrid. The game is short and simple, but I think you’ll be able to find something to love.

The game is available on itch.io here.

If you like it, please tell your friends!

The reason I’ve made this game and will probably make 2-3 others over the next month is because I’m looking to build up a portfolio of simple games that show off my range of game design abilities. Certainly, they aren’t quite as thought out and rigorous as usual, but if this was any indication, they’ll be fun to make.

And, honestly, sometimes people prefer the simple games.

We all dream of making the next Fez or Undertale or The Stanley Parable. But there’s value in these little endeavors as well. Especially as a means to broaden personal horizons.

Anywho, enough blathering. Go check it out!