The Judges Committee has awarded this submission

EXCELLENCE IN GAME DESIGN

PROJECT SUMMARY

For my project, I used my coding and art skills to make a game! It's 2D, and pretty basic, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and I really enjoyed the process. The principal is to shift gravity to allow the player to dodge obstacles.

WHY?

When the STEAM Expo first opened up, I thought I'd submit something I already did. But then the tiny idiot in my brain that always gets me into trouble was like "yo, what if we made a game?". And so, I did.

HOW?

At first, my java skills were pretty lacking, so I used a 2D game tutorial as the base for my code. I picked up on how everything worked pretty quick, and from then on, I was able to do everything just about on my own.

WHAT?

The end result wasn't as decorated or smooth as I'd hoped, but it's a functioning game nonetheless. By taking keyboard inputs the code can change the gravity of the player, along with reacting to all the elements within the game.

Game Beta Preview.mp4

SO WHAT?

One thing I learned, above all else, is that games are way more complex than I thought, even 2D platformers. Nonetheless, I was able to practically quintuple my coding skills, and make easily my best coding project yet.

WHAT'S NEXT?

If I were to go back in time and do it all over again, I'd definitely commit more time to making my game the best possible iteration of itself. I have all the skills, but time was something I just never had enough of.

REFERENCES/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The whole thing dates back to October of last year, where I got into a mobile game called Geometry Dash (super fun game, highly recommended). Come May of this year, and I've almost beaten the game. I guess that idiot (maybe also a genius?) part of my brain thought it'd be cool to recreate it, which is why a lot of elements of my game are similar to those of Geometry Dash.

I'd like to give a shoutout to my boy PJ (Patrick Feltes on YouTube) for that tutorial that allowed me to get as far as I did. Huge thanks to my boys Hoshin, Merkel, Corrsse, Skeptic, and my family, who silently persuaded me to keep at it, and prove that I could make something cool.

JUDGES FEEDBACK

You have certainly lifted the lid off the fact that game design can be way more complex than they seem -- even simple ones. I loved how you came up with a great way of exploring physics and geometry. I would love to see further refinement in terms of gravity, speed and other variables.

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