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The H.A.M - Hangry Animals Magazine
May 4
Games for Change day at London Games Festival
This month, we headed to London for something that felt very us: Games for Change day at the London Games Festival. Originally we were planning to attend the main event in New York last year, but timing (and budgets) had other ideas. So when we saw it land in the UK for the first time, we didn’t hesitate to grab some tickets. For context, Games for Change is a global non-profit focused on using games for social good. It brings together developers, educators, researchers, policymakers, and organizations to make a difference.
Dec 12
Play with purpose
Hi friends, Hangry community, parents, guardians, gamers, and those simply here for the snacks 👋 This week we’re diving into something we’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Can games actually help younger players build empathy for others without turning into a dull “edutainment” slog from 1998? We’ve spent some time researching, prototyping ideas, and testing early progression mechanics, for our game, and there is strong evidence that: Games can teach empathy — when done right.
Jul 18
Back to the (Drawing Board) Future...
This week’s update is all about fun and making sure we've captured it in our game. After a few months of testing, playing and layering in features, powerups, projectiles, enemy waves, first-person food fights and more… we took a deep breath, stepped back, and asked: “Is this still fun to play?” The answer was… not quite. So we’ve done what every good dev team should do now and again... ripped it apart, put the wagon wheels down, and gone back to the drawing board to focus on the fun factor for players.
Jul 3
Hangry Animals - Game Development Update #13
Hey Hangry Fam, hope all is well out there in human land? A warm and Hangry welcome to all our new subscribers! It's great to have you on board, following the adventure whilst we build out this project, mostly with you by our sides. Just how we like it! So settle in, we've got some hangryness to share. Our H.A.M (Hangry Animals Magazine) newsletter covers a series of topics weekly, from project development (The visual stuff), game development (The codey stuff), partnerships (Ways to accelerate our progress).
Apr 23
Smarter Enemies & Smoother Controls🎮
GM GM’ers & Hangry Fam’ers, Quick update this week, as we press on with core game loop… we’ve been deep in development over here: Enemy reward drops (based on varying factors of Player status), Spawn pacing (Respawning more enemies after deliveries), Animation triggers (Player reacting to enemy states and behaviors). As this develops into our playable loop, I’ll be sharing new gameplay videos to showcase the latest control updates and our new enemy behaviors.
Oct 21
Creating Enemies for the Hangriverse
Hey, Hangry community! This week, we’re diving into a major milestone in the development of our game—introducing our very own enemies! After months of testing with placeholder aliens, we’re excited to bring our unique foes to life in the game. These creatures will challenge players in ways that align with the world we’re building, making the gameplay even more immersive.
Oct 15
Embracing web3 and gaming - The HAMs opinion
Welcome to Hangry Animals Magazine - THE HAMMIER Edition! It's been a minute! We’ve been out of the loop dealing with IRL shenanigans which saw the passing of one of our very own pups! Tess (Saphire) 16.11 yrs on this earth. Passed 1st Oct 2024. The Hangriest of Doggos RIP Tess, you legend!
Apr 29
Hangry Animals: Level 1 Alpha Game Development Update #13
Hangry for goo! We are excited to share with our community the accelerated focus we’ve put towards getting our game ready for its Level 1 beta.
Jan 24
Hangry Animals: Level 1 Alpha Game Development Update #9
We're thrilled to provide an update on our latest developments in game mechanics and our progress towards building a test environment in Spatial.