Calling all gamers! Westwood College where our very own Joey Betz went to college is in need of the gaming community.
They had a bunch of their students create flash games that are now available to be played online. All these game design students are beginner so please keep this in mind when you play the games.
All games can be seen here: http://landing.westwood.edu/gaming-public/
Please comment on this blog post and vote for your favorite 3-games. Make sure to put them in order. (1st, 2nd and 3rd)
This competition is time sensative so make sure to vote today.
Thanks for your help.
-Armor Games Team
Ps. If you have a passion for games and game development I highly recommend you check out this link.
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spitwad assult was super fun really enjoyed consept. All other were pretty gay and unenjoyable.
1. Biolancer
2. Destination Earth
biolancer
didn’t really like the other games
if I had to choose another 2, I guess wacky workout and so you want to be a superhero
1. Cannibot
2. Catch a wave
3. Biolancer
1. cannibot
2. wacky workout
3. bio
1st Bio
2nd Cannibot
3rd Spit Wad Assault
#1 BioLancer
#2 Catch a Wav
#3 Wacky Workout
Couldn’t play Cannibot – it didn’t work.
1. Produce Panic
2. BioLancer
3. Wacky Workout
1)Spitwad assault
2)Catch a wave
3)Destination Earth
1 Cannibot
2produce panic
3 destination:Earth
1. Biolancer
2. Spit wad assault
3. Produce Panic
For Biolancer I really liked the art and I think the concept was something very new and fresh…
While Biolancer is smooth and easy to play, it looks too much like the old Centipede or Alien Invader games to be original in my book.
for originality, I like Catch a Wav and Workout — interesting concepts and different from other games I’ve seen…
1. spitwad
2. catch a wav
3. produce panic
1. produce panic
2. spitwad
3. catch a wav
1. spitwad
2. produce panic
3. catch a wav
1. spitwad
2. catch a wav
3. produce panic
#1 BioLancer
#2 Catch a Wave
#3 Wacky Workout
biolancer
#1 BioLancer
#2. Spit wad assault
#3. Produce Panic
Im not sure why people don’t think that biolancer is original. It breaks new grounds with shmup games. There needs to be more games like that. Great job Biolancer team!
Biolancer all the way
it’s like tetris & astroids fused together
you also need strategy and quick thinking too
Biolancer
biolancer
biolancer
1) Biolancer
2) Workout
3) Destination Earth
biolancer..all the way
Catch a Wav
Destination Earth
Wacky Workout
Note: Almost all of them were incomprehensible at first as it assumed I’d read the instructions (or discover where they were, in the case of Spid wad assault).
1. Spit wad assault – not much fun, but it seemed complete and needed polish like animations. It was at least playable.
2. Catch a wav – originality and potential.
3. Wacky workout – while not great, it was different and I felt better implemented than some of the other games.
That being said, I actually do work at a game company. None of these games meet the expectation of what I hope to see when interviewing candidates at work, but I’m hoping that it’s because these were very short dev cycles (like a few weeks) or they’re people just starting out.
In both cases I would stress simplicity! Fun games don’t need huge scrolling backgrounds or lots of screens. They don’t even need to have a title screen. Short, simple, quick. That should be the motto when developing an application like this. I felt many of them were too ambitious and fell flat because of it.
1. Biolancer (hands down)
2. Wacky Workout
3. Destination Earth
1.BioLancer – Sick!!!
2.Cannibot
3.Produce Panic
1. Cannibot
2. Biolancer
3. You call you self a Super Hero!
1. You call your self a Super Hero
2. Cannibot
3. Biolancer
1. Cannibot
2. Catch a wave
3. Biolacer
1.Biolancer
2. Produce Panic
3. Cannibot
MECHA-SNAIL!!
1. Destination Earth
2. Spitwad
3. Biolancer
1) Catch A Wav
2) You Call Yourself A Superhero
1. Spitwad Assualt
2. Catch a Wave
3. Wacky Workout
Spitwad Assualt was creative and i love the idea
1st spitwad assault
2nd Catch a Wav
3rd biolancer
First-spitwad assault
second- so you want to be a superhero
third-destination earth
1. Biolancer
2. Produce Panic
3. Cannibot
The only game which showed any real originality was Catch A Wave…unfortunately not many people have microphones, and even less want to shout like maniacs at their computer.
All of them suffered from a clear lack of having someone that wasn’t their close friend play the game. Massive UI confusion, controls that didn’t always work, physics that were not always well done, anoying bugs, poor level designs…
When it comes to game development, it’s really important to:
1. Play test your game. Take your “this is my baby” glasses off and really ask yourself, is this something you would enjoy playing?
2. Have your target audience play it, but try to get people that will give you brutally honest feedback.
Game reviewers are viscious, and will tear your creation apart…so you need to have a thick skin and be willing to take critical feedback, and use it to make your creation better.
Alot of these games *could* (with alot of work) be developed into something fun…but right now they’re largely unplayable, unpresentable, and barely above “concept” quality.
1. Biolancer
thats it the only one that should win it is awesomeo pie yea…. best game by far smooth to play with a twist
1. Destination Earth
2. Biolancer
3. Bio
1. Biolancer
2. Destination Earth
3. Catch A Wav
From a professional standpoint, Produce Panic would get my number one vote had it been a complete game. It definitely looked the best, but was lacking gameplay. So first would have to go to Bio, as it was complete. Alright gameplay, except the honey-comb trampolines malfunction occasionally. The art assets are mediocre, but they look well together. Second place would have to go to Destination Earth, simply because it looked fairly professional. Graphics were on spot, gameplay is a little boring. Third place? Eh…. I’ll say Produce Panic because I can see where they were trying to go with that. Graphics are the best in the competition; kitchen, characters, weapon, boss, all look good. And any more, its all about the graphics anyway, right?
I really like Bio. I think it showed originality. I really like the way the instructions were designed. The goal was clearly communicated. This is my number one.
I also like Wacky Workout. This was easy to play and intuitive. However, I am not sure what the object/goal of this game is. This is my second choice.
My third choice is Produce Panic! Also very easy to play. Characters are appealing as is the scenery changes.
1)BioLancer
2)Destination Earth
3)Bio
So you want to be a superhero is the best!
1st. place: Biolance
2nd. place: superhero
I had a lot of fun!!!
1. biolancer
2. wacky workout
3. spitwad assault
Biolancer is a nice combo of many of my favorites.