When we started developing Ganbatte, we outlined a strategy geared towards an early access release on Steam in Introduction to Ganbatte. We believe that Ganbatte is a very good fit for early access. Some of the things that support this belief include: Even in its current state, we have a compelling game experience that can be …
At Mimicry, we think we’ve become quite comfortable with our playtesting routine. Our last playtesting day happened to be two days before the end of the Summer Internship, making it our “End of the Summer Internship Milestone” to work towards. Therefore, it comes at no surprise that our interns Pedro and José took a very …
This is the second and final post in a series that looks back at the Mimicry 2017 summer internships. You can read the 1st part right here. ### Mimicry 2017 Summer Internship Postmortem By José Vieira Goals My main goal with coming to Mimicry for this summer internship was to acquire some experience …
They say “all good things come to an end”, but do they? The Mimicry 2017 summer internship ended last Friday. For a period of 3 months, José Vieira and Pedro Oliveira have been part of the development team, pouring their hearts and souls into Ganbatte by learning, falling, getting up, socializing, playing, and above all; …
It’s time for another dev blog post! Today’s post is a particularly visual one! Besides updating you on what we’ve been doing this week, the main topic of this post is character skins, as part of the series about character design (last one for now!). The past week has been filled with a lot of …
Thanks for checking in on the development process of Ganbatte! This week’s post is a follow-up on the previous one, and it’s about character design! Ganbatte is a social VR game, and we want to give players the tools to express themselves and to show different emotions. This is of great significance to the players …
Today’s blog post is the first in a series about the character design for Ganbatte. We’re starting off explaining the design of the cat’s body and its shape. Developing a game for the Vive and the Rift places it own unique constraints on the project. In terms of trackable objects, we’re bound to 3 points: …