JohnDejobaan
01-13-2012, 12:54 PM
Note: We'll still create Steam threads for individual topics/blog posts, but we figured an all-purpose update sticky would be handy! (This is a work in progress and will be updated throughout the year, too)
All blog posts can be found here (http://dejobaan.com/category/uglybaby/).
Individual posts:
What's Taking So Damned Long (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-whats-taking-so-damned-long/)
We’re back on track to create the dazzling 3D shapes that decorated Ugly Baby’s stages for the past few years — while it’s taken us longer than we initially hoped, so many great ideas still reside in the womb that are alive and kicking, and we can’t wait to see where the baby’s future leads us.
(included is a recap of where we've spent the several months)
Ugly Baby Going Portable (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-going-portable/)
Ugly Baby is going portable, in the sense that we’re incorporating Portable Python into the current Unity prototype. This theoretically will allow anyone to mod the game. We've had success with fans modding in the past, and we’re hoping to create a more flexible environment now.
We also discuss a utility called “Wavifer” and a graphics debug panel.
Ugly Baby Unity Under the Knife Part 2 (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-under-the-knife-part-2/)
We’re hard at work with porting Ugly Baby to Unity, but we wanted to share our very raw, work-in-progress with everyone. We discuss elements that now throb to the music, new enemy types and patterns, and show off the song selector in our latest udpate (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-under-the-knife-part-2/).
If Ugly Baby Were a Music Video (http://www.dejobaan.com/if-ugly-baby-were-a-music-video/)
As we dig deeper into research and development of Ugly Baby, we wanted to pop our heads up and share some visually stunning and inspirational videos that we think could inform Ugly Baby’s final product.
March 20 Update (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-under-the-knife-for-pax-east-2012/)
We discuss the new song selector, title screen image, control options, and PAX East plans.
Ugly Baby March 1 Update (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-prototype-building-bling/):
We're happy to report that we can finally call out to Python, which handles all the fancy procedural content generation, through Unity. In the post you can see how buildings are blinking to the music!
Feb 17 Update:
Unity Ugly Baby Emerging (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-emerging-in-unity/) We now have video of an Ugly Baby/Awesome hybrid running in Unity. We've updated our Public Google Doc and shared an image of the work-in-progress file browser for song selection!
Feb 1 Update
Defective Studios to Help Make Ugly Baby More E-fective (http://www.dejobaan.com/defective-studios-to-help-make-ugly-baby-more-e-fective/)
Boston-area developers Defective Studios will be helping us with Unity prototyping, including Ugly Baby. Pairing off with a team of skilled Unity developers has proven very successful so far with Owlchemy Labs We're aiming to have a revamped Ugly Baby to show off at PAX East in April!
Dejobaan x Cave = Bullet Hell Baby?! (http://dejobaan.com/dejobaan-x-cave-bullet-hell-baby/)
We play Espgaluda II HD from Cave on the iPad 2 to get some bullet hell inspiration.
Ugly Baby’s Shopping List for Unity Prototype (http://dejobaan.com/ugly-babys-shopping-list-for-unity-prototype/)
We explore our options to see if we can bring Ugly Baby to Mac and PC users by bringing Ugly Baby to Unity.
Ugly Baby Rears its Head, Indie Games Competition #1 Reminder (http://dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-rears-its-head-indie-games-competition-1-reminder/)
We look at various experiments that didn't yet make the cut.
Weekly Web Wound-Up: Naming our iOS Title, PAX East Deets (http://dejobaan.com/weekly-web-wound-up-naming-our-ios-title-pax-east-deets/)
An updated Ugly Baby is scheduled to appear at PAX East 2012.
The Enemies of Ugly Baby: Pretty Babies?… Also, Ichiro’s Tour Schedule (http://dejobaan.com/the-enemies-of-ugly-baby-pretty-babies-also-ichiros-tour-schedule/)
A handful of cool enemy prototypes!
A Vertical Slice of Ugly Baby: as Messy as it Sounds? (http://dejobaan.com/a-vertical-slice-of-ugly-baby-as-messy-as-it-sounds/)
4 more great ideas in the pipeline.
(more to come)
All blog posts can be found here (http://dejobaan.com/category/uglybaby/).
Individual posts:
What's Taking So Damned Long (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-whats-taking-so-damned-long/)
We’re back on track to create the dazzling 3D shapes that decorated Ugly Baby’s stages for the past few years — while it’s taken us longer than we initially hoped, so many great ideas still reside in the womb that are alive and kicking, and we can’t wait to see where the baby’s future leads us.
(included is a recap of where we've spent the several months)
Ugly Baby Going Portable (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-going-portable/)
Ugly Baby is going portable, in the sense that we’re incorporating Portable Python into the current Unity prototype. This theoretically will allow anyone to mod the game. We've had success with fans modding in the past, and we’re hoping to create a more flexible environment now.
We also discuss a utility called “Wavifer” and a graphics debug panel.
Ugly Baby Unity Under the Knife Part 2 (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-under-the-knife-part-2/)
We’re hard at work with porting Ugly Baby to Unity, but we wanted to share our very raw, work-in-progress with everyone. We discuss elements that now throb to the music, new enemy types and patterns, and show off the song selector in our latest udpate (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-under-the-knife-part-2/).
If Ugly Baby Were a Music Video (http://www.dejobaan.com/if-ugly-baby-were-a-music-video/)
As we dig deeper into research and development of Ugly Baby, we wanted to pop our heads up and share some visually stunning and inspirational videos that we think could inform Ugly Baby’s final product.
March 20 Update (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-under-the-knife-for-pax-east-2012/)
We discuss the new song selector, title screen image, control options, and PAX East plans.
Ugly Baby March 1 Update (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-unity-prototype-building-bling/):
We're happy to report that we can finally call out to Python, which handles all the fancy procedural content generation, through Unity. In the post you can see how buildings are blinking to the music!
Feb 17 Update:
Unity Ugly Baby Emerging (http://www.dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-emerging-in-unity/) We now have video of an Ugly Baby/Awesome hybrid running in Unity. We've updated our Public Google Doc and shared an image of the work-in-progress file browser for song selection!
Feb 1 Update
Defective Studios to Help Make Ugly Baby More E-fective (http://www.dejobaan.com/defective-studios-to-help-make-ugly-baby-more-e-fective/)
Boston-area developers Defective Studios will be helping us with Unity prototyping, including Ugly Baby. Pairing off with a team of skilled Unity developers has proven very successful so far with Owlchemy Labs We're aiming to have a revamped Ugly Baby to show off at PAX East in April!
Dejobaan x Cave = Bullet Hell Baby?! (http://dejobaan.com/dejobaan-x-cave-bullet-hell-baby/)
We play Espgaluda II HD from Cave on the iPad 2 to get some bullet hell inspiration.
Ugly Baby’s Shopping List for Unity Prototype (http://dejobaan.com/ugly-babys-shopping-list-for-unity-prototype/)
We explore our options to see if we can bring Ugly Baby to Mac and PC users by bringing Ugly Baby to Unity.
Ugly Baby Rears its Head, Indie Games Competition #1 Reminder (http://dejobaan.com/ugly-baby-rears-its-head-indie-games-competition-1-reminder/)
We look at various experiments that didn't yet make the cut.
Weekly Web Wound-Up: Naming our iOS Title, PAX East Deets (http://dejobaan.com/weekly-web-wound-up-naming-our-ios-title-pax-east-deets/)
An updated Ugly Baby is scheduled to appear at PAX East 2012.
The Enemies of Ugly Baby: Pretty Babies?… Also, Ichiro’s Tour Schedule (http://dejobaan.com/the-enemies-of-ugly-baby-pretty-babies-also-ichiros-tour-schedule/)
A handful of cool enemy prototypes!
A Vertical Slice of Ugly Baby: as Messy as it Sounds? (http://dejobaan.com/a-vertical-slice-of-ugly-baby-as-messy-as-it-sounds/)
4 more great ideas in the pipeline.
(more to come)