Cave of Wonders Retrospective

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Cave of Wonders Retrospective

Posted by BoMToons - January 22nd, 2010

Luis and I decided to keep track of our dev progress on Cave of Wonders. Maybe some of you will find the following stuff interesting/helpful...it's a lot of reading...

GAME DEMOS:
Prelim Boss Form Sketches
First Build
2nd Build - Boss Reveal Placeholder
3rd Build, fighting through 2nd Form
First crack at 3rd Form
3rd Form Laggy Missile interaction
Escape Added
FINAL PRODUCT!

CHAT LOGS
Base Idea
Prelim Development
Placeholder Skinning
The Name
3rd Form Revamp
Didn't Make Final Cut
Music
Scope Creep - Escape Idea
Finishing Touches
Game Over Screen Dispute
Launch Day
Post-launch Nerfing/Bug Fixes
Post-launch Parodies

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Luis 2010-01-22 14:56:02

i feel so naked.

BoMToons 2010-01-22 14:56:02

In the parody game, you ARE!

doondeka 2010-01-22 15:08:12

lol

Kenney 2010-01-22 15:09:30

Oh I love this, I'm always searching around for alpha/beta/prototypes of popular games to see how they advanced. World of Goo release alot of prototypes too. Nice! THANKS! :D

BoMToons 2010-01-22 15:09:30

No prob, good to hear there are people out there who are interested in this stuff.

SUPER-JOHN-DOE 2010-01-22 15:18:53

Cheat ?Maybe HACK ?

BoMToons 2010-01-22 15:18:53

Maybe...

Starogre 2010-01-22 15:42:30

<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/1b1743e2110176134d30430407036569">http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/1 b1743e2110176134d30430407036569</a>

BoMToons 2010-01-22 15:42:30

yep, that's what haunts my dreams...

Intrapath 2010-01-22 15:46:19

Awesome, I love the development process, very interesting read.

Rucklo 2010-01-22 16:11:47

oh, cool. *reads*

Rucklo 2010-01-22 16:22:42

lol, pardoy version > original for obvious reasons. fear the ballcruchahz!

JinNJuice 2010-01-22 16:29:32

I remember almost being part of this production. I had (and still have) too much crap to deal with.

VidGameDude 2010-01-22 17:01:37

you guys always make the best flash platformers

whats your next big project gona be?

l8s

BoMToons 2010-01-22 17:01:37

got a couple things coming...an action rpg, a point and click adventure, and ABOBO!

FrozenFire 2010-01-22 17:32:26

jesus you guys have so little of a chat log. It's like
"Yo do this and then Ill draw on it."
I like to get specifics and perfection and whatnot Im jealous at how easy you make it look :P

BoMToons 2010-01-22 17:32:26

Luis and I have good mojo, that's why we keep working together. It's not that easy with everyone, believe me.

TheBoogley 2010-01-22 18:43:35

inspiration OVERLOAD

BoMToons 2010-01-22 18:43:35

:-)

I-smel 2010-01-22 18:56:46

gonna be honest: I didnt play this cos I knew it'd be about weird Newgrounds jokes I don't get.
Please make something I would like!

BoMToons 2010-01-22 18:56:46

I'll try

Mattster 2010-01-22 19:08:51

That's awesome. Thanks for posting this, inspiring

BoMToons 2010-01-22 19:08:51

No prob, glad it was useful for ya!

MindChamber 2010-01-22 20:18:18

wheres the part in the blog where you thought it was a good idea to shake the screen during a precision jumping sequence. lul

BoMToons 2010-01-22 20:18:18

Luis: Don't shake the screen when they're escaping
BoM: No way, let's do it to annoy Mindchamber
Luis: OK LOL
BoM: LMAO!

turtleco 2010-01-22 21:13:03

lol at the naked mod

Elmhurst676 2010-01-22 22:21:39

You guys are a great team. And a point and click adventure? That could be interesting.

BoMToons 2010-01-22 22:21:39

It's the sequel to my previous one...but like 10000 times better.

Lalo 2010-01-23 03:17:12

delicious, learned much reading it. thanks bomtoons :)

BoMToons 2010-01-23 03:17:12

My pleasure :)

JonBro 2010-01-23 09:18:32

I read it all. Very interesting read. A few parts were funny, as well.

You seemed to know what you were doing through the whole production of the game. I wish I had such a power.

BoMToons 2010-01-23 09:18:32

We crack ourselves up when we're chatting...seriously

enigmaticone34 2010-01-25 08:35:14

hahaha, lol at the naked luis mod

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