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Hello and welcome to the Zazmo Arcade Weekly update!

As you might have noticed we are moving over to a more video-centric weekly presentation. We do regular devlogs and those are the de-facto updates for us during the week.

From here on out until the end of ZAP development you can look forward to at least TWO game development videos a week from us. In the videos we will talk about the progress, challenges and fun we had over the last few days as well as give you a heads up for future development.

Check out these series which are all part of the Zazmo Arcade development timeline

Clueless Artist – this is our lead programmer Joshua walking our clueless programmer (me) through actual Zazmo game Development problems. Worth a watch if you are wondering how we do code things

Clueless Artist – this is me showing Joshua how we create art and animation for the Zazmo Arcade Pack! Another in a series of behind the scenes magic!

Game Night – this is normally Joshua and me playing our game or old retro arcade games and looking to fine interesting design, code or art aspect in them.

Regular Game Dev Stream – this is us just making Zazmo together in real time. We work and then test out ideas and features.

So there you go. Check out the latest Streams below and we look forward to seeing you on Twitch! Stop by and say hi if you can!

Zazmo Regular Game Dev Log 09

Zazmo Clueless Programmer Episode 4

Thank you and Remember to always – LIVE YOUR DREAMS!

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Early Access Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
We appreciate your continued support!

Hello and welcome to the latest Boss 101 update!

Wanted to give you all a heads up on the latest happenings at the Donley Time Foundation as well as a look at Boss 101 progress. We always need to thank you first and foremost for your support. Without your help, we couldn’t be doing this so THANK YOU!

Boss 101 on Console

Though it may not relate to you directly if you already own Boss 101 we announced the game is coming to Xbox One. That’s been our primary job for the last few months. This consists mostly of porting work and changes to the code to make the game run smoothly.

It looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel too! After a few challenges we are heading into the final stretch. You might think it would be as easy as setting the game format to “Xbox One” and hit “Export” but there is a lot to making a PC game work nice on a console. More so if you are a small team that focused primarily on the PC version! Haha

Overall though – Microsoft has been nothing but champs in the whole process and made everything as smooth as possible. On our end we had to do changes to the save/load process on console as well as tweaks to achievement scoring. All in all, nothing too hard but a lot of little things and bugs added up to a month or two of work.

Zazmo Arcade

We’ll keep you posted and if you are interested we have ANOTHER game in Early Access at the moment. It’s called the Zazmo Arcade and listed below. In it we take arcade games from Boss 101 and blow them out with two player co-op. head to head battling and much more. Check it out! You can get it for a 33% discount if you already own Boss 101!

Thank you again and talk with you soon!

Remember to always – LIVE YOUR DREAMS!

-Tim

Boss 101 – Out Now on Steam
Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/380920
Please check it out if you would be so kind!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Development Stream – The Clueless Programmer Ep 04

Watch the fourth episode of our new series – The Clueless Programmer! Game Dev night with Joshua teaching game programming to Tim!

More to come and this Monday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.03.15 Twitch Game Dev Stream Tonight!

Clueless Programmer Series on Twitch Tonight! Watch Tim learn from Joshua! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack

Game Development Stream – Game Night

Our game night video – be warned – lots of laughing and screaming! Joshua and Tim talk about new game ideas too!

More to come and this Thursday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack

2018.03.12 Zazmo Game Dev Stream Tonight

Clueless Artist Series on Twitch Tonight! Watch Joshua learn from Tim! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Estimated Ship, 1st Half 2018
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

Hello and welcome back to the latest Zazmo Arcade Pack update!

Game testing and tuning continue

We have a few new things to drop in your lap this week. We are working on the achievements for the game and have an art set for the high score awards to show. Check out the image below. It represents some of the medals we will be awarding for various games and high scores in those games. The idea is to keep a base look and have some sort of tier (or star) system to represent higher and harder achievements.

I know the whole star thing gets used a lot but it is a really good way to show things progressing. Well, that and trophies. Haha

Game and Development Twitch Streams Continue

Episode 3 of the Clueless Programmer went off this week. Check out Joshua teaching time all about ways to code movement of your characters and objects with the gamepad.

We cover a lot of interesting (well, to me at least) ways that Zazmo is setup. Joshua walks me through a lot of his thinking as a programmer and overall – I learned something! Haha

Game Development Dev Talks and Game Night

Joshua and I sat down and played some old arcade games, including the ones that inspired the Zazmo arcade (specifically Rip-Off). We explore co-op games to find what is working and why!

Check out Episode 2 and 3 below. Lots of fun laughs and good times.

Episode 2

Episode 3 – playing Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

We find out freaking a BLANKA look alike is in this game!

Ok – more to come and don’t forget we will be coming to the Xbox One too!! YEAH BUDDY!

Thank you again for all your support and talk with you soon. Remember to always – LIVE YOUR DREAMS!

-Tim

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Early Access Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
We appreciate your continued support!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Development Stream – Game Night Episode 2

Our game night video – be warned – lots of laughing and screaming! Joshua and Tim talk about new game ideas too!

More to come and this Monday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack

Zazmo Arcade Pack Development Stream – The Clueless Programmer Ep 03

Watch the Third episode of our new series – The Clueless Programmer! Game Dev night with Joshua teaching game programming to Tim!

More to come and this Monday so join us then if you can!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Twitch Channel – Monday Thursday Dev Streams at 6pm CST Donley Time Twitch
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack
Please wishlist us on the Steam Store if you would be so kind!

2018.03.05 Twitch Game Dev Stream Tonight!

Clueless Programmer Series on Twitch Tonight! Watch Tim learn from Joshua! Going live with Zazmo Arcade Game development at 6pm CST. Come join us for fun, laughs and perhaps some Steam giveaways!

Link: https://www.twitch.tv/donleytime

Should be a blast and hope to see you there!

Zazmo Arcade Pack Info Roundup
Steam Store Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/770320/Zazmo_Arcade_Pack