This is week one of Senior project and things are looking good so far. I got in a group of very good people which gives me great hopes for our project right off the bat. We decided to make a side-scroller running game on the android platform. This will be similar to games like Flood Runner or Robot Unicorn Attack. You will play as a fat ninja who must use his sword and other abilities to dodge obstacles and make his way through a series of levels to try and prove himself to his fellow ninja's. The idea sounds solid, it will be more cartoony but the idea is sound.
Now I have been brought on as a level designer. In short, I will be the person making all the maps, placing the obstacles and such to make the level challenging without being impossible and to come up with ideas to make the levels better. This is great, but early on there isn't as much to do. Because I also joined with the group after the high concept was mostly developed, my first week is being spent mostly learning the platform. I've never worked on android before or with java. So for the time being, I am honing my skills so they will be up to the task when my part is ready to be started.
