Using Biofeedback in my Video Game
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Update: The iOS and Android versions of this game are now available for free at the Apple app store and Google Play store respectively! You can also play the game without biofeedback here!
At the beginning of this year, I was working on an open-world game with my spouse and daughter. The game development process has been fun, educational, and exciting, but unfortunately the scope of the game was a little too big, at least for now. As such, we decided to put the game on pause for the time being.
In the meantime, I decided to continue working on games, because I enjoy the process and outcome. I realized that a common piece of advice given to aspiring game devs is to start small, so I decided to create a “simple” endless runner game that has only a single input, for multiple reasons. First, I enjoyed NinJump, which was an endless runner with a single input. Second, designing a game with only one input was an interesting challenge. Third, having only one input became very useful as it’ll become clear later.
