MelanieI’m flying in an airplane. At some point my mind drifts and I forget where I am going and for a moment, I could be going anywhere. In this exciting, happy moment all the possibilities crowd my brain. I smile and think, “I like this feeling… I should travel more.”.
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MelanieThis weekend I spent a lot of time organizing things, planning for the expo Jan 8, considering what will be ready to show by then and what do I need to do immediately and what can wait…. The Database for Microbot C85 needs to be coded so that Rebecca can design it and so I can fill in the text,
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MelanieOur goal at Molecular Jig is to create Immune Defense. This game is going to be a large, Real Time Strategy / Tower Defense / Molecular Biology mash up. This game is the game you supported in our INDIEGoGo. We’ll have more posts soon describing our designs for Immune Defense.
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MelanieWorld famous indie game developer snaps open her laptop and happily types away, creating another engaging, informative blog post for her adoring fans.
Exactly. Not.
What kind of crazy person decided not only to try to make a video game on the weekends/evenings but also promises frequent blog posts?
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Melanie* “Really, are you the first cell biology strategy game?” you ask. We do our best to keep up with other science games. Because we love science and we love games. You can search for “cell biology” games at our lovely site ScienceGameCenter.org. My favorite example of a cell biology game is CellCraft.
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MelanieI’ve been so happy lately. I have a day job in which I get to flex and learn more Unity skills. I have a partner willing to help me develop Immune Defense and who co-dreams with me about other adventures in molecular biology to come… Life has been stable and I am making tangible progress on a design for Immune Defense…
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MelanieI am making a game based on reality. The hardest part is that I keep needing to check on my understanding of reality. I mean, I remember that antibodies can cause viruses to aggregate. I am 100% positive that aggregation occurs, but is this mechanism actually a significant player in the war against virus in your body?
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MelanieWow, blogging about game design is rough. All this work I did this weekend and not trying to explain it all is a whole new task!
John and I talked through 3 completely different ways to present molecules to the player today. Should the player be able to manipulate viruses or not?
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Melanie(Delayed post from Friday. Seems the posts from my phone aren’t working!)
Tonight is quiet, still sick, slept most of the day. But tomorrow eve – Sunday we have game design planned. So there will be more to tell you. Here are some questions we are considering.
How big should we draw molecules?
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