Banana Frog

08/24/2016

w13, last week of . It’s been a spectacular journey of growth and awakening, a true beginning. http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/8/24/week-13

This is the last week of Oculus Launch Pad and a week full of reflection and dedication. The decisions have not been hard, but that doesn’t make them less challenging to handle. Heads up – This is the least technical and most personal of all posts to date. Read more

08/17/2016

Ok fans, d-day is quickly approaching and there is so much more to get in place! You can see the status here in the Week 12 update: http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/8/16/week-12

Super short update as I am on vacation this week – at least you’ll see the video of me jumping between the main points of interest (minus the actual interesting stuff). It’s more of a proof-of-concept for the design of the Island and flow. Read more

08/09/2016

w11 Update: getting closer to the finish, but feel in some ways it’s just the beginning! http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/8/8/week-11

This week’s focus had been on getting the vegetation, scenery and creatures to come to life. Been designing the flow into the landscape and making strides in polishing the overall effect. Read more

08/04/2016

Turtle Island is coming along nicely, trees and boulders are passing inspection, but so much more ground to cover before D-day! Check out the latest update here:

http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/8/1/week-10

07/31/2016

Sunday morning ramblings on finding my Voice in as a Designer http://www.bananafrog.co/blog/2016/7/31/oculus-launch-pad-reality-check

07/25/2016

w9 Update on Moki’s Adventures: more tutorials, storyboards, and lessons in shaders and materials! Production is in high gear! http://goo.gl/3LvvyR

07/20/2016

Feeling a bit overwhelmed on the production front – this is all new and takes twice as long as anything I’ve ever produced before, but the progress is so rewarding!

In all my haste to make, I missed out sharing Week 8’s update, so here you go!

http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/7/18/week-8

07/11/2016

w7 UPDATE: Learning low poly design in Blender rocks! Check out latest game developments

This week has been an intensely fun one! The idea for the game is not only taking shape but taking form – finally! I've made strides learning Blender and designing artwork in the low poly aesthetic. I've re-evaluated the flow I'm looking to capture for the Demo, and more importantly, tightened up th...

07/02/2016

From big picture to detailing scope this week: my Launch Pad Update is live: http://goo.gl/twGO1q

It’s been a short week with the Fourth of July quickly approaching! Find out what I’ve been up to the past few days in terms of developing the overall Content, UX and Demo Flow for Moki’s Adventures. All-in-all it’s been pretty focused on getting the overall picture translated from my head to paper...

06/30/2016

Lush rain forests on Sumatra are the only place in the world where elephants, tigers, rhinos and orangutans coexist. The pulp/paper and palm oil industries account for over half of the forest being deforested since 1985.

Please think twice before you buy TP. Say no to Livi & Paseo. https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/don-t-flush-tiger-forests

06/28/2016

Week 5 of Moki’s Adventures-in-the-making consisted mostly of kickass tutorials on how to program! Full update here: http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/6/27/week-5

It's been a fairly intensive week of programming tutorials. I am super grateful to have such a supportive husband, and even more so since he is such a rock solid programmer. Despite the joy of coding, this week’s highlights would actually be coming from the morning I sat and watched as many episode...

06/22/2016

Moki's Adventures: week 4 update is posted!
http://www.bananafrog.co/launch-pad/2016/6/19/week-4

Learning to code: my highest priority. I am a non-programmer. I won't wax on about how back in the day I did do my own HTML because that really was never programming, it was stringing very simple items or events together and, well really – that was a gazillion years ago. Read more