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You Are More Than Just a Number
You are more than just a number. Whether you have 0 subscribers and are starting out, or you’re a seasoned creator with 20 million, you are not defined by your number of viewers. To round off the week I thought I’d discuss a common concern among content creators in...
5 Things I’m excited for in Classic World of Warcraft
5 Features I'm excited for in Classic World of Warcraft I have a secret. I LOVE World of Warcraft and have been playing it for 10+ years. So when World of Warcraft announced that they’re getting close to releasing the classic version of World of Warcraft, I was...
Friday The 13th Single-Player Challenges Review
Friday The 13th Single-Player Challenges Bring Players back to Camp "and so they found the whole camp murdered. Their throats were slit, and their skulls were crushed.... Fine don't believe me. But it happened right around here.... They say her son Jason came back...
PAX East 2018 – What’s Your Story?
ID Badge? - Check Business cards? - Check Hand sanitizer? - Check Mentally prepared? – ummmm work in progress It’s that time of the year again, PAX East. For the next four days all faces of the gaming industry will be present for a chaotic gathering of fun,...
1-Year Checkup. Enter Year 2 Day 1
1-year checkup mark and an announcement Today is the 1-year anniversary of when I quit my job and decided to pursue a career in the video game industry. I remember my first day of adventure networking, checking out games, and covering the Friday the 13th: The Game...
Upcoming Games – 2018 Weekly Update #2
Hey everyone! So after giving some thought on how I can provide value to you readers, I thought I'd talk about upcoming games and post their release dates. The first games I'll be posting here interest me personally, but down the road I'll shoot for a variety of...
2018 Weekly Update #1 / Newsletter
Hello readers! Today marks the first official 2018 weekly update of madeyegames.com. Since I was applying for part time work I only had a limited time to make videos. They're pretty short, but I hope you will enjoy them since we're diving into two new games: Middle...
Horror Block Breaker Released on Madeyegames.com
Achievement Unlocked: First Game Launched! I'm pleased to announce that Horror Block Breaker has launched and is ready to play on madeyegames.com. If you like horror movies and want to play an indie game that has sprites based off of horror movie villains and weapons...
10 Lessons I Learned From Making My First Game With No Experience
I made my first game! I’m pleased to announce that I finished making my first game, Horror Block Breaker. The coding, level design, artwork and playtesting are finished. All that remains is securing permission to use certain soundtracks for the levels which is easy...
Mad-Eye Games 2.0 Relaunch and Update
It has been awhile since I last updated the blog, but I’ve been keeping my head down and working away. The hard work paid off and I can finally say I finished my E-book! It’ll be out this January on Amazon. I also earned the Content Creator of The Week award on...
Entrepreneurial Reflection #3 – The Journey and Pivoting
Reflection on my entrepreneurial journey I haven’t written a business update in a while, and due to recent events, I figured now was a good time to write. I’ve learned a lot in the process of trying to build a business from scratch and although I haven’t made much of...
Battlesloths 2025 Review!
What is Battlesloths? Welcome to Battlesloths2025! The land of pizza, sloths, crazy hats, and pure pixel carnage! Battlesloths is an example of a return to the Retro Gaming Era that has been executed well by veterans in the industry. Battlesloths is a 1-4 player...
Horror Block Breaker Video Update #2
Horror Block Breaker Update Video #2 I feel like I'm slowly getting back to normal after recovering from moving and just being sick. So I took it easy this week and focused on artwork for Horror Block Breaker. I'm still working on a couple of the sprites for paddles...
100-Day Game Dev Blog Challenge #6 – Learning to Draw
Learning to Draw Today's post will likely be short, since I don't want to reveal too much about the game. What I can say though is that the artwork is coming along well. At this rate I should have some cool things to show on this Tuesday's Game Dev video update and...
100-Day Game Dev Blog Challenge #5 1st Draft of a level and goals for the game
Video Update! I finally feel like the game is going places with regards to progress. Today I launched my first video update for game development on my YouTube channel and I hope to make it a weekly post. One of the major things I need to work on in general is just...
100-Day Game Dev Blog Challenge #4 Sprite Sheets
Learning little by little: Sprite Sheets I felt like I didn't accomplish enough yesterday to warrant a blog post on my progress, but today was great. I finally figured how to make my own sprite sheets using an art application and then transfer it into Unity and edit...
100-Day Game Dev Blog Challenge Day #3 Frustrations and Collisions
The road ahead is like a marathon Today's post while short, might be interesting to you if you're wondering about the bread and butter behind an Arkanoid game, collisions. I've been a little sick today so I mainly focused on playing my game in its current state and...
Day 2 – 100 Day Game Dev Blogging Challenge: Building Giant Monsters and Colliders
Building a Giant Jason Today was a challenging but fun day since I got to build giant monsters for Horror Block Breaker. I know. The name is cheesy, and it needs to change. I'm still coming up with a name, so hopefully I can write it proudly here on the blog. When...
100-Day Game Dev Blogging Challenge: Enter Horror Block Breaker
100-day Game Dev Blogging Challenge Hello Internet! Today marks the first day of my 100-day Game Dev Blogging Challenge. I was inspired to do this after watching the recent Friday The 13th panel at PAX West on "How to Market a Game and Run Your Own Kickstarter. ...
Starting a new series with new challenges. Enter Batman Arkham Asylum!
This week I'm starting a new series with new challenges for my YouTube videos. I'd like to start branching out from Friday The 13th, so as I promised in the 1-year anniversary video, I have launched episode 1 of Mad-Eye Plays Crusty Old Games. Episode 1 features...
Deborah Kim Survival Guide (Updated)
Deborah Kim - The Bookish Girl About Deborah Rivaling Eric Lachappa for class valedictorian, Deborah is viewed as a bookworm. When Deborah isn’t studying, she is often found reading books and looking up the latest news on current events. Thanks to her academic...
Stalking in Friday The 13th: The Game
Stalking as Jason in Friday The 13th: The Game - Tips and Tricks I'll be honest, whenever I play as Jason I almost always never use Stalk. It's not like I don't know it's there, but rather I never really saw the point of using it. There's one or two counselors left,...
Upcoming One-Year Anniversary & Experimental Editing
1-Year Anniversary for Mad-Eye Yokai Time just flew by and this week I'll be celebrating the 1-year anniversary for the YouTube channel. The anniversary is going to be on Sunday July 16th and will feature an update and some gameplay of one of my favorite games before...
What’s Next? My Reflection 4 Months Since Starting My Adventure
4-Month Update Hello fellow gamers and readers! Have you ever wanted something, but didn’t really know how to say it? That was me until now. The past few months have been interesting in that I’ve had to ask myself: “Where am I trying to get to?” I quit my job in...
Vanessa Jones Survival Guide
Vanessa Jones - The Athletic Girl About Vanessa Vanessa is an All-American track and field star at her school. Leading her team to Nationals since freshman year, Vanessa developed a reputation for being the best sprinter in New Jersey. When it comes to competition,...
Eric Lachappa Survival Guide
Eric 'J.R.' Lachappa - The Class Clown About Eric Eric Lachappa is your typical class clown who likes to snoop about and cause mischief for a laugh. When he isn't playing Dungeons and Dragons with his friends, he is usually pulling pranks on unsuspecting ladies....
My First Jason Kill and upcoming updates to the Friday The 13th Guide
Hey everyone! So I finally managed to log in to play the game and even managed to kill Jason with my fellow friends and moderators from the F13 discord server. Check out the video below! Next post will be an updated guide to playing LaChappa and after that different...
Jason Strategy Guide Section is Up!
As promised, the Jason strategy guide section for Friday The 13th: The Game has launched! The guides will be updated throughout the life cycle of the game and will be expanded upon as necessary. Let me know what you think in the comments and if I need to add anything...
Upcoming Jason Strategy Guide Section
Hey everyone, I know it has been a while since the last update, but I've been busy working on the upcoming Jason Strategy Guide section for the Friday The 13th Page. This is going to be a quick post to show you that I'm alive and that some cool content is coming....
Friday The 13th Portal is live!
I'm pleased to announce that the Friday The 13th portal for madeyegames.com is live! I've been wanting to prepare the website a little more for the launch of Friday The 13th: The Game. So bit by bit I will be adding more posts and updating my blog site with the...
Friday The 13th The Game – Counselor Stats Charts
As promised, here are my current counselor stats charts for Friday The 13th The Game as of 4/25/2017. These charts are subject to change and I will do my best to keep them updated throughout the life cycle of this game. (4 charts). Keep in mind that these numbers...
My Journey of Breaking into the Video Game Industry (Update and What’s Ahead)
"Life is a journey. Not a destination." - Ralph Waldo Emerson STAGE 1 - Complete I'm pleased to announce that I completed my plan for STAGE 1 of the Mad-Eye Games business. The journey of breaking into the video game industry is long, but worth it. In the...
My Experience at PAX East Day 2
Determined to learn from my mistakes from the previous day, I left the house at 7:00 am. The trick I realized was arriving slightly before the doors opened at 8:00, but not too early so as to stay out in the cold for an hour due to long lines. I...
My Experience At PAX East
Hello fellow gamer! Adam here. I thought I’d kick my first post off with PAX East. During PAX I was jet lagged from leaving Japan and returning home, but I was hyped. I hadn’t been this excited since I attended the Tokyo Game Show...
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