As seen by the header to this update, an old friend* has reappeared on our radar! But what could be new this week? Read on and find out… (*aka game) Laser Red The start of this week was spent fixing the bugs and issues with Laser Red in There Are 200 which we discussed last week. You can see a comprehensive list of the fixes in the Fixes, Bugs, & More section below. Most of the changes impact the way Laser Red acts both in how the laser hits the player and in how Laser Red’s artificial intelligence works. One of the coolest new bits of AI is the way Laser Red now has a ‘firing cone ..read more

Welcome to another edition of the Subject Matter Games Friday Update, where we look at some of the work done in the last week on our game development projects. This week a new enemy enters There Are 200, ready to zap anything in it’s way! Read on to find out more about it… Laser Red Work this week was all focused on one new addition, a new enemy called ‘Laser Red’. Laser Red targets the player when he’s near enough and shoots a long laser in that direction, wiping out any enemy in it’s path. The name Laser Red is somewhat confusing since this character is actually purple with a pink cent ..read more

Welcome to another Friday Update post here at Subject Matter. Work still continues on our abstract shooter There Are 200, but work was slowed this week due to a ‘new addition’ at the ‘studio’. Read on to see some exciting game dev updates on There Are 200 and to see our new friend… More Icon Work Last week we saw a few new icons for the Shield and Tri-shot pickups. More time was spent on making the different gameplay mechanics into pickups including some icons (which will most likely be temporary). Some of the challenge in this is designing a set of symbols and icons that the player can ..read more

Another week behind us and even more work completed on There Are 200. Some of the work here is behind the scenes while some of it is… in front of the scenes? To the side of the scenes? Here’s a scene of There Are 200 gameplay: Wipe On, Wipe Off In the background there’s a new wiper system that cleans the arena of any dead pixel bodies. This not only helps the game keep a stable performance, it also adds a cool little effect and some time to breathe before the next round. The wiper look may change in the future but the general concept came from the way a document scanner’s light and sen ..read more

This is the first of a new series of articles here at Subject Matter covering our weekly game development activities. Follow along each Friday for new updates about what we’ve worked on the previous week and what’s coming in the future. All of our focus right now is on ‘There Are 200’ and building new features to fill out the potential of the game. That means adding all kinds of new little gameplay elements like new weapons, abilities, and enemies that can be combined to change up the minute to minute gameplay while keeping the core elements, shooting and movement, fun. One new addition to th ..read more

‘There Are 200’ is a new game being developed by Subject Matter Games and is an abstract twin-stick shooter featuring rounds of 200 enemies where the rules are randomly generated.  Each new round brings new rules like enemies that explode or try to chase you down, while some rules will give you new weapons, different bullet types, or even more bits to unlock new abilities! ‘There Are 200’ came out of a short idea to make a simple new game with a graphics style different from our ‘Llama Llama’ project.  Even after a few days ‘200’ felt really fun to play, simple to understand, and appealing in ..read more

You may notice a new page on our Games page, !Llama Llama!.  !Llama Llama! (working title) is our next game, a multiplayer arena brawler for up to four players where you control one of several types of animals equipped with jetpacks.  Manage your jetpack fuel, master the unique jet control scheme, and use your spit to disable and destroy the other players! !Llama Llama! is still very early in development so expect a lot more information going into 2018.  For now, take a look at the !Llama Llama! game page or watch some gameplay from the initial prototype of this game below ..read more

Welcome to the new look of SubjectMatterGames.com! It’s been awhile since we’ve posted any updates to the site but a lot of work has been going on since the last Super Wall Crash update. New Website Of course the latest update for Subject Matter Games is the website that you’re looking at. We’ve gone from an old grey theme to a fancy new bright, cleaner theme. There may be some new updates to the site coming soon, or some glitches here and there as we finish up the new site look and layout.   Making Games Our new YouTube video series, Making Games, is created by our creative director Matt Chr ..read more

Super Wall Crash Update 1.1.1 is available on iOS and Android. This update adds a new runner, Ash, and her related Tennis biome. Also included are a few small bug fixes. Full patch notes here: New Character/Biome! Tennis star Ash starts her run! Fixed bug with particle systems not firing correctly Minor bug fixes Now on iOS and Android ..read more

The first major post-launch content release of downloadable content (DLC) is here! The Sports pack adds 4 new playable characters each with their own unique sports-themed biome that is unlocked with the character. Woody comes with the American Football biome, filled will kicking tees and dangerous tacklers that chase if you get too close. Mika J. brings with her the Basketball biome, where dangerous referees and sneakers line the wood court. Becker runs with the Soccer biome, littered with practice cones and referees chasing you down trying to give you a red card. And finally Franklin ca ..read more