Eagle - So It Begins

This is the first post on a new journey. The journey of making a computer game. I've had this idea for a game. To fly like an eagle. To hunt like an eagle. To become an eagle. These posts will bring together how I went about it. Where I started, where I stumbled and how I kept going.

The first step is storyboarding the game. What will the game look like? What kind of art style? What kind of game mechanics?

Eagle is about hunting down prey. It's about predicting a preys movement as it tries to flee. A speed chase to capture it.

To keep it simple I will be focusing development on smartphones.

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