{"author_link":"\/users\/moski","author_name":"Moski","author_uid":"moski","comments":[],"epoch":1525643482,"event":"LD41","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":96192,"likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"114884","p_author":"Moski","p_authorkey":"1002325","p_urlkey":"330844","p_title":"A knight in a wizard\u2019s snooker game","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD41","p_time":"1525643482","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1002325","us_name":"Moski","us_username":"moski","event_start":"1524182400","event_key":"72","event_name":"LD 41"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD41","removed_author":false},"_superparent":73256,"_trust":2,"author":2325,"body":"![krita_2018-05-06_15-44-36.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b09.png)\n\n*D'oh no, I said Wizsnooks. That's how I call Wizard Snooker*\n\n*So you call it Wizsnooks despite the fact this is obviously a knight.*\n\n---\n\nOkay, this is time for a more abstract post. We\u2019ve made some posts before about [**Wizsnooks**, our roguelike loot plundering pool hybrid](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks), and the links to it all are at the bottom. But we haven\u2019t touched the idea of the setting yet. That we waited too long to get to it reflects how it happened in the development cycle: We pretty much left the title and setting development to the end.\n\nOn the first night, we brainstormed like crazy, with the idea of a pool game with enemies and loot being the outstanding one. With that in mind, I made the cue ball, a sword, [the enemies](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/about-making-assets-and-bad-guys), and we went from there. The first weapons were all swords.\n\n![krita_2018-05-06_16-16-11.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b0b.png)\n\nDuring the last day, I had the duty to make the logo of the game. The problem was that we still had no name for it. The brainstorming began shortly, with names like Medieballs (because of the setting of fantasy enemies and weapons).\nTo add more flavor to the game, I was asked to make some hands for the cue ball, with armored gloves to further reflect the setting of the game. However, @RobinHoodPT told me that, since the hit sounds were lightning bolts, it\u2019d make more sense if the hands were wizard gloves instead.\n\nThat\u2019s when it hit us: The actual setting of the game. Our game would be about wizards meeting at a tavern to play a magical game of pool. Hence, the fire pits, enemies and loot. It sounded fantastic. But we still needed a name. We actually ended up with a lot of them. Here\u2019s a list, including some that didn\u2019t even have anything to do with wizards:\n\n- Bil Liard in Pool Land\n- Lord of the Orbs\n- The Elder Snooks\n- Tavern of Sorcery and Snookery\n- White Orbs Tavern\n- Poolgeons and Dragorbs\n- Billiard Dweller\n- Snook&Pool\u2019s Tavern\n- Wizorbs Tavern of Potions and Billiards (Quickly rejected because Wizorb is an actual game)\n- Witchery, Poolery, Adventurly\n- Magic-8 Lounge\n- Witchcraft Inn\n- Orb of the Pool\n- Snorb & Bilial\u2019s Tavern\n- Mana Snooker\n- Tavern for Magic Cats who play Magic Pool\n- Wizsnooks (Which kinda sounds like a cat's name, but we still went with it)\n\nThe list is\u2026 not complete. There\u2019s many variations and even some that didn\u2019t have to do with wizards at all. The story of this development is not necessarily complete. But one way or another, we finally had a name.\n\n![TitleLogo.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b0a.png)\n\nThat pretty much covers up the story behind the name. I quickly made up more things like wizard hats, more variety of weapons, and so on. There wasn't much time left to go full wizard, but we still managed.\n\n---\n\nIt this read got you interested in , [**Wizsnooks**, click here to play! It's available on your browser and downloadable for Windows, Mac and Linux](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks). If you want to chat, [this discord server is where it's at](discord.me\/wag). And last but not least, [here's the Whales and Games Twitter](twitter.com\/whalesandgames), so you can keep in contact with us.\n\nThere's lots of games being shared in the main page. Keep reviewing! Lots of people need the ratings! We'll continue to check more games as well! Let's keep pushing! Cheers! :whale:\n\n\n## Learn more about Wizsnooks' development by checking our Whales and Games' posts!\n\n- [**Snooker your way into the Music of Wizsnooks!**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/snooker-your-way-into-the-music-of-wizsnooks), by @RobinHoodPT\n- [**Getting the Ball Rolling in Wizsnooks: Hopefully a Success Story**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/getting-the-ball-rolling-in-wizsnooks-hopefully-a-success-story), by @Kroltan\n- [**My role as the artist of Wizsnooks**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/my-role-as-the-artist-of-wizsnooks), by @Moski\n- [**About making assets and bad guys**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/about-making-assets-and-bad-guys), by @Moski\n- [**A wordcloud**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/wizsnooks-is-searching-for-games-to-review-and-word-cloud), brought to you by ~~the collective histeria of the Ludum Dare community~~ @RobinHoodPT\n- [**A Star Wars May the 4th post**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/in-a-billiards-table-far-far-away) by @Moski. Not exactly informative either, but might be interesting.","comments":0,"created":"2018-05-06T21:06:44Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":96192,"love":5,"love-timestamp":"2018-05-06T23:11:37Z","meta":[],"modified":"2018-05-06T23:11:37Z","name":"A knight in a wizard\u2019s snooker game","node-timestamp":"2018-05-06T21:54:19Z","parent":80669,"parents":[1,5,9,73256,80669],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/a-knight-in-a-wizards-snooker-game","published":"2018-05-06T21:51:22Z","scope":"public","slug":"a-knight-in-a-wizards-snooker-game","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":284564},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"96192","n_urlkey":"330844","n_parent":"80669","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/a-knight-in-a-wizards-snooker-game","n_slug":"a-knight-in-a-wizards-snooker-ga","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"2325","n_created":"1525640804","n_modified":"1525648297","n_version":"284564","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/a-knight-in-a-wizards-snooker-game","text":"![krita_2018-05-06_15-44-36.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b09.png)\n\n*D'oh no, I said Wizsnooks. That's how I call Wizard Snooker*\n\n*So you call it Wizsnooks despite the fact this is obviously a knight.*\n\n---\n\nOkay, this is time for a more abstract post. We\u2019ve made some posts before about [**Wizsnooks**, our roguelike loot plundering pool hybrid](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks), and the links to it all are at the bottom. But we haven\u2019t touched the idea of the setting yet. That we waited too long to get to it reflects how it happened in the development cycle: We pretty much left the title and setting development to the end.\n\nOn the first night, we brainstormed like crazy, with the idea of a pool game with enemies and loot being the outstanding one. With that in mind, I made the cue ball, a sword, [the enemies](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/about-making-assets-and-bad-guys), and we went from there. The first weapons were all swords.\n\n![krita_2018-05-06_16-16-11.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b0b.png)\n\nDuring the last day, I had the duty to make the logo of the game. The problem was that we still had no name for it. The brainstorming began shortly, with names like Medieballs (because of the setting of fantasy enemies and weapons).\nTo add more flavor to the game, I was asked to make some hands for the cue ball, with armored gloves to further reflect the setting of the game. However, @RobinHoodPT told me that, since the hit sounds were lightning bolts, it\u2019d make more sense if the hands were wizard gloves instead.\n\nThat\u2019s when it hit us: The actual setting of the game. Our game would be about wizards meeting at a tavern to play a magical game of pool. Hence, the fire pits, enemies and loot. It sounded fantastic. But we still needed a name. We actually ended up with a lot of them. Here\u2019s a list, including some that didn\u2019t even have anything to do with wizards:\n\n- Bil Liard in Pool Land\n- Lord of the Orbs\n- The Elder Snooks\n- Tavern of Sorcery and Snookery\n- White Orbs Tavern\n- Poolgeons and Dragorbs\n- Billiard Dweller\n- Snook&Pool\u2019s Tavern\n- Wizorbs Tavern of Potions and Billiards (Quickly rejected because Wizorb is an actual game)\n- Witchery, Poolery, Adventurly\n- Magic-8 Lounge\n- Witchcraft Inn\n- Orb of the Pool\n- Snorb & Bilial\u2019s Tavern\n- Mana Snooker\n- Tavern for Magic Cats who play Magic Pool\n- Wizsnooks (Which kinda sounds like a cat's name, but we still went with it)\n\nThe list is\u2026 not complete. There\u2019s many variations and even some that didn\u2019t have to do with wizards at all. The story of this development is not necessarily complete. But one way or another, we finally had a name.\n\n![TitleLogo.png](\/\/\/raw\/519\/z\/14b0a.png)\n\nThat pretty much covers up the story behind the name. I quickly made up more things like wizard hats, more variety of weapons, and so on. There wasn't much time left to go full wizard, but we still managed.\n\n---\n\nIt this read got you interested in , [**Wizsnooks**, click here to play! It's available on your browser and downloadable for Windows, Mac and Linux](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks). If you want to chat, [this discord server is where it's at](discord.me\/wag). And last but not least, [here's the Whales and Games Twitter](twitter.com\/whalesandgames), so you can keep in contact with us.\n\nThere's lots of games being shared in the main page. Keep reviewing! Lots of people need the ratings! We'll continue to check more games as well! Let's keep pushing! Cheers! :whale:\n\n\n## Learn more about Wizsnooks' development by checking our Whales and Games' posts!\n\n- [**Snooker your way into the Music of Wizsnooks!**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/snooker-your-way-into-the-music-of-wizsnooks), by @RobinHoodPT\n- [**Getting the Ball Rolling in Wizsnooks: Hopefully a Success Story**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/getting-the-ball-rolling-in-wizsnooks-hopefully-a-success-story), by @Kroltan\n- [**My role as the artist of Wizsnooks**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/my-role-as-the-artist-of-wizsnooks), by @Moski\n- [**About making assets and bad guys**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/about-making-assets-and-bad-guys), by @Moski\n- [**A wordcloud**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/wizsnooks-is-searching-for-games-to-review-and-word-cloud), brought to you by ~~the collective histeria of the Ludum Dare community~~ @RobinHoodPT\n- [**A Star Wars May the 4th post**](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/41\/wizsnooks\/in-a-billiards-table-far-far-away) by @Moski. Not exactly informative either, but might be interesting.","title":"A knight in a wizard\u2019s snooker game","wayback_source":[]}