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OVERVIEW<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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Created as part of a suite of games for prestigious UK gaming charity Special Effect, Badger Badger can be controlled with your eyes, a mouse, a gamepad, a switch interface, a keyboard, and any combination thereof!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Join the sleepy fun in Badger Badger! This charming take on the tower defence genre is designed for everyone to enjoy. Help a badger get every wink by cleverly placing towers and traps to deter playful critters. Accessible and endlessly entertaining!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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INSECT PERFORMANCE<\/span><\/span><\/h3>

As you progress through the game, the number of critters you face increases. As this happens, the load on the CPU starts ramping up, particularly for those towers that have significant logic in their targeting. Balancing the accuracy and speed of the towers with the load it put on the CPU was a key technical challenge during production.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ACCIDENTAL INNUENDO<\/span><\/span><\/h3>

Originally the pesky Mole was seriously interested in gaining access to the Badger\u2019s hole. Whilst wholly innocent at conception, we thought this language may be misinterpreted, and as such changed \u2018hole\u2019 to \u2018home\u2019 across the whole script.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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BALANCING THE TOWERS<\/span><\/span><\/h3>

As a tower defence game, finding the right balance between tower power, enemy health, enemy damage, currency awarded to the player and so on is key to keeping the game enjoyable and engaging. To speed up this process, we set up a google sheet that could be adjusted by a designer and would be brought into early builds of the game at each load. This meant that no dev time was required to make subtle changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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