Smuhley!

Smuhley! is an arcade-style game for the Android OS designed in GameMaker:Studio written in 2019.

My lifelong passion for gaming has significantly influenced my journey with computers and programming. I spent countless hours in my youth creating games in QBasic and programs like ZZT which laid the groundwork for the game Smuhley!

This project was a significant milestone for me because it was my first full "release," as in it was fully-deployed to the Google Play Store. The experience taught me a lot about the complexities of deploying software which, in this case, was more challenging than designing the game itself! Also, optimizing the game to run on various devices required a lot of work and provided a unique set of challenges to tackle.

While the game never gained a large userbase, I consider it a successful endeavor. An interesting side note: the game was initially meant to be titled "Sploot" but I discovered during development that another game with that name exists -- a weird VR title where you play as a seagull and poop on things. No kidding!