SlugWars

Battle Arena

by Daniel Helmick

SlugWars
Battle Arena

by Daniel Helmick

 

SlugWars: The Games!

SlugsWars is a collection of games on different platforms to let you enjoy building your slug’s powers and abilities and then battle each other in the SlugWars Battle Arena.

The Pursuit of Passion

What do you want to be when you grow up Daniel? … A video game creator?  Ok, then.  Let’s get started.  What’s your game?  SlugWars – slugs battle each other with salt weapons and each slug has special powers…  Let’s do it!

Daniel: The Creator

Daniel Helmick is the creative imagination behind SlugWars – one of his many ideas for some amazing video games.  Whether it’s Fortnite, Roblox, Steam or anything reptiles, Daniel is a force to be reckoned with…

Paul: GenX Geek

I’m all in to help Daniel learn how to design, create and publish video games.  Daniel’s an awesome young man.  It’s pretty cool to spend time with him figuring out new stuff together.

SlugWars: Roblox Edition

Roblox is a massively multiplayer online and game creation system platform that allows users to design their own games and play a wide variety of different types of games created by other users. The platform hosts social network games constructed of Lego-like virtual blocks.[1] As of September 2018, Roblox has over 70 million monthly active users.

SlugWars / iPad-iPhone

Apple is the world’s largest information technology company by revenue and the world’s third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. More than 1.3 billion Apple products are actively in use worldwide. The App store the store features over 2.1 million apps

iOS is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple that powers the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch.

 

SlugWars / MineCraft Edition

One of the best-selling, independently developed and published video games, Minecraft immerses kids in 3D creative thinking, geometry, and even a little geology as they build imaginative block structures – letting them explore, combat, craft, create anything they can imagine.

Over 154 million copies had been sold across all platforms, making it the second best-selling video game of all time, behind Tetris. Microsoft bought Minecraft $2.5 billion dollars and today the games has around 91 million active players monthly.

SlugWars / Scratch Edition

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language and online community targeted primarily at children. Users of the site can create online projects using a block-like interface. The service is developed by the MIT Media Lab, has been translated into 70+ languages, and is used in most parts of the world.

Scratch is taught and used in after-school centers, schools, and colleges, as well as other public knowledge institutions. As of January 2019, community statistics on the language’s official website show more than 46 million projects shared.

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