I fear I didn’t rest enough before this Ludum Dare. I think I’m to tired to finish the game properly. I’m still going to try, but I’m not going to exhaust myself.

It doesn’t help that this is the ugliest game out of all 11 LD entries I’ve made. It is a direct and unavoidable result of the concept I chose, but still, it’s not motivating.

Second music track is a bit of a mess still, and short, but I have to move on for now.

I have a concept, I’m going to make an adventure game that can be played both cooperatively and alone. I’ve started doing some tests. The concept seems to be working so far.

Graphics wise I have to keep things small, so I can fit more on one screen. Not the prettiest graphics I’ve ever done because of this, but I think I might have some time left in the end to improve them.

I actually wanted to submit this game for last year’s october challenge, but it actually took me a full year of working on it in between other projects to finish it. At least I’m finished in time for this year!

Here is the game’s ludum dare page: http://ludumdare.com/compo/october-challenge-2014/?action=preview&uid=5496

Ro-bat was a game I made originally for a last-day-of-the-year Jam (nothing official) on 31 December 2010. A few months back I started working on an iOS version with extra stuff, and that game just went live on the App Store!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ro-bat/id892389144

This is my first “commercial” game!
For those of you wondering what happened to my entry of last years october challenge then, well, I wasn’t able to finish it in time, but I PROMISE it will be finished for this year’s october challenge. (It’s almost finished)

I’ve made a timelapse of the making of my game “Orange!”

As for the post-mortem, there wern’t any real problems this time.

What went right?

• I had a clear vision of what I wanted to make very early on.
• I had a good idea  of what was most important, and what could be cut early on.
• I chose a graphical style that was simple enough so I could get all the assets done.
• Scripting went smoothly. No headaches.
• I slept a reasonable amount. (12 hours over two nights) So was able to keep focussed.

What went wrong.

• I Would have liked to have more time for music.
• Gameplay could have had more depth and variation, but my focus was on story, so that’s fine.
• Finding people to test your game in the last 12 hours of the competition is hard. I need to find some people to test my game before the competition starts next time.

You can play my game here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=5496

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=5496

I would have liked to spend 3 more hours on this for polishing, but I’m afraid I am going to create more mistakes than I am going to solve in this state…

I have a submittable version of my game finished and I’d like to hear as many thoughts as possible now that I can still change stuff. Note that the full story is already in the game and all that needs to be added is more puzzles, so huge SPOILER ALERT.

I can’t seem to post any links, so click on my name which will take you to my submition page, I believe, the demo is over there.

My game is going to be called “Orange.” I’m in a mysterious mood so I’m not going to reveal anything on the story yet, but here is the first song of the soundtrack. There may be more if I have time. But this fits the overall mood of the game well enough.

Now it’s time for breakfast!