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We are Sanojian and JFeldt. While I have done a few solo LDs before this is the first time trying the Jam and this is JFeldt’s first LD!
We will be creating an HTML5 game using:
Team:
There are some great themes this time in the final round. Its going to be fun!
I have had commitments the last few days but now I have time to add a few more features before the deadline. The game now has chat and a slightly better UI.
Still to do:
Respawn is working and so is basic account creation. So that means a public test is possible!
No king yet…
Still to do:
Networking is functioning pretty well. Implemented most of the game rules. Finished all of the tile art. Why is this going so smoothly? Could it be that after 30-odd failed games it starts to get easier?
Ready for a castle assault.
Still to come… Public demo. Ability to regain lost units. Sounds and maybe music? Lots of bug fixing.
I am making a multiplayer turn-based/RTS hybrid called MountainKing. Everyone starts with a few soldiers and fight to stand on top of the mountain where the game proclaims them king. Then a few seconds later someone knocks them off and there is a new king.
It is an HTML5 game using Craftyjs, Raphaeljs and Nodejs. I started on the graphics over the weekend since I won’t be able to compete the whole 7 days (and also because I suck at graphics).
needs a dash more evil…
Hate elves? Sure we all do. Now is your chance for revenge!
The Evil Lair Construction Set
Design your very own Evil Lair. Layout the rooms and hallways and set some treasure as bait. Curious adventurers can’t resist those shiny baubles. Raise their hopes and then have your minions close in for the kill. As if the look of terror on their little faces is not precious enough, they often carry a few coins in their pockets as a bonus.
More treasure will lure more and stronger adventurers such as:
Set traps, raise the dead and generally be awful.
I have done three Ludum Dares and finished three games. For that I am very happy. However, none of these games were very “fun”. I seem to have the mechanics down so I will do some soul searching this time around to see if I can find the fun. This game design stuff seems easy but it is really hard!
Okay so my game was pretty-much impossibly difficult to win and confusing to boot. Lesson learned. I made some tweaks and uploaded a new version under a different link “Playable Version” so as not to be confused with my entry version. Please try it! (and then ignore it because you should only vote on my entry version)
Now with more love
Things tweaked:
This has been my second LD attempt and my second completed game!
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
All things considered, another enjoyable experience. Looking forward to the next one!
LD22 was my first attempt and I actually finished a game! Was it a fun game? That is up for debate but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. My goal for LD23 is to increase the fun level and increase my standing in the scoring. I landed square in the middle of the pack for LD22.
Mantra: Keep it simple! Focus on fun!
Postmortem of “Lonely Island”, my first Ludum Dare entry.
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=7542
The Good
I decided before the compo I would not make a game about killing things (having kids changes your thinking). This helped me come up with something original (for me anyway). Okay, so you kill the trees and you kill the fish when you cook it but hey, baby steps.
I took lots of breaks, got enough sleep, and ate healthy. I think this made a big difference in my stress level. I wasn’t even feeling that stressed when Sunday came and I still didn’t know what my game was going to be about.
I found an animation template that helped immensely. My programmer graphics perhaps went from fugly to “charmingly ugly”. I probably would have spend the whole two days just adjusting pixels to make the guy walk without it.
The Bad
I made the n00b mistake of committing my pre-competition thoughts to either Random Generation or Evolution themes, both having great possibilities. I never thought Alone would win. So when it did my mind went blank. “How can I make an original game about being alone? That’s like 90% of games already out there.” I spent Saturday just making a generic game and hoping inspiration would hit me. That might explain why you saw down trees by umm, punching them?
I waited until late the last night (GMT+1 here) to make most of my sounds. My kids were sleeping in the next room and I was exhausted. Not the ideal environment for trying to voice hilarious dialog. Next time I will do this during the day and leave quiet night-time for coding and graphics.
Not enough playtesting. I got my wife to stop rolling her eyes long enough to try the game a couple of times so that helped. Myself, I only played in easy mode (everything costs 1 log) to test all the features because building the boat over and over got tedious. When your own game gets tedious to play after just a few times that should tell you something. I missed the message because building the boat is still tedious.
Got too used to seeing my placeholder graphics for terrain. The only piece of terrain that wasn’t created in the first 3 minutes of the compo is the freshwater, which is exactly one tile out of 300. I should have looked at it with a more citical eye. Spending just 20 minutes on terrain would have made the game look much better.
The Ugly
Not this time. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Can’t wait for the next one!
