Starlight is an experimental story-based experience that explores the story of a mysterious being known as “The Cosmonaut” and the fictional past, present, and future of our own solar system. Oh, and it has voice acting, which we think is really neat. Why don’t you give it a try? You can play it here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=34877

It’s worth noting that due to the nature of the game, the file is about 48 MB, so we don’t have a web port available. However, we do have ports available for Windows, OS/X, and Linux.

And finally, if you’d prefer to search for Starlight, keep in mind that this particular game is created by PixelFeet. Stephenhaney made a game for the compo that is also called Starlight and it’s worth checking out, too.

Play and rate Starlight by PixelFeet here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=34877

Alrighty, then. Time for my first postmortem. This was PixelFeet’s first Ludum Dare, and we entered the game “Winter is Coming . . .” into the jam (and for the sake of SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION, you can play it here). We are a group of high school seniors who, more than anything, wanted to participate in something that would force us to make a game instead of just talking about it. We went into this almost completely blind: I barely knew how to write code in Haxe, our “producer” went on a road trip, our graphics design guy joined the team because he was the only person we could find that didn’t not want to make sprite art, and our musician wasn’t even on the team until Sunday when we realized, “Crap! We don’t have music!” Fun, right? Here’s our story.

We started out as little seedlings, or some such figurative nonsense. View more images here.

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