Minion #4 by cwalter5

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made by cwalter5 for LD25 (COMPO)
Not bad for my first attempt and the first game I ever made with Crafty.js. I probably wasted the first 12 hours just trying to think of a theme. I also had decided to sleep and not work myself up over this so, I probably got in between 8 - 10 hours each day I was working on this. Oh, I also retaught myself how to play piano, sampled my son for monster sounds, and cursed myself for only having FLStudio and Audacity installed. They got the job done, but compared to some of the audio tools I've used in the past they are pretty terrible.

I was however pretty impressed with the Gimp and although I can't say the textures were fantastic, it held up much better than I had expected.

I'm happy with my progress, but very disappointed that I hadn't created a level large enough to kill my i7 until I started working on level 3 and decided I should actually make it challenging. I don't think I would have been able
to diagnose what was causing issues with crafty in the time needed anyways.

Seems like most web based engines choke when you use are large number of block assets (mine are 16x16) which is one of the reasons I had ended up steering away from Three.js. Hopefully, I can figure out what I'm doing wrong before I attempt another one of these, or otherwise I might have to switch back to Java or .Net to keep things playable.

Finally, this project has made me realize how much I miss doing this sort of work, and how good I could be at it if I got the time. I haven't done any serious recording in 6 years, nor have I done any serious image manipulation either. I just wish I knew of some better free tools as I've been out of the game so long I don't even know what is worth paying for and at $500+ for most serious packages, I can't afford to buy a second rate solution.

Ratings

Coolness 24% 1027
Overall 1.86 763
Fun 1.62 759
Graphics 1.93 701
Innovation 1.86 729
Theme 2.33 666

Feedback

dvdking
17. Dec 2012 · 15:03 UTC
It works very slow for me, sometimes it is something about 3 fps or less
Logun
17. Dec 2012 · 15:47 UTC
Very slow, I didn't understand what I have exactly to do (I die very quickly), but music are cool, and sfx so funny ! :D
loren
17. Dec 2012 · 17:54 UTC
Pretty slow here too. I liked the dialogue and art style though. The burning, it burns!
GeorgeBroussard
18. Dec 2012 · 03:44 UTC
Echo people's comments above.
robashton
18. Dec 2012 · 12:46 UTC
It's a bit slow, but made bearable if you make the window smaller (consider a fixed size next time)

The collision detection is a bit glitchy too, I got stuck in the walls a few times.

I liked the writing though, dumb minion #4...
monomanio
19. Dec 2012 · 13:14 UTC
At level 3 its super laggy. The dialog was fun though :)
Per
19. Dec 2012 · 19:04 UTC
Jumped outside the level :)
It could be quite a fun platformer if you just fix the fps issues ;)
PapyGaragos
19. Dec 2012 · 19:22 UTC
hyper laggy, and i don't have any sounds :/ I liked the texts though
gnx
20. Dec 2012 · 22:58 UTC
Very glitchy movement for some reason. Graphical style is ok, and the text exposition creates interest in what is going on.
Wuhao
24. Dec 2012 · 04:57 UTC
Level3 is very laggy, if i jump i gets stuck in the terrain, I also fell into enternal darkness. Music is cool though
Gareth Jenkins
27. Dec 2012 · 10:34 UTC
It's very easy to break out of the level. I fell. A lot. Was spooky doing so though ;)
azurenimbus
05. Jan 2013 · 05:38 UTC
It need some polish before we can see how well the game works, but I like where you're going with this.

I also think I had significant performance issues.