What began as a simple help-wanted ad for a visual novel (or an RPG, in case one specific theme was selected) I was supposed to make turned into something else. Nevertheless, the fruits of my first ever Ludum Dare collaborative project (i.e. a team with 3 or more developers) proved to be impressive.

As stated before, I posted a help-wanted ad that called for a 2D artist and a composer. This then turned into something else when the programmer suggested that Unity should be the game engine of choice for a team effort. My reaction? Just go with the flow; I still have my skills that could prove useful to the development of the game. Then... the theme for Ludum Dare 39 was revealed... "running out of power".

And thus, Power Town: Dr. Merdioneth's Attack! was born. The programmer is from India, the music composer is a Singaporean, and the 3D artist is a Swede. Due to time zone differences, efficiency was the name of the game. We communicated on Discord to contribute and suggest stuff. Since game narrative is my main forte, I wrote the game's story, which details the adventures of a nameless robot wandering the streets of Power Town looking for his girlfriend in the midst of a major blackout. I also contributed to the game's basic design, whose basis is the programmer's decision to create a procedurally-generated dungeon.

The game, as expected, was completed and completed within 72 hours. Then comes the playing and evaluation part. In the midst of general laziness, fickle local weather conditions, having to attend to more important home tasks and errands, and a nasty vertigo that struck me on the final day of the evaluation phase, I tried my best to be as fastidious as possible in playing and rating other games.

And now, the cat's outta the bag. Here are the results for Power Town: Dr. Merdioneth's Attack!

And if ever you want to play it yourself, here's the link: https://red-kay.itch.io/power-town-dr-merdioneths-attack

'Til the next Dare.

(Cross-post: http://jollysword.livejournal.com/156180.html)