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\"Boblar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve got to say working tireless hours for a game is good experience for anyone, didn’t really expect to learn this much in one weekend. Boblar’s Ascension is my first Ludum Dare game (and also first game I have tried to make others play).<\/p>\n

First day:<\/p>\n

I was going to participate in local game creating club for the ludum dare event. My first thought was something along: “I’ll just tag along with some team and see how it goes”. After chatting with couple of the other devs, I decided that “I have my own game idea and I’ll roll it on my own, thanks for the support guys”. Afterwards I just went home with the idea of game where you try to pollute the planet while making as much profits as you can. I also wanted to have annoying rich guy with voice on the game so Boblar came alive. During the first game design moments I had created grid with different tile types, pollution counter & the basic gameplay. The pollution was very hard to control in the beginning and the tileart was…well over 9000 hours spent on photoshop! (1 minute per tile~)<\/p>\n

How the game looked after the first day:<\/p>\n