{"author_name":"AgentParsec","cat":"LD #33","comments":[{"author_name":"fmdud","time":"August 24, 2015 3:36 pm","epoch":1440448560,"text":"Really enjoyed this game! Looking forward to seeing more next time.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1440447780,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"13826","p_author":"AgentParsec","p_authorkey":"12468","p_urlkey":"49088","p_title":"Beast Of The Woods \u2014 Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440447780","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"12468","us_name":"AgentParsec","us_username":"\/author\/agentparsec\/","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"

I think this is one of\u00a0my better Ludum Dare entries!\u00a0 I’ve been learning a lot from doing these, and I hope it shows.<\/p>\n

Beast Of The Woods<\/a><\/p>\n

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GOOD THINGS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Music:\u00a0 As always, I think I did well\u00a0capturing the tense atmosphere here, with the music that escalates as you get closer to your prey.<\/li>\n
  2. Sound:\u00a0 I made all of my own sound effects for this, and had to get creative.\u00a0 For the footstep sounds, I crinkled together some brown packing paper with a plastic bag.\u00a0 For the gunshot, I recorded a hand clap and modified it slightly.\u00a0 Everything else was modified vocal recordings.\u00a0 I’m beginning to think I’m getting good at making monster sounds, based on this and my Dreamshift<\/a> entry a few LDs back.<\/li>\n
  3. AI:\u00a0 The humans have the most advanced AI I’ve programmed to date.\u00a0 Granted, I’m not much of a programmer, and I’m sure others could make better AI, but given the timeframe I was working with, I was extremely pleased with the results.\u00a0 I got the humans’ movement and decisions to feel somewhat natural.\u00a0 I also decided within the last 6 hours to modify it to allow more than one human out at a time, and was relieved that I managed to implement it without having to change much.\u00a0 This is also the first time I’ve gotten pathfinding to work reasonably well (Downbeat<\/a> had some issues).<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    BAD THINGS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Graphics:\u00a0 Always an issue for me.\u00a0 I got the lighting and stuff to come out okay, but I’m still not good at making textures.\u00a0 Hence, all of the pixelated ones in the game.\u00a0 One of these days I’ll get better at that, I hope.<\/li>\n
    2. AI:\u00a0 There were still a few more things in the AI that I would have liked to tweak to make certain parts more unpredictable, but with the deadline looming I just decided there wouldn’t be time to mess with it anymore.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

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      Overall though, I’m quite pleased with the results, and I hope others are as well.\u00a0 If anyone can kill all 18 humans in the game (I did it once myself, so I know it’s possible), let me know!<\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2015 3:23 pm","title":"Beast Of The Woods \u2014 Post-Mortem"}