Judge, Jury, and Executable is done! (post-mortem)

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If you like ultra-simple games with some dark humor, check out my game.  It’s about putting life and death decisions into the hands of a very buggy old executable on a starship’s computer.  Only takes about a minutes to play.

Very brief post-mortem:

This game was fun to make, but it’s obviously not very ambitious from a technical point of view. ***WARNING*** PATHETIC EXCUSE COMING IN 3…2…1…

I was sick the entire weekend, and wasn’t sure I’d be able to participate in LD at all. I was feeling iffy Friday evening, so I decided to go for it but with an ultra simple game. That way I could spend most of the weekend resting and still get something done. So in the words of one of the greatest scientists of my generation, “I didn’t have time to paint it, or build it to scale.”

The tone of the writing came out the way I wanted. I definitely entertained myself. Hopefully others will find it amusing also.

Other than three marginally different endings, it’s really only got enough material for a single playthrough. I may add more later.

Overall, I’d call my first full LD (have done two mini’s also) a success. Next time I hope to be feeling well enough to take on a project that’s more demanding.

Comments

jhell
20. Apr 2015 · 00:48 UTC
Sorry to hear about your illness. One of my ideas was to go for a text-based game, so I’ll definitely give yours a shot (but tomorrow, after a little sleep ^^) !
20. Apr 2015 · 02:29 UTC
Thanks. My asthma was bad this weekend, but I was able to work through it. If the theme had been “companion”, I was seriously thinking about making a game about my inhaler and me…a platformer where the hero can’t run or jump, moves really slow, and has to take breaks all the time. :)