Tools:

Bosca Ceoli for music

Bfxr for sound effects

Haxe compiled to SWF for code

Gimp and Pixen for art

My goal for this LD is to beat my previous highest overall ranking, which was #180. For some reason I did best in the first ever LD I participated in, but after that each one after felt more like a slog and I never really enjoyed it as much and performed poorly (somewhere around #600-#800 each time).

Now I’ve studied a bit from the pros, learned some new tricks and will hopefully do better.

I switched from using Flash directly to compiling with Haxe instead, as it seems to be a better compiler. I tweaked the code-test cycle to close to minimum by using LiveReload and some glue code. Now when I write new code and save, it compiles and runs the Flash game automatically.

Here’s a Haxe minimal project and some sprite code I did as a test to warm up. Might use these as a base.

Still to rehearse before the compo starts:

• Playing sound effects w/ Haxe
• More pixel art / sketching practice
• Try to make a passable song (something that is better than silence)
• Make a simple walk cycle