{"author_name":"CharlesK","cat":"LD #31","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 8, 2014 7:20 am","epoch":1418041200,"text":"Wow, super impressive, always have a huge soft spot for cleverly made randomly generated stealth games! I hope you do finish this, looks nice.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1418041020,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"22714","p_author":"CharlesK","p_authorkey":"41345","p_urlkey":"58091","p_title":"Cyberpunk Escape \u2014 Can you play the \u2018Entire Game on one Screen\u2019?","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1418041020","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"41345","us_name":"CharlesK","us_username":"charlesk","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

You are the Cyberpunk! <\/em><\/p>\n

You must run, sneak, and battle your way out of the city.<\/em><\/p>\n

Good Luck Punk!<\/em><\/p>\n

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I put a twist on the theme and passed the responsibility on to the players. There are secondary screens in the game — in the form of computer terminals, databanks, and automated kiosks located throughout the city.<\/em> These additional screens are useful for info, maps, and hacking, but there is a utility cost for their use. If the player decides to use these screens it will cost the player time, money, and might even alert the authorities to the player’s current location. A veteran player or an achievement hunter might try to play the ‘Entire Game on One Screen’…<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this game was too big for a 48 hour game jam. But I did manage to create some very cool stuff!<\/p>\n

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Random Map Generator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a sample from the city’s random map generator that I programmed:<\/p>\n

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Randomly generated city map.<\/p><\/div>\n

The randomly generated city streets include intersections, dead ends, and open spaces. It’s a mix of organized city planning and general chaos. It creates a very maze-like map with enough twists and turns to confound players.<\/p>\n

The algorithm also tries to remove remote islands (red Xs), but as you can see, it still needs work. Overall, I’m very happy with this — it can be used for other games to generate cities, dungeons, and maybe even railroads. But as useful as this tool is, I went down the rabbit hole on this one. Working it out took up most of my time.<\/p>\n

The aim was for re-playability, but with only 48 hours, I should have just quickly made a single map.<\/p>\n

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3-D Figures<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the enemies (and citizens), I did some 3d modelling.<\/p>\n

Basic human figure:<\/p>\n