{"author_name":"josh1billion","cat":"LD #30","comments":[],"epoch":1408910460,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"27086","p_author":"josh1billion","p_authorkey":"41739","p_urlkey":"62524","p_title":"Finished my entry: Ghostly Worlds","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1408910460","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"41739","us_name":"josh1billion","us_username":"josh1billion","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"<p>It&#8217;s done!  I didn&#8217;t make this to win (clearly), but I made it to try out the competition process, as this is my first time participating in Ludum Dare.  I spent around 6 hours total on the game.<\/p>\n <p>The biggest flaws:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Not much creativity in regards to the theme &#8212; I just wanted to start right away, so I didn&#8217;t spend much time trying to come up with an interesting concept<\/li>\n <li>Lots of bugs.  Introducing random level generation, and not spending much time on it, means levels are sometimes unwinnable.<\/li>\n <li>Boring gameplay.  The concept is just really simple.<\/li>\n <li>Bad art.<\/li>\n <li>The code is very poorly organized as a result of being rushed.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>That said, I was happy to create something that&#8217;s &#8220;complete&#8221; in the sense that it has these components:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Title screen<\/li>\n <li>Game over screen<\/li>\n <li>Multiple levels (all randomly generated)<\/li>\n <li>Sound effects<\/li>\n <li>Music<\/li>\n <li>Very basic AI (if you can even call it that)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>I was also happy to add a few special effects, even though they don&#8217;t serve much purpose: lights, zoom, etc.  These are part of my work-in-progress graphics engine.<\/p>\n <p>Anyway, here are some links:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Josh1billion\/ludum30game\/raw\/master\/GhostlyWorlds.jar\">GhostlyWorlds.jar<\/a> &#8211; the binary.  Works on Windows, Linux, Mac.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Josh1billion\/ludum30game\">Source code<\/a><\/p>\n <p><img src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jIng58l.png\" \/><\/p>","time":"August 24th, 2014 3:01 pm","title":"Finished my entry: Ghostly Worlds"}