Taking about an hour at the start of the compo to both work out and think, I ended up basically going in two directions:<\/p>\n
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- A\u00a0falling sand<\/a>\u00a0style game, only with discrete ‘bubbles’ with different particles \/ physics<\/li>\n
- A\u00a0puzzle platformer<\/a>\u00a0based around portals that split you into two realities you play at the same time<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
Of the two, the second has the advantages of 1) actually sounding like a game (that’s always been my problem with falling sand style simulations) and 2) being much easier to code. I’ve worked on falling sand style games before (Sandbox<\/a>) and they take a lot of tuning to get reasonable performance. Certainly worth doing… but not the best idea for a 48 hour time window.<\/p>\n
So of course I’m going with option A.
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<\/p>\n About 6 hours in, and so far this is what I have:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n You can click and drag the blocks around and the sand will from from box to box. At first, I was trying to figure out goals where you could–for example–use water in one box to put out fire in another. But right at the end, I had an even better idea (hopefully not just the long day talking): SANDBOX BATTLE! Basically, some sort of multiplayer \/ AI madness, where you are trying to steal the other box’s sand before they can steal yours… I’m going to have to think about that…<\/p>\n
Anyways, if you’d like to see a bit more (some of the cooler bits of the code, along with a functioning prototype), head over to my blog: Ludum Dare 30: Sandbox Battle! @ jverkamp.com<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 23rd, 2014 12:35 am","title":"Sandbox Battle!"}
- A\u00a0puzzle platformer<\/a>\u00a0based around portals that split you into two realities you play at the same time<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n