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<\/p>\n So after days of sleep, i want to post my resume. <\/p>\n
This was my first LD and i’m still exited, i have done a lot of stuff, but also wasted hours\u00a0with some aspects of the game.<\/p>\n
Good part:<\/strong><\/p>\n I created a shader tilemap system, that allow me to show up to 4096×4096 tiles in real-time, so a zoom to the whole map don’t effect the\u00a0performance. (The map in the game has only 256\u00b2 tiles, but you can change this in the source code, if you want to try it out)<\/p>\n Afterwards i extended\u00a0the engine with a 2d raytracer for light and shadow calculations (this was the risky part). And voila it looks very interesting.<\/p>\n Because the map data is saved as image and i don’t have many experiences with map generation, i added a map editor and integrated it into the game, too. This was easier as i thought, the only “time-eater” was the “tile-connection” algorithm, it produced many hard code.<\/p>\n It is also possible to create\/modify content (enemies, items) via “.ini”-files. So everybody can\u00a0easily expand the game, without watching in the code.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bad part:<\/strong><\/p>\n For\u00a0the first time i created some music and i wasted to much time on finding a good\/simple music program (yes i searched during the game jam ^^’). After all i\u00a0came to the realization, that i don’t have any composing skills, so i tried out many generators and\u00a0surprisingly i created some interesting loops, i combined them and changed the instruments via midi tool and in the end i created 3 titles,\u00a0which do not sound so bad. But next time, i will be more\u00a0experienced in\u00a0this part.<\/span><\/p>\n I integrated to\u00a0many game play elements (like items, enemies, stats) to late, so i lost much potential\u00a0for\u00a0the game. I integrated for example the item’s, 0.5h before LD ended. >.<<\/p>\n I love pixel art, but i’m not this talented yet, so i spend a lot of time in just a few sprites. For the future, i think i must find a simpler style to create more content.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bad or Good part?!<\/strong><\/p>\n I was sleeping about 6h the whole jam, this was interesting, but next time i think i will just better plan my game schedule.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally<\/b>\u00a0the Game:<\/strong><\/p>\n The screenshots are “post\u00a0game jam”, because i added a few new features afterwards, but you can play both versions :):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The in-game editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n Game Jam entry:<\/strong><\/p>\n ![\"screen12\"](\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/screen123.png\")
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