{"author_name":"ehtd","cat":"LD #28","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"December 31, 2013 7:13 pm","epoch":1388535180,"text":"I liked your entry! It’s simple and it is original.
\n The time waste sucks, but you learned about it, didn’t?
\n Thank you for making a post mortem!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1388527380,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"34047","p_author":"ehtd","p_authorkey":"11246","p_urlkey":"69592","p_title":"Post Mortem \u2013 Monster Interceptor \u2013 Making a game in 15 steps","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1388527380","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"11246","us_name":"ehtd","us_username":"ehtd","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"

I am the creator of Monster Interceptor. A game on which you control a pulsar gun, with the objective of reaching and stopping an alien invasion.<\/p>\n

\"Monster_Interceptor_Ico\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Development process<\/strong><\/p>\n

This time I wanted to reach a larger audience and tried to develop using L\u014dve instead of game maker. But as the time passed I decided to get back to game maker and reach my objective: Finish the game. Next are the steps I did:<\/p>\n

1. Get the theme – You only get one<\/p>\n

2. Brainstorming for ideas<\/p>\n

3. Sketch basic functionality of selected idea<\/p>\n

4. Install l\u014dve and run some tests.<\/p>\n

5. Implement the pulsar ray. (took a long time… 4-5 hours)<\/p>\n

6. Rant about my slow progress using lua.<\/p>\n

7. Switch to game maker!<\/p>\n

8. Implement again the pulsar ray (Just 30 minutes in game maker)<\/p>\n

9. Tweak the pulsar ray for smoothness.<\/p>\n

10. Add space exploration room<\/p>\n

11. Add menus<\/p>\n

12. Add pulsar ray eye candy (paint the trajectory of the “bullet”)<\/p>\n

13. Time to add sound effects! (And failed… skip sound effects!)<\/p>\n

14. Time to add music! success!<\/p>\n

15. Submit<\/p>\n

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What went right<\/strong><\/p>\n

– I had previously joined LD48 and knew about the time constrains and knew the submit process so there were no surprises there.<\/p>\n

– This time I tried to do a very simple idea and incrementally polish until the time was up.<\/p>\n

– Experience as a software developer allowed me to make better decisions. (Inheritance, design patterns, etc…)<\/p>\n

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What went wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Starting with l\u014dve and lua with no experience on them. Definitely a really bad decision.<\/p>\n

– Weird bug on sound effects.<\/p>\n

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The result<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is my game, I hope you enjoy playing it as much much as I did developing!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-28\/?action=preview&uid=11246<\/a><\/p>\n

\"11246-shot0\"<\/p>","time":"December 31st, 2013 5:03 pm","title":"Post Mortem \u2013 Monster Interceptor \u2013 Making a game in 15 steps"}