{"author_name":"lilinx","cat":"LD #28","comments":[{"author_name":"lilinx","time":"December 22, 2013 2:35 pm","epoch":1387740900,"text":"ho yeah and in the course of the jam, I purchased my Construct 2 license, because I had reached the limitations of the free edition. So now I’m a proud supporter of this awesome middleware.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1387740300,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"34132","p_author":"lilinx","p_authorkey":"28339","p_urlkey":"69677","p_title":"Post-mortem, YOGO Submarines","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1387740300","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"28339","us_name":"lilinx","us_username":"lilinx","event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"text":"

Before I comply to the exotic LD tradition of self-analysis, allow me to express my disapproval of such a choice of words, “Post-mortem”, to name the telling of one’s game development. Deeds are not dead things, and dog-latin unfunny jokes are bad nerdery. Ladies and gentlemen, \u00a0<\/a>let’s proceed.<\/p>\n

Ha yes,\u00a0you may want to play the game, first<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

 <\/p>\n

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

– I made a game. This game does somethings to your brain (actually, may lead to mental exhaustion if played too seriously).<\/p>\n

– Similar games may exist, but I never played them. So I had no “model” to emulate, and that made my weekend challenging and therefore, enjoyable.<\/p>\n

– Game looks decent enough to allow the players to focus on the gameplay.<\/p>\n

– I like how the idea links to the theme.<\/p>\n

– Technically, I learned a lot.<\/p>\n

– I’m going to re-use this one-earbud-each idea in all kind of games and art projects<\/p>\n

\"3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

– Making a 2 players game by myself, so I couldn’t really test it in real conditions. And because of this :<\/p>\n

– Default settings and rules are not optimized (e.g. game would be more suspenseful if the aim was to reach a score limit, the game board should be larger with more squares…).<\/p>\n

– Most people here play solo, so they can’t get a precise idea of how playing really feels like<\/p>\n

– Some of the sounds get unpleasant over time<\/p>\n

\"2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dreamingly listing the features of an hypothetical future build<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Built-in sound generator (kinda sfxr). New sounds generated for each game. The sounds are : abstract, very different from each other, and nice to listen to.<\/p>\n

– Collectable upgrades that change the course of the game (for example : suddendly randomize the other player’s sounds)<\/p>\n

– Fully customisable game rules (mine behaviour, level size, number of players, etc…)<\/p>\n

– More music tracks<\/p>\n

– Generally nicer looking<\/p>\n

– Tutorial<\/p>\n

– Extra modes : cooperative, adventure, solo, treasure hunt, king of the hill, turn-based…[EDIT] Counter-strike with terrorist submarines! [EDIT] UNDERWATER BOMBERMAN!!! PACMAN BUT WITH SUMBARINES!!! TOMB RAIDER MODE!!!! YOGO SUBMARINES GONE HOME!!!<\/p>","time":"December 22nd, 2013 2:25 pm","title":"Post-mortem, YOGO Submarines"}