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Anyway, let\u2019s dive in shall we?<\/p>\n
The Good:
\n <\/b><\/p>\n \n - We’ve created a game that we find fun to play, and that will serve as the basis of a future project.<\/li>\n
- We’re happy with the overall visuals, including a parallax background.<\/li>\n
- We managed to implement ship variations with different characteristics. These include: differing health, movement, damage, and AI behaviours.<\/li>\n
- We find the ability to divert power between Shields and Firepower to be a really neat feature. We didn’t think we\u2019d get around to implementing it!<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
The Bad:<\/strong>
\n <\/b><\/p>\n \n - As a team we weren’t always on the same page. It\u2019s hard developing over Skype when tired.<\/li>\n
- There is no sound, which is a bit of a problem. Its lacking existence is definitely something we regret, and something we’ve all vowed to improve on vastly.<\/li>\n
- The planning phase is not the most intuitive system, and could really do with an overhaul.<\/li>\n
- The game would benefit greatly from a tutorial, or more in-depth instructions.<\/li>\n
- Multiple levels with a difficulty curve would have been an ideal way to introduce game systems and slowly ramp up the amount of units.<\/li>\n
- The screen is a little too tight. A wider view, or the ability to zoom in and out, would be a greatly beneficial.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
What we\u2019d like<\/em> to add:
\n <\/strong><\/p>\n \n - Music and sounds<\/i> – Bleeps and bloops and perhaps electronic \u201ctarget selected\u201d voices. That sorta thing!<\/li>\n
- Improved Movement System<\/i> \u2013 one that shows you how far the ship can move in the period of 10 seconds, to allow for more precise planning.<\/li>\n
- Ship upgrading and purchase<\/i> \u2013 An upgrade or ship purchase system between missions, perhaps with each ship having a certain amount of points to allocate between various stats and slots for upgrades.<\/li>\n
- More specialised ships <\/i>\u2013 We’d like ships to to able to use special abilities, or provide some kind of bonus when in the radius of certain other ships (or sometimes if not in a radius).<\/li>\n
- Friendly Fire<\/i> – We\u2019d like to find a middle ground. Not too much damage dealt to yourself, but there still should be the penalty. We\u2019re very into the idea of having the smallest ships not deal friendly fire to one another when fighting as a close unit.<\/li>\n
- Improved Power diversion<\/em> – The ability to divert power between Shields, Firepower, and Thrusters would be pretty rad.<\/li>\n
- Multiplayer<\/em> – Yes, multiplayer would be grand.<\/li>\n
- Radar<\/em> – This would be a nice way to figure out location of enemies and allies really quick, or incoming asteroids.<\/li>\n
- Slight Auto-aim<\/em> – It would be worthwhile for us to investigate a slight bias towards the bullet flow.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
So there we have it! We\u2019re so chuffed with the feedback we’ve received, and we can’t wait to work on the game further, right after we get another project<\/a> out the door first.<\/p>\n Ludum Dare has proven to be such a great community, and the weekend was so motivating and inspiring. It’s been a growing experience and we’ll be back for more!<\/p>\n
If you\u2019d like to play Cosmic Commander, you can do so\u00a0HERE<\/a>. Bonus points to anyone who spots a rare cameo!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n – Unorthodox Games<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","time":"August 28th, 2013 10:28 am","title":"Post Mortem: COSMIC COMMANDER"}