It feels really good to have it out there. This is my first “finished” game, for how unpolished Keyboard Slap is.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately a lot of features that I had originally coded to be implemented later weren’t able to be used. The big one is the dynamic bars\/meter\/BPM calculation with automatically adjusting markers. The game ended up taking place in a single time. Next time I ought to get a bit of each core segment finished, then build them up. I know I “skipped” a lot of features of Libgdx, just to keep within my comfort zone and spend more time coding instead of reading. Typically I’ll spend more time learning how to use a feature than actually using it, due to my inexperience. For example, creating little blocks of color to stretch around, I could have generated these assets purely in Libgdx.<\/p>\n
I’m somewhat glad the “Sandbox” mode didn’t work out because it would have just cost me more time and the campaign lacks any real punishment, so it can act as a Sandbox if the player ignores the prompts. I’m also fairly happy with how it looks. The font is kinda wonky, but I know this looks WAY better than if I had attempted real art. Freesound.org really came through with me as far as drum and metronome samples.<\/p>\n
I really hope some people have fun with this!<\/p>","time":"August 25th, 2013 8:24 pm","title":"Submission thoughts"}