haXe<\/a>, a multiplatform open-source programming language for flash. javascript, java, c#, c++ and what not. I used this language because I really like it and I know a lot about it. however there are a lot of library’s to make it more easy to create a game I\u00a0usually\u00a0don’t use those because I like to program everything to the last thing, so did I this time. One if the things I worked most on was the lightning and the guards.<\/p>\n ![\"spikes\"](\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/spikes1-150x150.png\")
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I’ve had done the lightning before but how I did it before it wasn’t fast enough. This time I added a little trick to make it a lot faster and make it look even better\u00a0(it\u00a0actually isn’t).\u00a0\u00a0First I checked every 3 pixels if there was a wall, this way it showed some sort of spikes\u00a0of light in the walls.\u00a0I fixed this by making bigger steps and if it hit the wall do a amount of smaller steps back. this way it looked much smoother and also was faster. The second problem I had was the AI. It doesn’t have much of and AI. It just tries to follow the path. It is still not working very well and while creating levels I need to check if the guards are walking on a walkable spot. The guards also turn in 1 frame, so if a player is at that spot at the moment he will be caught instantly, not very fair.<\/p>\n
What went right<\/strong><\/p>\n \n - Light<\/li>\n
- Keeping my code pretty clean.<\/li>\n
- Making it not too heavy for CPU.<\/li>\n
- Found out why my maps weren’t working (old version of compiler compiled images 0x010101 darker :S)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
What went wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n
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