So, i finished this game at 1:30 . afterwards i barely remember how much effort i put on the legs to go to bed.

This was fun! it was my first entry to Ludum Dare, and i didn’ t know it was this much fun!

These 2 days let me think a lot about the effort i can put in things i enjoy.

Well, i don’ t mean saying that these 48 hours were idilliac. aou contraire!

I spent a lot of time wondering why some basic functions of the game weren’ t working. An example is the collision system. At the end i had to compromise, and use the full sprite as a collision box, so good bye depth and perspective.  But the time consumption was done, so i couldn’ t make sounds, music, animations or improve the art a bit ( i am not really horrible with drawing, but i need a lot of time for that :S).

on the last hours, i was attacked by sleepines, and i had to make the starting title screen and the gameOver screen. you can see the result

they have some charm , i guess….

also

there were times when i wanted to just give up , thinking i could do it the next Ludum dare  with a greater preparation.

Today i am really happy to have resisted the temptation to do so.  even with the compromises, and the absence of polishing, i am really satisfied by what i’ ve done. And i learned a lot of useful things, like:

-Know better your tools. i had an hard time with the jaws library because i didn’ t practice in depth with it ( an example is the collision system). Also, you should be sure that the library you choose has a fair amount of documentation. Jaws library at the moment doesn’ t have a huge community support, so it was difficult to find a solution to my problems. createJS could have been a better choice, but at the moment i am not very fond of it ( i found about createJS a day before LD, too much late :S)

-Make your code REUSABLE. Even if it’ s something obvious, i understimated this tip a bit too much.  i could have written a lot less code, but oh well..

-make a a fair amount of breaks. they help you organize your thoughts.

that said, i hope you will have fun with my submission. good Ludum dare to everyone, 😀

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play the game here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=18332