Originally posted at: irl.motd.org

Following the panic that was the final week of term (including approximately 20 deadlines across 3 years of Computing Science students), it’s time to relax and write a game in 48 hours again. The theme this time is: “You are the Villain”. I figured a lot of people would go for games where you’re meant to run round knocking over old ladies and generally being a nuisance to society so the angle I’m taking is that you are a villain, but you’re not very good at it and you’re about to get caught.

In LD22 I taught myself Python and PyGame and in LD24 I taught myself ncurses. This time round, I’m trying 3D graphics programming with WebGL using three.js.

So far I have a floor and a player (the player is the sphere):

The aim for the player is going to be to avoid the locations on the floor where the police are actively searching (sort of like a reverse whack-a-mole). Scoring will be based on how long you are able to avoid capture. Due to the force field around the city, you are not able to leave, so capture is going to happen eventually. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.