{"author_name":"Hyde Wyvern","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"Nsmurf","time":"November 28, 2012 3:08 pm","epoch":1354133280,"text":"Glad you love jamming! Are you in for the Big LD?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Hyde Wyvern","time":"November 28, 2012 5:00 pm","epoch":1354140000,"text":"Have you tried Right- Click >Save Link As??","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1354132260,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"51071","p_author":"Hyde Wyvern","p_authorkey":"17690","p_urlkey":"86764","p_title":"Post-Mortem: \u00a1My First Entry Ever! The Charity Game Jam & An old ghost tale","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1354132260","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"17690","us_name":"Hyde Wyvern","us_username":"hyde-wyvern","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"

Ever since I was a kid I had something with\u00a0video games,\u00a0whether\u00a0it was making silly card games with pieces of papers or making lame interactive stories in power point, I always looked for a way to create them…bla, bla bla! I don’t have time and nor do you to read the story of a 16th year old who always has dreamed about being a\u00a0video-game\u00a0designer, and has gone through everything form Modding to Unity 3d (which I guess is the case in many of us!) \u00a0so I’ll go to my point \":)\"<\/p>\n

When the charity game jam was first announced I told myself “Cool I’ll give it a try”…and finally, the day arrived, \u00a0November 24th at 12:00 A.M. I hadn’t read the rules or the jam’s theme until that moment. When I found out it was a NES theme I got excited and started working\u00a0immediately.<\/p>\n

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After some minutes of thinking about my game, I found this book called “Mitos y Legendas de Guatemala”<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(Myths and Legends from Guatemala) which is a compilation ghost stories and urban\u00a0legends\u00a0from my beloved country, Guatemala \ud83d\ude00 There I found this famous legend of a diabolical dog called “El Cadejo”<\/strong> who wanders the streets at midnight\u00a0looking for drunken people, whose souls he\u00a0devours. But there is another type of Cadejo, the white coated one, who instead of having a feast on it, protects the human\u00a0soul from being cursed or stolen by demons and other supernatural beings. That’s how I came out with the simple story behind my game: You’re a white Cadejo who has to protect the soul of a drunken man from incoming hordes of \u00a0black Cadejos who are trying to devour it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Since I’m not good at 2D games in Unity, I decided to use an old tool called Game Maker. Everything (except the music and sound\u00a0effects) was made from scratch for this game. The music is from ‘Retro PC Games – Tokyo Japan’ and for the sound effects I used SFXR. The barks and growls are from Nine Tails and Venusaur from Pokemon \":(\" I would have loved to use my own FXs but I don’t know a thing about creating 8-bit sounds!<\/p>\n

At the end of the post there are some screenshots of my game. You can look for it at the funkytron as “El Cadejo: A Guatemalan Horror Story”\u00a0<\/strong>or if you don’t feel like it, go directly to the mini-site<\/a>\u00a0where you can download the game (just a simple .exe ;)) and watch the first five minutes of gameplay! I’ll be adding more levels and a boss fight at the end. If you are interested, follow me on twitter (@Hyde_WS) so you can know when the update has been done.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, I LOVED the Charity Game Jam. It was a great experience and I learned a lot, I’m\u00a0definitely in for the next Ludum Dare. I hope you enjoy my game and If you feel like giving some feedback and constructive critics, please do it \":)\"<\/p>\n

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Tags: 8-bit<\/a>, 8bit<\/a>, Charity<\/a>, Charity Game Jam<\/a>, dog<\/a>, First entry<\/a>, Funkytron<\/a>, Game Maker Studio<\/a>, Guatemala<\/a>, Hyde<\/a>, nes<\/a>, pixel art<\/a>, post-mortem<\/a>, thriller<\/a>, Wyvern<\/a><\/p>","time":"November 28th, 2012 2:51 pm","title":"Post-Mortem: \u00a1My First Entry Ever! The Charity Game Jam & An old ghost tale"}