Its some days after the Ludum Dare and I had some time to think about the development. As I wrote in the last post, I am happy that I finished it, but there is plenty of room for improvement.<\/p>\n
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The GUI design and graphics took me longer than expected, because I had to draw more stuff. This was because otherwise the player would not have sufficient information about the game state. A thing not to underestimate.<\/p>\n
The player mechanics were a bit more complicated than expected. This took me also longer to implement. Especially the movement of enemies and the player together (speed, timings) took a bit longer. The tweaking, though still not perfect, took a long amount of time.<\/p>\n
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I was a bit faster with the map, since the game ended up being a bit shorter than expected.<\/p>\n
I also cut away all sound, music and additional effects.<\/p>\n
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Lessons from this LD:<\/p>\n
– Planning and re-planning is a very good way to reach the goal of finishing something<\/p>\n
– Graphics can be more simple to save time for graphics<\/p>\n
– Some gameplay elements should be optional and only be implemented when there is time<\/p>\n
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You can watch me programming the game on youtube:<\/p>\n