Our lost giant asking for help on the nearest village.

I made Project Peace with one thing in mind: violence-free. In other words, I wanted to make a game with zero violence. I have been trying to do that for a while now (at least to have good ideas) and I already had an idea in mind which fitted this name, but it was far more complex and couldn’t be made in 48 hours.

Well, on the first day I had no idea what to make, I didn’t expect the theme “Tiny Worlds” at all and it caught me off guard. So, I had a few game genres in mind and one of them was, of course, platformer. Though, I knew this was a hard one to make and was trying to avoid it, I had this idea of a giant person smashing tiny people’s buildings… or fighting off Godzilla (or something) to defend them. But that would include lots of violence and, again, I was trying to avoid it. So I decided that instead of smashing their buildings, this giant would ask them for help, to return to his home, and on the way he would find out clues and little pieces of information that would lead to an ultimate outstanding truth… which you shall find out playing it.

It’s a very small game. I wasted many hours on coding the basics and thinking about what should I do for a game. On the last couple hours I started to freak out and include the stuff I judged more important to add (unfortunately good features were left out – moving tiny persons, for instance) and the code that was somewhat organized then exploded into trash (ok, only one class, I swear!). In the end it turned out more as a short story than a game, because I didn’t have enough time on my hands to add fun features.

In the end, I am very happy that I managed to finish a game for Ludum Dare on my first try! I was scarred until the last minute that I wouldn’t be able to deliver a full game because I tied the last loose ends on that moment and I wouldn’t be able to submit it if that wasn’t done. I don’t even care if it gets low rates, I will certainly do better next time with all this experience I just got!

Thanks for everyone that participated and spectated. I can’t wait to try all your games out on the next weeks!

Let the games begin! =)