{"author_name":"Dr. Mo","cat":"LD #23","comments":[],"epoch":1335123240,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"56662","p_author":"Dr. Mo","p_authorkey":"8780","p_urlkey":"92411","p_title":"Gameplay Complete","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1335123240","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8780","us_name":"Dr. Mo","us_username":"dr-mo","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"

One more post here before I submit. I thought I’d have serious trouble getting a halfway playable game done in 48 hours, but I kept it simple and I like how it turned out. I decided against health bars for the structures since it’s more challenging if they get disabled in one hit. I finally had to add some real GML code for the draw functions for the radar. It’s tricky because Game Maker’s built-in GUI functionality falls apart if the camera rotates. I had to write code to move and rotate the radar and everything on it around the level to keep up with where the camera is currently pointing.<\/p>\n

The game is basically complete and submittable now. In the next few hours, I plan to write a little bit of music for this, and maybe add some more variety after that if there’s time left.<\/p>\n

Todo: Game title, title screen, music, player health bar, bomb explosion sprite, more structures to defend, more enemy types<\/p>\n

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