Okay, it’s been a while since Ludlum dare and I thought I may as well do one of these as I have some time on my hands.<\/p>\n
So here is what I think of my game :<\/p>\n
Graphics<\/strong> If I had more time though, I would of spent even more time on the graphics. I would of probably made the tiles 16×16 so I could add more detail in and maybe add more effects.<\/p>\n Gameplay<\/strong> I had this idea in mind a few hours into the competition and just sort of went with it, and I hope people liked it as I did. But I do think over time, I will understand more about game design and level design so they will get better in the future.<\/p>\n Sound<\/strong> Cross Compatibility<\/strong> Overall<\/strong> So that’s what I think of my game,and maybe if you haven’t checked it out yourself you can do a quick play now?<\/p>\n Play Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n Tags: cryptix<\/a>, first<\/a>, game<\/a>, im<\/a>, where<\/a><\/p>","time":"January 9th, 2012 1:23 pm","title":"I\u2019m Where \u2013 Post Mortem"}
\n I thought graphics were the strongest part of the game as they were the parts I spent most time perfecting (to my style). It may be really common to have that style of tiles or whatever but I really wanted to have a go at creating a low-res game and I thought they were okay at the end.<\/p>\n
\n The gameplay was bearable in my mind, it wasn’t too complex(well I don’t think so), and I didn’t try and make it really hard for the player either. But I have a long way to go with gameplay ideas, as this is my first ever game, so it won’t be great.<\/p>\n
\n The sounds in the game were pretty much rushed because I wanted them in the game, but didn’t have enough time to perfect them. This also goes with the music, if I done it again I would of spent maybe an hour longer on this to make sure it suited the mood.<\/p>\n
\n I thought I had this under control, as I knew LOVE2D would work on Mac, Windows and Linux. But for some reason when I was compiling some windows users were having trouble playing. As far as I could tell from researching the problems it was to do with old integrated graphics and some could be probably fixed by updating the drivers. But oh well, maybe next time I’ll properly test an engine before I do another 48hour competition. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
\n Mainly, I think the game went well because as I said it is my first game and to me any good comment makes it worthwhile. I did it to try and help me learn LOVE2D better and it did! The idea of Ludum Dare is very effective and helped me more in them 2 days more than my whole time with the engine.<\/p>\n