{"author_name":"citizen_erased","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324247280,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"60571","p_author":"citizen_erased","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"96324","p_title":"LD22 Complete","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324247280","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

I’ve just submitted Super Square Zombie Killer<\/a> as my entry.<\/p>\n

Super Square is spawned into a very strange and dangerous world. There are no other sentient squares, only square eating zombies! Thankfully Square comes packing heat!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was probably about 24 hours work altogether, spread evenly over Saturday and Sunday. I tried to get plenty of sleep but stayed up a bit later than I had planned on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Development went smoothly but there are some features I would have liked to put in the game, but due to lack of time I decided to leave them out. Zombies just mindlessly try to move towards the player when they’re within a certain distance or have been alerted. It would be better if they would only start attacking when there is a line of sight between a zombie and the player. Another thing I thought might be add to the game is a fog of war type thing, where you can only see a certain distance around the player and you cannot see through walls.<\/p>\n

Lua was great for quick programming and hacking in unplanned features. This was my second time using the love library. It’s pretty good for this type of development, but it’s a bit buggy and its version of Box2D is quite outdated now. Overall I’m pleased with it.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a list of the tech I used:<\/p>\n