{"author_name":"useless","cat":"LD #22","comments":[],"epoch":1324236720,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"60709","p_author":"useless","p_authorkey":"504605","p_urlkey":"96462","p_title":"Total burnout, game submitted","p_cat":"LD #22","p_event":"LD22","p_time":"1324236720","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504605","us_name":"useless","us_username":"useless","event_start":"1323993600","event_key":"8","event_name":"LD22"},"text":"

Ugh. I reached a total brick wall (hehe) and couldn’t think of anything to do with the game. I realized that I would have to make a lot<\/em>\u00a0more gimmicks in order to keep the dungeon interesting, and I simply don’t have the time to implement all of that. So, I’m releasing it as-is<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I did, however, learn a lot from the competition this time around. jMonkeyEngine is a bit impractical for 2D games with very basic entity behavior, but it can be done, and it is otherwise fairly robust. I feel as though if I had the time, I could very easily create a full, 3D game on the engine. I also learned how to do physical collision using ray-casting, and for the most part, the implementation in the game works perfectly (except for a little exploit that I wonder if many people will find… it was very fun to play with in testing).<\/p>\n

If I hadn’t decided to build the game for the purpose of learning jME as opposed to taking an easy route and using Swing or Slick (like Notch is doing), I probably would have made it far more complex and long.<\/p>\n

Oh well. It was fun, and I’ll try to compete in the April competition if AP studies don’t get in the way.<\/p>\n

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Tags: burnout<\/a>, jmonkeyengine<\/a>, post-mortem<\/a>, submission<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 18th, 2011 2:32 pm","title":"Total burnout, game submitted"}