Well this is my first LD, so I intended to do a prep weekend. I’ve never tried to code a game before (from start to finish). Though I program every day at work, it is mostly data analysis and portal websites. What I didn’t know was that LD warm up is something of a tradition and a damn good idea. It even comes replete with a random theme assigner.

So, I got Narration.
Game Ideas

Employing KISS principles, I think that I’ll do a simple puzzle game based off a the idea of enacting a story.

• Player is a ball which can push other objects round a maze
• There are various coloured exits to a level
• When the level starts the ‘Narrator’ will say something like “Then our hero pushed the red block through the blue exit’
• Level is complete when the red block goes out the blue exit

That should cause me to use the basic tools and skills I’ll need for next week end.

Tags: LD22, warmup