So I finally did it!

After a slow start coming up with an idea for the theme, i finally found my groove and worked towards finishing my game.

There are a million things I wish I had done differently, things that I needed cut to make the experience feel more cohesive, things that i intended to polish up but didn’t have time, and things that i probably should have taken out.  Audio also took a back seat this time, and i know that’s going to dent the overall experience, but i really was close to the wire as it was. Maybe i’ll have time to put it in a Jam version.

My take on the theme is as follows;

“You play the role of a magical seed that is buried inside the giant mountain. Your task is to escape from the mountain’s belly and into the sky, before it closes its mouth again”

 

I deliberately limited my palette and stuck to simpler forms as this lends itself better to the rapid design approach and is fairly easy to maintain. Going with a surreal fantasy theme also let me be more bold with art style (strong contrasts, mostly white ) which I hope makes it more visually distinctive and feel less prototypey ( is that a word? ). There are so many improvements I would want to make to this mainly to the character forms, and linework, but i’m still learning, so it’s the best i could do for now

Overall, I’ve really enjoyed my second Ludum Dare ( I’m shattered though!). Interestingly, and more so than “Drum Hammer Dig”, I really feel like this game can be expanded on into a much larger experience, so i intend to come back to this game in the future.

In the meantime enjoy;

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=4202

Please let me know what you thing. What you liked and didn’t like either in the comments or on twitter @trialbyfun Thanks to you all.