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Post-mortem

Firstly, I had a lot of trouble with the theme. I wasted 26 hours of the competition trying to come up with a decent yet feasible (to finish within the remaining time) idea. However, once I knew what I was going for, the bulk of the game was finished with around 10 hours left.

I went on to add sound effects, but when I got to making background music, I just couldn’t get anything decent that I decided to scrap background music after wasting maybe 5-6 hours trying a bunch of things. This left me with very little time for smaller details I had wanted to add in, such as power ups.

The only power up I managed to get done was the shield. I had a grappling hook functional (It would shoot up and carry you several platforms up) but it was a bit buggy and would have ruined the quality of the game. That wasted time on the grappling hook could have added a first aid kit of sorts which I had also planned.

Overall I’m happy with the finished product, but of course there were things I should’ve spent less time on (background music) to make room for things that I was more confident I’d be able to properly implement. In a nutshell, it was (like always) a hectic 48 hours. However, it was very enjoyable and definitely worth it.

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