{"author_name":"Jerm","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1292805180,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67757","p_author":"Jerm","p_authorkey":"518","p_urlkey":"103560","p_title":"Island Commander Done and about 95% Complete","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292805180","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"518","us_name":"Jerm","us_username":"\/author\/jerm\/","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"<p>Ok I&#8217;m done and I&#8217;m completely shattered after staying up all last night and working like crazy right up until the submission time.<\/p>\n <p>My game is called Island Commander and it can be <a href=\"http:\/\/jerm.geek.nz\/ld19\/IslandCommander-Windows.zip\">downloaded from here<\/a>. The game is kind-of inspired by Carrier Command but with a completely different combat system. I wanted to have a story driven game so I put a bunch of cutscenes in there but they are short because I didn&#8217;t have much time to work on them (I did most of them in the last hour).<\/p>\n <p>Currently it requires Windows Vista or 7, but I&#8217;ll probably do a Linux port and make it work for XP as well.<\/p>\n <p><span id=\"more-36955\"><\/span><\/p>\n <p>The game itself is fully playable and there are cutscenes and in-game help. I didn&#8217;t really test it too much so I have no idea if it is too hard or easy (I suspect it might be too hard). There is no music or sound effects and I would have liked to have done more graphics (especially the picture for the bad guy) and a few other things as well, but overall I think there is a solid game there.<\/p>\n <p>I had heaps of fun working on this entry (although it doesn&#8217;t really feel like it right now because I&#8217;m really tired and have a bit of a headache). It was great talking to everyone on IRC (although I didn&#8217;t say much on the first day, because the chat was moving so fast I could hardly keep up).<\/p>\n <p>Next time, which I hope isn&#8217;t for a long time (say&#8230; 4 months? :)) I hope to be better prepared\u00a0 as I didn&#8217;t really have many tools or a functional library (I say this every time), and I spent a few hours at the start getting fonts into the game. Also my progress was slow on the first two days and I didn&#8217;t really start getting into it until last night and today. Perhaps if I spend more time planning, and less time watching IRC go by I would be more motivated?<\/p>\n \n <p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/tag\/final\/\" rel=\"tag\">final<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 19th, 2010 7:33 pm","title":"Island Commander Done and about 95% Complete"}