{"author_name":"sfernald","cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1282511760,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69419","p_author":"sfernald","p_authorkey":"258","p_urlkey":"105224","p_title":"The game you will never get to play","p_cat":"LD #18 - Enemies as Weapons - 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1282511760","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"258","us_name":"sfernald","us_username":"sfernald","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"

Well, it didn’t work out for me this time. I put in more time than I think I did for any entry, but just ran into too many problems that slowed me down along the way.<\/p>\n

The game is ‘Inception of the Borg’. It is about how the Borg came to be. You play the AI program that eventually becomes the Borg. It is a kind of piracy in space. Your ship is an assembly of modules, CommandModule, ShieldModule, LaserCannonModule, etc. As you defeat other ships, you “assimiliate” their modules, growing and improving your ship. The gameplay was to be similar to Star Control.<\/p>\n

I think to get this thing done with my skill level I needed a higher level framework. I should have chosen FlatRedBall over SFML, or at least I should have brought in a physics engine. I might try porting it over to FlatRedBall to see if I can progress further with it.<\/p>\n

I leave you exhaused, having suffered 30 hours of futility, with just this intro song and these screenshots. Nooow, muuuust sleeeeep.<\/p>\n

Intro Song
\n http:\/\/www.bitjets.com\/BorgIntro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Screenshots
\n \"Inception
\n \"Inception<\/p>","time":"August 22nd, 2010 4:16 pm","title":"The game you will never get to play"}