{"author_name":"TFernando","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1272192840,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70891","p_author":"TFernando","p_authorkey":"1164","p_urlkey":"106712","p_title":"Player Interaction","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1272192840","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"1164","us_name":"TFernando","us_username":"tfernando","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"

The clock thingy says 13 hours left, so I think I’m in decent shape. Unfortunately, I’m starting to feel the time pressure & starting to feel tired. I’d rather have one or the other…<\/p>\n

Player can now place objects, and the Glompers and Kiwis interact correctly with them. Screenie:
\n \"interactionScreen\"<\/p>\n

Playable build here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s kind of funny– I originally planned for the glompers to only be visible 1% of the time. So part of the game, was to figure out where they were and build defenses to keep them away from the kiwis. But unless I slow everything down, that just doesn’t matter.<\/p>\n

The other problem I’m seeing is that the Glompers reproduce just way too fast. So, instead of having them spawn every time they eat a kiwi, I’m going to require them to eat a specific number of kiwis. (I’ll define as a constant, and tune as I work on other stuff). This -might- give the player a chance.<\/p>\n

Another thing that might be better, would be to have the walls stop both Glompers and Kiwis. This would let the player create a preserve of kiwis.<\/p>\n

ToDo:<\/p>\n

  • Game Reset<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Win Screen<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Lose Screen<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Title Screen<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Lots of Tuning<\/li>\n
  • Implement Hunger<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Life limited traps (like the trees)<\/del><\/li>\n
  • Sound (ha,ha,ha,ha…)<\/li>\n

    -TF<\/p>","time":"April 25th, 2010 5:54 am","title":"Player Interaction"}