With 6.5 hours remaining I see no hope of finishing, much less ending up with a game that is fun.\u00a0\u00a0 Especially because I have a dinner party, so I can’t even use the full amount of time.\u00a0 That’s my fault, I thought I could squeeze it in.\u00a0 I’ll try to remember not to next time.\u00a0 Maybe my idea was too big, but I also lost time because I was using a new technology (something I always do.)\u00a0\u00a0 So, I’m always building stuff from scratch and fighting with the tech’s esoteric unexpected differences (like HaXe switch statements not needing breaks, Uhggg.)\u00a0 I was very happy with HaXe and think it is my new top choice for game making.\u00a0 Now, I need to invest time building up a toolbox (toolkit) of code to use in the future.\u00a0 I feel like I got further along than in past.\u00a0 Even though my LD12 was an actual finished and fun game, I created way more functionality this time.\u00a0 I think the planning and the hands-on prototype really help identify the tasks.\u00a0 The hands-on prototype was a very interesting experience.\u00a0 I am surprised by how hard it is to express a games rules.\u00a0 I now desire a box full of game parts to play with in the future.\u00a0 Not finishing is very unsatisfying,\u00a0 but the silver lining is I learned a lot and that is really the whole point.<\/p>\n
Thanks Ludum Dare! Special thanks to Mike Kasprzak<\/a> (PoV)\u00a0 Phil Hassey<\/a> (philhassey)\u00a0 Mike Hommel<\/a> (Hamumu) and Seth Robinson<\/a> (mrfun) for keeping the Ludum Dare gears running so smoothly.<\/p>","time":"December 13th, 2009 12:48 pm","title":"No hope"}