{"author_name":"chaotikZA","cat":"LD #10 - Chain Reaction - 2007","comments":[],"epoch":1197848520,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"75478","p_author":"chaotikZA","p_authorkey":"505014","p_urlkey":"111310","p_title":"GlobCombat: Final Entry (incomplete)","p_cat":"LD #10 - Chain Reaction - 2007","p_event":"LD10","p_time":"1197848520","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"505014","us_name":"chaotikZA","us_username":"chaotikZA","event_start":"1197590400","event_key":"88","event_name":"LD10"},"text":"

Here’s my final entry for LudumDare 10:<\/p>\n

GlobCombat-0.1.0 for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

This was my first LudumDare and I’m disappointed that I did not finish, but on the other hand I guess I’m also kinda surprised I got as far as I did. Most of the game logic and art is finished, but I didn’t have enough time left to add gameplay and polish stuff like a menu and highscore list. It is possible to run the game to see the artwork and play with the logic a bit (see doc\/README for details).<\/p>\n

My biggest mistake was spending 9 hours on trying to get A* graph search working (especially with about 2 years gone since the last time I touched that kind of stuff). Should have given up on that path and re-designed after 3 hours instead of 9 – then I might have had a playable entry.<\/p>\n

I did learn a lot (and I am going to learn a lot in the coming weeks as I work to finish this game and to improve my library to make things easier for next time). It was fun in spite of the setback.<\/p>\n

Here’s a screenshot from just before I started packaging it up for release:<\/p>\n

\"GlobCombat\"<\/a><\/p>\n \n

Tags: final<\/a>, incomplete<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 16th, 2007 6:42 pm","title":"GlobCombat: Final Entry (incomplete)"}