After a process which was longer than it needed to be I’ve finished up a first installment of the post-compo Urth(for android only at the moment). And it works. Let’s have a look at lessons learned:

• never EVER hardcode menus ever again
• good coding practices aren’t necessarily compatible across programming languages
• having a deadline positively influences productivity
• next time use a real font and not gimp+a tablet
• some things just aren’t meant for 3D and fancy lighting

Obvious things, which one tends to overlook in a 48 hour compo. Now let’s look at what I’ve managed to improve:

• reduced processor load
• improved the gui so it doesn’t look like it’s held together with duct tape and chewing gum
• replaced difficulty cliff with difficulty curve

Images:

Main menu: Merged two buttons and added a new one

The level menu now matches the main menu and has pagination

A sneak preview of one of the new levels

 COMPO ENTRY ~ IN THE MARKET

Tags: android, postmortem, progress, screenshot

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