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<\/p>\nWell, I\u2019ve had 5 hours additional sleep now after submitting my entry earlier this morning, so I better post this up now :).<\/p>\n
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This is Catch 2122<\/a>\u00a0(direct download for Windows<\/a>), an action-packed zombie shooter with a twist. \u00a0It took exactly 48 hours. \u00a0Me and CWolf<\/a> synchronised our start times for each of our entries and for me (living in Melbourne, Oz) this was at 6:00am on Saturday 21st and my system clock was reading 6:00am on Monday 23rd when I made my final save\/commit. \u00a0I started out live streaming my progress at my justin.tv page<\/a>\u00a0but midway through my connection became seriously unstable and I couldn\u2019t continue. \u00a0In hindsight I wish I had taken a time-lapse video but I didn\u2019t have the tools set up.<\/p>\n Couple of people asked me why it\u2019s called Catch 2122. \u00a0Well, the game does have a bit of an unexpected twist midway through, which is where the fear factor should come from (blasting zombies isn\u2019t scary now is it?) but I don\u2019t think people who have play-tested the game got far enough to experience it. \u00a0This twist is a bit of a Catch 22<\/em> scenario, but I couldn\u2019t call it that, too over-used. \u00a0So it became Catch 2122, referring to the dates the game was developed on (21st \u2013 22nd January). \u00a0I like to think it fits.<\/p>\n This is the first time I\u2019ve done proper game dev competition. \u00a0It was a lot of fun, but also frustrating because, as I progressed, I knew the game would not be completed by the end of the 48 hours. \u00a0So tasks got prioritised and a lot of things got left out like the blood splatters, shooting animation + muzzle flash and zombie sound effects (Sorry Zeis, you made some awesome zombie sound effects for me, I could have sworn you were actually undead). \u00a0There was also a mouse-to-world alignment issue that I spent far too much time trying to correct and in the end had to fudge, it\u2019s not perfect but had to do.<\/p>\n In the end, I am proud with what I\u2019ve come up with in such a short amount of time. \u00a0It was good to have a proper challenge to stretch the skills as far as they go and I surprised myself in some areas (a pretty good story scripting engine kind of evolved from nowhere within the game code, it\u2019s how I did all the triggered sequences). \u00a0I know I made excessive use of pre-made content, but this was a solo effort and I am certainly no artist. \u00a0The content is freely available and I will be posting up a credits list soon (another task that got chopped from the game).<\/p>\n Anyway, last of all goes out my thanks to everyone who supported me; my girlfriend who encouraged me to continue and put up with my uselessness over these 48 hours while making sure I still ate and generally stayed alive; and my friends from IRC (shout out to all of #deadworld @ irc.globalgamers.net) who all provided encouragement and ideas while watching the live stream. \u00a0However, a super special awesomesauce thanks goes out to\u00a0Christopher Baklid<\/a> (aka Inveracity), the Scottish sounding Dane who volunteered up his insane musical talent and created the background music tracks for not only Catch 2122 but also CWolf\u2019s Dark Choices<\/a>. \u00a0You sir, are a legend!<\/p>\n Right, I think I\u2019m going to take a break from the computer for a bit so I can regain control over my faculties.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been emotional.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/106831\/10306-shot1.png\")
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