Youtube Gameplay and Post-Mortem
I uploaded a video that shows a little bit of gameplay, also shows that I’m not that great at my own game ![]()
What went well:
- core gameplay works as intended
- basic randomly generated maps
- loading different room layouts from files
- random powerup items like increased damage
What went badly:
- didn’t have enough time to make interesting enemies, they just home in on the player
- there is only one boss, and a variation of it on floor 3
- although room layouts are loading from files, there are only 4 different room layouts due to time constraints
- made the main menu and game over menu in the last couple of minutes and it shows
- not a lot of content overall
I think the game is kinda fun for a couple of minutes, but these kind of games really only shine when there is hours worth of content.
So although it was a lot of fun developing this small little game, from a gameplay perspective this kind of game was a bit too big for just 48h I think. Next time I will scale back and think about making a game that is fun although its only been worked on for 48h.