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My precious<\/p><\/div>\n
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What went wrong<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n- Controls. They are inspired from Hammerfest (awesome game by Motion-Twin), but I remember how long it took me to get use to them. I\u2019ve played this game a lot, but it\u2019s not the case of everyone there. And, there is a weird bug with the keyboard I wasn\u2019t aware of: the up\/left\/space key combination doesn\u2019t work on most keyboards, but the\u00a0up\/right\/space does. This is a shame because a lot of people give up on the first levels, before the cool part of the game.<\/li>\n
- Difficulty. I didn\u2019t have time to make a lot of levels, so I made them really difficult :D. I made enemies randomly shoot instead of using timers. I placed few checkpoints in difficult areas. I didn\u2019t realize how hard the game was because I tested every level at least 30 times to adjust them.<\/li>\n
- The crappy end of the game. I could have made a story or a logical ending with a final use for the key, but I didn\u2019t have time and motivation to do it 3 hours before the deadline
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<\/li>\n - The lags on Windows. Maybe an abusive use of Math.random()<\/em> on the main loop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What went right<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n- The game engine. I made it from scratch in CoffeeScript so it compiles to JavaScript. I used HTML5\/Canvas so the game could run anywhere. It works very well except a few collision glitches (weird horizontal collisions with the borders of the map, and sometimes the key goes through the ground). I made it very quickly thanks to my numerous attempts at making platformers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Testing the game engine\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n
\n- The monsters. I\u2019m happy I took some time to create two kinds of enemies : archers make the player loose the key, and bombs\u00a0explodes it :p<\/li>\n
- The pixel art? I didn\u2019t spend more than 4 hours on them. Really minimalist, but it seems people like them, so I\u2019m happy about that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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3, 2, 1\u2026.<\/p><\/div>\n
\n- It worked really well for my first Ludum Dare with amateur programming skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So anyway, I had a lot of fun making this game. I\u2019m sure I will join as many LD as I can now ![\":)\"](\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\"\/)
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Bonus post-compo: level editor<\/strong><\/h2>\nWith this ugly level editor, you can create your own levels and play them<\/p>\n
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Level editor<\/p><\/div>\n
Entry<\/a> \u2013 Level editor<\/a><\/h2>\nThanks for reading, and happy new year everyone !<\/p>\n
Sorry if this post is full of grammar mistakes or awkward formulations,\u00a0I don\u2019t speak English fluently :\/<\/em><\/span><\/p>","time":"January 2nd, 2014 12:49 pm","title":"\u201cHandle With Care\u201d post-mortem + level editor","title_was_empty":false}
<\/li>\nWhat went right<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n- The game engine. I made it from scratch in CoffeeScript so it compiles to JavaScript. I used HTML5\/Canvas so the game could run anywhere. It works very well except a few collision glitches (weird horizontal collisions with the borders of the map, and sometimes the key goes through the ground). I made it very quickly thanks to my numerous attempts at making platformers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Testing the game engine\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n
\n- The monsters. I\u2019m happy I took some time to create two kinds of enemies : archers make the player loose the key, and bombs\u00a0explodes it :p<\/li>\n
- The pixel art? I didn\u2019t spend more than 4 hours on them. Really minimalist, but it seems people like them, so I\u2019m happy about that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3, 2, 1\u2026.<\/p><\/div>\n
\n- It worked really well for my first Ludum Dare with amateur programming skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So anyway, I had a lot of fun making this game. I\u2019m sure I will join as many LD as I can now <\/p>\n
Bonus post-compo: level editor<\/strong><\/h2>\nWith this ugly level editor, you can create your own levels and play them<\/p>\n
Level editor<\/p><\/div>\n
Entry<\/a> \u2013 Level editor<\/a><\/h2>\nThanks for reading, and happy new year everyone !<\/p>\n
Sorry if this post is full of grammar mistakes or awkward formulations,\u00a0I don\u2019t speak English fluently :\/<\/em><\/span><\/p>","time":"January 2nd, 2014 12:49 pm","title":"\u201cHandle With Care\u201d post-mortem + level editor","title_was_empty":false}
Testing the game engine\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n
- \n
- The monsters. I\u2019m happy I took some time to create two kinds of enemies : archers make the player loose the key, and bombs\u00a0explodes it :p<\/li>\n
- The pixel art? I didn\u2019t spend more than 4 hours on them. Really minimalist, but it seems people like them, so I\u2019m happy about that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3, 2, 1\u2026.<\/p><\/div>\n
- \n
- It worked really well for my first Ludum Dare with amateur programming skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So anyway, I had a lot of fun making this game. I\u2019m sure I will join as many LD as I can now
<\/p>\nBonus post-compo: level editor<\/strong><\/h2>\n
With this ugly level editor, you can create your own levels and play them<\/p>\n
Level editor<\/p><\/div>\n
Entry<\/a> \u2013 Level editor<\/a><\/h2>\n
Thanks for reading, and happy new year everyone !<\/p>\n
Sorry if this post is full of grammar mistakes or awkward formulations,\u00a0I don\u2019t speak English fluently :\/<\/em><\/span><\/p>","time":"January 2nd, 2014 12:49 pm","title":"\u201cHandle With Care\u201d post-mortem + level editor","title_was_empty":false}
- It worked really well for my first Ludum Dare with amateur programming skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n