For my first Ludum Dare ever, I made an onilne multiplayer stealth action game, Hide-n-Stab, in 48 hours. Really tough to get it in within the timeline, but I finished it! I would’ve loved to have a week to work out various intermittent networking bugs, but this is what I get for biting off way more than I could chew.

In Hide-n-Stab, some cloaked figures are AI controlled, and others might be other players (they look the same, but they’re different beneath the surface!) Your goal is to stab other players in the back while avoiding detection yourself. Whenever you attack, your eyes will glow and your knife will show for a short time, leaving you vulnerable to other players that might be watching. The best strategy is to hide and only strike when the moment is right.

Hide-n-Stab was made with Haxe, using OpenFL and the HaxePunk game engine. I’ll go into more technical details in the coming weeks. It’s a fantastic technology stack, which left me lots of time to wrestle with networking issues, which there were plenty of. Oh boy. I won’t be trying that again any time soon.

Give Hide-n-Stab a try! The link is available here: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=36156 and the game requires only your browser and a Flash plugin to play, no signups, ads, etc. If you play, please rate it to let me know what you thought. And, it’s obviously a lot more fun with friends, so get them to try it out with you. Thanks!