{"author_name":"_benhumphries","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1450735080,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"9453","p_author":"_benhumphries","p_authorkey":"60146","p_urlkey":"44671","p_title":"Pyromaniac 3 \u2014 2 Post-Mortem","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450735080","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"60146","us_name":"_benhumphries","us_username":"\/author\/_benhumphries\/","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"

Good job on the game jam everyone!<\/p>\n

My game was Pyromaniac 3 — 2. Please check it out and leave me some feedback\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was my first Ludum Dare competition aside from the most recent Mini LD, but for me the Mini LD was more of a trial.<\/p>\n

I started off on Friday night brainstorming and eventually, with the help of my friend Paul, came up with the idea of a growing fire. From there I kind of just went with the idea and programmed in whatever I thought of.<\/p>\n

\"pyromaniacscreenshots\"<\/a><\/p>\n

FRIDAY:<\/p>\n

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  1. Set up basic side scrolling player controller and camera that followed the player.<\/li>\n
  2. Made a particle effect for fire.<\/li>\n
  3. Made a particle effect for the player.<\/li>\n
  4. Made a test level that consisted of a ground, a player, and nothing else.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    SATURDAY:<\/p>\n

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    1. Drew placeholder art for trees and the ground.<\/li>\n
    2. Created a skybox that looks like the night sky (the fire looks cooler against a dark backdrop).<\/li>\n
    3. Gave the trees the ability to be flammable.<\/li>\n
    4. Ironed out bugs regarding the distance from which things are set on fire.<\/li>\n
    5. Drew placeholder firefighter art.<\/li>\n
    6. Implemented firefighters with very basic AI (run towards the player).<\/li>\n
    7. Made a particle effect for the water stream of the firefighter and the water stream of the firetruck.<\/li>\n
    8. Implemented the water stream for the firefighter and gave both the player and firefighter health variables.<\/li>\n
    9. Made and implemented a fireball particle effect for the player to shoot.<\/li>\n
    10. Implemented the taking of damage when hit with water.<\/li>\n
    11. Implemented the firefighters’ taking of damage when in contact with fire or fireballs.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

      SUNDAY:<\/p>\n

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      1. Drew placeholder art for the firetrucks, houses, and bushes.<\/li>\n
      2. Implemented firetrucks (but not the firetruck water particle system).<\/li>\n
      3. Implemented a win condition and death condition.<\/li>\n
      4. Implemented UIs for those conditions.<\/li>\n
      5. Made a main menu, about screen, and level select.<\/li>\n
      6. Realized I didn’t have any levels for the level select, so I made 4 basic levels.<\/li>\n
      7. Set up a system for unlocking levels based on game completion.<\/li>\n
      8. Decided not to replace the placeholder art because it was like 5:00 o’clock.<\/li>\n
      9. Fixed a bug where the UIs weren’t responding to clicks.<\/li>\n
      10. Added an Easter egg where there is a 1\/100 chance that when a firefighter spawns it spawns as Bono and has as much health as a firetruck.<\/li>\n
      11. Play-tested for about 30 minutes and discovered a game-breaking jumping bug.<\/li>\n
      12. Attempted three different solutions to the bug before fixing it 30 minutes before submitting.<\/li>\n
      13. Set up an itch.io account and uploaded a web version and download version of my game.<\/li>\n
      14. My friend came up with the slogan “15 years after the critically acclaimed fire-fighter fighting simulator, Pyromaniac 3, there is finally a sequel: Pyromaniac 3 — 2.”<\/li>\n
      15. Uploaded the links to the game on the Ludum Dare website (at 8:30 because I didn’t realize there was a submission hour).<\/li>\n
      16. Figured out how to upload the Unity project and uploaded that as my source.<\/li>\n
      17. Polished the game page.<\/li>\n
      18. Did my homework (cause that wasn’t my priority, obviously).<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

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        Thanks to everyone who has played and given me feedback on my game, I appreciate it greatly!<\/p>\n \n

        Tags: _benhumphries<\/a>, compo<\/a>, game<\/a>, ld34<\/a>, Ludumdare<\/a>, ludumdare34<\/a>, pyromaniac3--2<\/a>, unity<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 21st, 2015 4:58 pm","title":"Pyromaniac 3 \u2014 2 Post-Mortem"}