… And I’m late plus I can’t access a workstation for another 12 hrs woooo! I wonder what I can make in the remaining time =) *nervous*

Oh well, brain storm and paper prototypes in the meantime!

Ok, so my first Ludum Dare and I’m in pretty late (only got access to a workstation 5 hrs ago, so I could only brainstorm before then).

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Game concept for the theme is as follows:

• 2 player Spy v.s. Sniper type of game played from a top-down perspective.
• 1 player is the spy in a dance festival, following the Congo lines between changing rooms until he reaches the exit.
• The Spy must chose a costume and dance routine to follow so that he blends in, and can change up under cover every changing room.
• The Sniper must spot the Spy among the dancers and take him out before he reaches the exit.

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Done:

• Basic movement system for both Spy PC and Dancer NPCs (Grid hopping, no smoothing).
• 2x dancer movement sequences with random move timer to shake things up.
• Keyboard input for Spy to move on grid and change “costume”.

To-Do:

• Sniper mouse controls.
• Win / Lose conditions (Exit or Death for Spy).
• Dancer NPC spawning and de-spawning system.
• Funky music!
• Graphics!
• Think of a name!
• Probably redress the Spy / Sniper as something more funky!

Hurrah for default objects! Green cube is the Spy, purple are the NPCs.

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Counter ticking down and I’m far from done. Don’t think I’m going to make it =P

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Gameplay changes:

• Spy must move between a certain number of randomly selected objectives to win.

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To-do:

• System to select random objectives and register a win for Spy
• MUSIC!
• ART!
• UI!

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Done:

• Spawning system for NPC Dancers with randomization of starting position, spawn interval, & cluster.
• Spawn limit for all spawn zones.
• NPC random next action timer.
• NPC/PC new unique “action” (dance pose, if I can get the art done).
• UI triggers for Sniper Win.

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I’m beat, gotta sleep =(

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