So today’s my last day of coding and I have lots to do. I have currently got my basic game working, I can load maps, print messages, move and collide with the world. Today is story day I think. I need to actually make it an escape game. Why does this scare me? I should probly be coding not blabbering here so I’ll just post a quick preview screenshot.
So last time was my first and I was a bit late to the party, never did all this before. So I hear it’s a good idea to. I plan on recording a timelapse of making the game, any suggestions for software and also intervals. Other than that,
C++ in Visual Studio 11,
I’ll be using SFML for graphics, if I require a gui I’ll use GWEN and if for some reason I need video recording I’ll use holly,
LMMS, if I get far enough to need music, chances are I won’t,
Photoshop, can’t live without,
sfxr for sound effects, I’ll try and be a bit more careful with choice this time.
My minimal base code can be found at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11197643/LD22.zip, my generic small skeleton. I’ll also try to make full use of any C++11 features if it makes sense. I’ll try to keep the code portable so that it SHOULD compile under gcc.
So, from the past 3 years using quadratic interpolation we should get ~1026 entrants. 1024 would be a nice number though, don’t you think?
Pasty for lunch, om nom nom.
After a shakey start with my visual studio installation crapping out I’ve finally got something. Ok, there is no input…or physics…or collision….BUT IT’S SOMETHING!
I’ve got my game to a playable state. That doesn’t mean perfect or polished but you can play. You don’t die yet, you just get told in the console that it also displays. The theme is a bit loose, but your “alone” in the game, I think that’s good enough.
So my game is playable, it has menus and text and graphics and controls. I’d go far to say this is the best game I’ve made yet. I’m really pleased with how it has come out. Now this means it’s time for, audio. I plan on using sfxr and lmms, let’s see how this works. Until then, have fun playing it sans audio.
You can download it at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11197643/ld22p2.zip .
I also have a version from three hours ago at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11197643/ld22p1.zip .
Enjoy.
Om nom, cheese and biscuits.
Woot, I have sound effects…now…musics…hnnng. Also in my “I’m in” post I made a derp, I said I was using sfxr when I’m actually using bfxr.
Dinner 😀 Health is of no concern over Ludum Dare, that’d be boring, right? Ribs and rice are nice anyway.
From lack of ideas I added a small Easter egg, I’ll leave you guessing as to what it is. If you watch my time-lapse after it should give you an idea though.
Here’s a few more hours work. I’m really liking how this is turning out, I hope you all enjoy it to. Please report any missing dependencies below, it’s getting hard to keep track of since I have some installed myself.
I’m finally happy with the graphics. I deem my game finished unless there is some unforeseen bug hence why I haven’t uploaded it yet. Until then, enjoy these screenshots.
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Much shorter timelapse for today, I had much less to do. My finished game can be found in the entry section titled “Freerunner”.
I found my piece of paper which I drew my first idea on late at night. The next morning I drew much the same on paint. I thought you might want to see them.
This Ludum Dare went much better than the last. I finished this year with hours to spare, last year, I was very close to the deadline. I think it was because I was more experienced this time. Now about this Ludum Dare:
The Good Bits:
