So this was my first LD and I was really excited about it. I got up pretty early on the Saturday (around 6AM GMT (4-hours in)) and made some good progress. I didn’t want to get too tired because that’s when I make mistakes – particularly the pulling your hair out type coding mistakes.
I hit a real low point just after lunch on the Sunday. I started to get down about it and thought I wouldn’t finish. My original idea had been HUGE and I had been forced to scale it down to the point it was unrecognisable from the original concept. I was struggling to get a suitable end point and I hadn’t made enough rooms or even any enemies – the idea of adding sound to the project was so far away that I just thought I’d be submitting a silent game.
Well I can say that come 1AM (1 hour left – the time I submitted) I was elated. I did make a finish point where the player can actually achieve something – I had recorded and added sound (such as it was) and even made a thumbing synth driven 24-bar sound track (ok well I didn’t say it was perfect).
I would have liked to have applied the polish that the game so severely needs like a menu – the ability to save progress – differnt music – the full compliment of rooms – sounds that line up better with, for instance the footstep noise. But then the more I think about it the more I begin to realise that I made a game in 48 hours. I find it startling really. In just one weekend I have created something which someone could play and go from the start to the finish and could even fail at.
Thank you Ludum Dare (by which I mean the people who run it and the community behind it) for showing me that 48 hours is actually quite a long time and for showing me how much can be achieved. I’m a little exhausted but wow, what a ride it’s been – filtoid 
