After a few days of deciphering of whether or not to participate, I finally decided to go for it. I really don’t know yet will it be the jam or the compo I’m going for, but it mostly depends on the time i’ll have available in my hands.

I feel quite excited since this is my first time, but I hope I’ll be able to make at least something. 😀

My tools for the job will be:

Lanquage: Java(Eclipse IDE)

Graphics: Paint.NET

Good luck to everyone!

After 5 hours of coding, i finally got my engine done.

My idea is to make a spaceship shooter, where the enemies AI is evolving every round. I’m planning on making some kind of neural network to control the enemies and an algorithm  to choose the best fighters and mutate them.

Here’s a little playable demo.(You need Java to play)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61784249/LD24/Appletsite.html

Im using JBox2D for the physics btw.

Here are the results from day 1:

-got the neural networks working (they’re not yet learning anything though)

-game engine works properly

-spaaacee

-all the basic stuff is working

You can play the current version here. (You need Java to play)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61784249/LD24/Appletsite.html

Good night to everyone going to sleep, and good luck to those who still keep on going.

With 10 hours to go, i finally got the AIs working as i want them to. Now they learn from previous fighters and try to figure out the best strategy to defeat you. The game is also somewhat playable and that’s always a good thing.

The current version of the game can be found here. (You need Java to play)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61784249/LD24/Appletsite.html

Try shooting(spacebar) those ships on the other side of the map. When the round is over, press space to move to the next round. The bots evolve every round to be more deadly (or stupid). So be careful! 😀

All the game mechanics and graphics are done.

Now all i have to do is some testing and bug fixing. Maybe some music too.

 <—Sprites

Here is the game at it’s current state.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/61784249/LD24/Appletsite.html

This is it. My first LD is over now, and I almost had everything maybe ready in time.

I could’ve added some little details like main menu and music, but who needs those, right? 😀

Good night everyone. I’m looking forward to play all your games.