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First participation in Ludum Dare, first game on Unity … completed !
Will you reach the end of all cylinders ?…

web player available :
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20660

So the post mortem now (it seems to be the tradition!)

It was my first participation in the ludum dare … and by the way my first game with Unity.
I used at least all of this tools: blender 2.6, unity 4, gimp 2.8, inudge and audacity (everything was free to use ^^)

Goods points :
– I managed to make and finish a game : I got the idea, made the modelisation, programmming, music, …
– There isn’t any “critical” bug
– I learned Unity basis in a very short lapse of time
– and I managed to create something quite interesting

Bad points :
– Didn’t manage to finish it like I wanted: graphism could have been better, moving platforms were also intended; …
– Bad choices for the controls
– Gameplay a bit too slow

Next :
…you liked the concept? Follow my post, I started to work on a 2nd version wich will clear most part of these bad points!

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A (very) short video extract:

Cylinder 10s extract

Jacques le lezard
@jacqueslelezard
Play the game (web player available)

I forgot to make an announcement but I add a post compo version, the game is the same, it’s just more pleasant to play!
(And by the way I now rated more than 20 games ^^)

(a beautifull gif with an awesome quality ^^’)
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Update:
-more user-friendly controls
-faster (the 48h version is a bit slow)
-improve a little bit arms modelisation & animation
-add a few sounds
-add an end scene
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Hope you’ll have fun!

Jacques le lezard
@jacqueslelezard

At first it was a a team work, made during the Jam Shaker at Cité des Sciences (Paris). The final result on sunday was a 2D fighting game with dinosaurs but the part where the players should have mixed DNA to create their own dinosaur wasn’t achieved. So the game wasn’t really interesting…

So sunday evening I took the dinosaurs sprites, created a new unity scene,  and made a completely different game, very simple, but with a more polished universe : Triceratops.

Play Triceratops !

Get ready to jump on ice as long as you can to survive in this first update !

This post compo game contains the following improvements : – Controls : camera improvements and strafing available
– Gameplay : some ice will gradually spawn and surface to let you survive longer
– Graphics : add anti-aliasing & bloom effect !        (on the surface, beneath the surface, these monsters will follow you…)

Play the compo & post compo here !

Tags: 48hcompo, Beneath the Surface, ld29, unity

Not much time for this LD but I’ll try to make something. Depending on the theme I’ll use :

Html5, Js & Firebase or Unity 5

+ Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, Ableton Live

+ Tea !

Well it’s not the mighty game I was expecting, but I least I finished this 48h VR game. It’s an exploration game with a small scenario including alternate endings. There is also a classic PC version for those who don’t have a Google Cardboard. Post mortem coming soon (why did I spent time to make 10  different type of rock instead of polishing the existing asseeeets) and maybe a more polished version if I have time.

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So what happened for my first VR game?

What went right:

• succeeded to “finish” the game both on PC and Google Cardboard, there was plenty bugs but the game was playable (unlike the two last ones)
• worked hard on audio, I think the result is ok
• the overall ambient seems to be immersive

What went wrong:

• spent to much time on useless assets like 10 different type of rocks
• some assets and effects weren’t Cardboard compatible, especially light effects
• wanted to make too much in 48h (I planned too much junctions in my scenario but it was too much time consuming, the result is only a 3 endings scenario)
• still no time to make textures and shaders (again)

Play the game (including updated version)

VR

 

Tags: LD36, post-mortem, VR

Hi there, just released the first post jam update, the game is quite similar to the one we made during the jam in 48h but we've polished a few things like the design, some bugs and some sound design. If you liked it stay tuned, more L.I.F.E. should come soon!

Try now: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/life-corp

A first update to my mini game is now available, with better display for full screen, small polished effects, thunder and, maybe the most important and yet useless functionality, a foghorn (press Space!).

Sail here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/a-boat-in-the-storm

netlify link is the original compo link

itch.io link is the slightly updated version

Making something simple is surprisingly ...not easy! I wanted to keep the game very simple to play, but to keep it enjoyable I had to pay attention to details. Here are a few hidden things from "A boat in the Storm": - Sound is everywhere, from start button to helm spinning the audio is a key part of this short experience, especially with such minimal design. - Talking about audio each wave can be anticipated by hearing a wood creaking in its direction (play with stereo!) - Difficulty is increasing continuously but keep a part of randomness so any run will be different. - While being hard the difficulty is capped by keeping a minimal interval and having a maximum amplitudes between waves so you should get a few ranks before sinking.

Want to hear more? First have a try cabin boy! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/a-boat-in-the-storm (playable in browser without any install)