Let’s see where this goes.

Programs:
FlashDevelop, Photoshop, Bfxr, Renoise, Audacity to convert files

Libraries:
FlashPunk, Tweener

Best of luck to everyone entering. :]

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Toolchain : FlashDevelop, FlashPunk, Photoshop, Renoise, BFXR, and winLAME.

Let’s hope I finish this time around. 😛

Here’s an image to catch your attention and a link so you can check it out…

Oh right…
left, right : move
up : jump

… that the top three donors are counting upwards from 4 in binary?

Also, progress update I guess. Haven’t worked much on the game so much as the “engine.”

Click to play.
Left, Right = Move
Up = Jump

For snacks, my mother made these delicious cookies that I don’t expect to not be digested before tonight.
Omnomnomnom.

It’s nothing amazing but after several unsuccessful attempts at finishing LD, I’m very proud of it!

Click the picture to play.

If you’d like to keep your upcoming LD entry a bit more organized, I’ve written a quick game design document template for the purpose.

If you don’t know what a game design document is, you can check out the Wikipedia entry. Although this one doesn’t fit that bill exactly, it’s designed for use either by a small independent team or the infamous one-man army. With the text blurbs, it also serves as a bit of a game design tutorial.

Anyway, you’re more than welcome to use it as well if you think it’ll help you. It never hurts to be a bit more organized, eh? ;D

This entry was posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 at 4:45 am and is filed under LD #23. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Same toolchain as always, this time around. Next time though I’ll hopefully be running a custom SDL-based engine. 😛

IDE : FlashDevelop
Libraries : FlashPunk
Graphics : Although I’ve been meaning to migrate to a slightly more open (but equally intuitive) graphics editor… Probably Photoshop again.
Sounds : BFXR
Music : Renoise [with a bunch of tools for sound synthesis – Resynth, Custom Waveform Generator, etc.]
Encoding : WinLAME

I’ve been waiting for this since December. Good luck, everybody – and happy 10 years LD!

Here’s a game idea generator I wrote that might help.

Now I’m using C++, SDL, SDL_image, SDL_ttf, SDL_mixer, and SDL_gfx.

I actually started coding the engine at around 9PM (it’s 3AM now), I just hadn’t gotten around to updating.

Still stuck for an idea, though. Figured I might as well use it as an excuse to get more acquainted with the aforementioned libraries. ;P

I think it’s fair to say I’m not completing anything this time around. But hay, I learned a lot and had quite a bit of fun so it all works out.

Good luck everyone!

FlashDevelop, Flashpunk, Photoshop, Renoise, BFXR, and WinLAME as usual. (;

Good luck everyone!

I’ll also be using Ogmo Editor.

Modula!

Modula

Arrow keys move, Z and X shoot guns and missiles respectively.

Enemies are procedurally generated (kind of).
After the first level, the next generation of enemies are based upon the enemies that gave you the hardest times.
There are also some random mutations of those enemies thrown in for variety.

Basically, the enemies evolve (loosely) based on how you play.

The idea :

A vertical SHMUP with procedurally-generated enemies undergoing natural selection.

What went right?

• Planning : I had a solid idea of where I wanted to go with the game from the start – I followed through with that idea to the end, only changing the cosmetics of it.
• Taking Risks : I’d never created a shmup, or implemented a genetic algorithm of any kind before. I didn’t fall back to my comfort zone when things got tough – I stuck with it and learned a lot in the process.
• Implementation : I worked out what kinds of classes would be necessary for the game at the beginning, and implemented/tested all of them before starting. This ground up approach helped me maintain a grasp on the scope.

What went wrong?

• Organization : It seems the deadline got the best of me, as towards the end I started throwing quick hacks into wherever I could to get things working. This resulted in a chaotic mess of unreadable code – code which probably could have saved me time working with if it had been more cleanly organized.
• Playtesting : I got so caught up in finishing the game that I forgot the most important part – making sure it’s fun. I played the game, but only for the sake of debugging – not in the mindset of a player. This resulted in very unbalanced gameplay, and a poorly-executed difficulty curve.

Also, I forgot about autotracker. Definitely would have helped, as I had “musicians-block” all weekend.

If you’re interested, you can play my game Modula here.

FlashDevelop, FlashPunk, Photoshop, BFXR, Renoise, and WinLAME.

Good luck everybody!

Recursive backtracker maze generation, complete with A* pathfinding and a Dijkstra-based “heat map” (a la Left 4 Dead’s AI Director)!

Actual gameplay : None! BUT I’LL GET TO THAT

Also there are some potential sprites in the upper left of the window super-imposed onto the Window.

Same tools as always.

Code: FlashDevelop, FlashPunk
Graphics: Photoshop
Music: Renoise
Sounds: [S|B]FXR, and winLame for converting everything to their proper formats.

GOOD LUCK, EVERYBODY! Let’s make some fuckin’ games!

But I think I’ve got a decent idea. Good luck, everybody!

Click!
Left, right, and up are the keys you need to know.

Also here’s a screenshot to grab your attention.