it's my first LD

Note: All times I will put here are based on my local time zone. Note 2: Things may be out of order from what I actually worked on.

For the first 30 minutes I really didn't know what to do. It was my first game jam and I thought of several things, like the traffic light signal, the radio signal, and even that password unlocker from Batman Arkham City.

Then I remembered the green radars on the ships and, as a beginner game developer, I thought of something arcade-style that wouldn't take too long to make. The idea was simple: a ship, spaceship, submarine, or whatever, in the middle of those radars, shooting at incoming enemies. Since it was already night in my time zone, I couldn't do much, but I already saw that the game would work. See the image.

In that image, the player could already aim and shoot, and the radar could detect enemies that I hadn't yet programmed. The next morning I woke up excited and programmed the enemies and their spawn points, added a score, and a relatively simple HUD with just the score. I decided it would be a good idea to add another radar since the game was very difficult, but later I decided to remove it.

In the afternoon I realized that the second radar was making the game too broken, so I decided to stick with the idea of ​​having only one radar. I added a difficulty that increases with the score. I finished the day by polishing the HUD inside the radar (those circles and lines inside it).

On the morning of the second day I didn't have time so I didn't work on the game, and in the afternoon I added another speed power-up to the game, polished it and added game juice, as well as information to the HUD and a maximum score that only saves in the PC version.

Last night I worked on the sounds, the game cover, and the itch.io and Ludum Dare pages. It was quite difficult because art isn't my strong suit.

You can play my game at this link: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/ultra-radar or https://zezinhoesr.itch.io/ultra-radar

Thanks for reading!

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