Worlds by insane66
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Jacob (age 10) tried to make the game with CraftStudio. Sunday (after spending all day Saturday modeling characters and trying to figure out how to get a basic game working) he started from scratch with Gamemaker and produced this entry. Done with 18 mins to spare. (Dad did squash 2 little in-game bugs before we turned it in)
The main character is Tink (similar to a rhyming character name) who's mission it is to unite the alien worlds.
Can you figure out the secret to win?
Gamemaker Studio and Tile Studio were used to make the game.
Jacob (age 10) tried to make the game with CraftStudio. Sunday (after spending all day Saturday modeling characters and trying to figure out how to get a basic game working) he started from scratch with Gamemaker and produced this entry. Done with 18 mins to spare. (Dad did squash 2 little in-game bugs before we turned it in)
The main character is Tink (similar to a rhyming character name) who's mission it is to unite the alien worlds.
Can you figure out the secret to win?
Gamemaker Studio and Tile Studio were used to make the game.
| Windows | http://handcrafted.dyndns.org/worlds.exe |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-30/?action=preview&uid=30312 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 39% | 1598 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.48 | 747 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.19 | 724 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.20 | 731 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.24 | 705 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.33 | 651 |
Now onto the game:
I thought the idea and concept was pretty basic. The game was a little challenging and a little fun. One of the things I don't like is if you may be on level 3 and die, it takes you back to level 1. The graphics are okay (I couldn't do anything better when I was 10). I found the game pretty funny with the animal's physics. Sometimes they would be a little slow, or randomly fly around the map. After all it made me laugh inside.
Now, I disagree with Buttsteam. It's NOT too early for your kid. I bet he was loving the challenge of doing this, and he will be compelled to do it again and learn more about coding for the next time.
This is an amazing process for your kid, and something from which he will learn a lot.
I work as a programming teacher today, for kids aged between 15 and 19.
I begun coding when I was around 6-7 years old, using MSX Basic. When I was around 11 years old I was already coding games (Very simple ones, obviously) and some more complex stuff.
I thank this for the job I have today and for make me able to think logically and be able to learn new stuff very quickly nowadays.
Even if your kid doesn't want to be a programmer in the future, this is something that will only make good to him. I hope to see more games from him in the next LDs :) You are a great dad for doing this :)