{"author_name":"jojocanard","cat":"LD #33","comments":[],"epoch":1440539100,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"13442","p_author":"jojocanard","p_authorkey":"24933","p_urlkey":"48699","p_title":"Post mortem of Raiders of the retirement home","p_cat":"LD #33","p_event":"LD33","p_time":"1440539100","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"24933","us_name":"jojocanard","us_username":"\/author\/jojocanard\/","event_start":"1440115200","event_key":"29","event_name":"LD33"},"text":"

What went ok :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bresenham (for lines of sight) and particles : once again, I owe Deepnight <\/a>and his great libraries a big thank you.<\/p>\n

The cake : I baked myself a great cake before the ludum dare : 2 days of pleasure and energy delivery !<\/p>\n

Music : I made it during the final hour while I was tired and afraid to be late, and I didn’t really want to include it because I was not very proud. Obviously it is very simple and repetitive but it improves definitely the mood. A big thank you to Terry Kavanagh and his easy to use Bosca ceoil<\/a> !<\/p>\n

Characters : even though I had to create new characters from scratch, my experience on Unit maker<\/a> helped me do it faster. And by using UM characters as examples I spared myself the animation job which would have been long (and hideous)<\/p>\n

What failed or is missing :<\/strong>
\n As several people pointed out, there is no losing condition. I was afraid not to be able to make :
\n – a good level design
\n – a good “IA” for the adventurers who are supposed to fear you, shoot, patrol and investigate. And I was right about that one : sometimes the adventurers get stuck face against a wall, or don’t go back to patrol after an investigation.
\n In these conditions I was afraid that I might create an impossible level and I decided to let the adventurers be annoying but not lethals. The shield makes you immune to the impact and makes the game much easier but you are invicible anyway.<\/p>\n

One more time I used the same key for interaction and passing text : very stupid because people miss some parts of my amazing writing.<\/p>\n

A few graphical bugs (tombs cut in half, z display order not perfect… )<\/p>\n

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