{"author_name":"Carl Graves","cat":"LD #29","comments":[],"epoch":1398641700,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"30702","p_author":"Carl Graves","p_authorkey":"10725","p_urlkey":"66178","p_title":"Failure!","p_cat":"LD #29","p_event":"LD29","p_time":"1398641700","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10725","us_name":"Carl Graves","us_username":"mrcarlton","event_start":"1398384000","event_key":"22","event_name":"LD29"},"text":"

Well at least I tried, but with less than an hour to go i seriously doubt i’ll have a game finished.<\/p>\n

No game, but what i do have is a platforming engine\u00a0with a\u00a0multiplayer backend. So you can parkour with your friends.\u00a0Right now there’s only 1 server so if it’s full i have no idea what happens (probably a crash). There’s not really any interpolation or extrapolation so crappy connections will look terrible.<\/p>\n

Playable version here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/eac3y5ng41kvqpe\/LudumDare29_release.swf (just drag and drop into your internet browser, depending on connection speeds it can take a while to join the game)<\/p>\n

If you want to test out the multiplayer just boot up two copies of the game, or find some friends.<\/p>\n

\"Well<\/a>

Well i tried.<\/p><\/div>\n

Post Mortem:<\/p>\n

– Don’t make a multiplayer game unless you’ve done it before.<\/p>\n

– Actually have a rough idea what the game will be or at least spend a little bit of time figuring it out.<\/p>\n

– Art is important, leaving it to the last day never leaves you with enough time to create anything good.<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t a complete loss, I can definitely use the multiplayer experience in my actual projects. Which I had been shying away from because it sounded hard. The good news is, multiplayer stuff is tricky, but once you sort of ‘get’ it, you can make a semi functioning game fairly easily.\u00a0Well regardless it was fun, and i learned a bunch of stuff I wouldn’t have tried in a normal day.<\/p>\n

In the future, when i do another Ludum Dare, i’ll just make a flappy bird clone and call it a day.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: Carl Graves<\/a>, flash<\/a>, ld29<\/a>, multiplayer<\/a>, parkour<\/a>, platforming<\/a><\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2014 6:35 pm","title":"Failure!"}