http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/mini-ld-28-unitformations\/downloads\/detail?name=salukminild28.zip&can=2&q=<\/a><\/p>\n You can toggle formations with 1 and 2, and press the arrow keys to change the direction. Formation 2 is kind of broken and useless, and the level is easy enough I think you can “win” without pressing a key, although you won’t get the best score. My best is 22, with only a few baddies missed. Not sure if it’s possible to hit every grunt but it might be.<\/p>\n
What went wrong :<\/p>\n
*idea too hard to pull off in 2 days, needed more upfront design<\/p>\n
*Spent most of yesterday playing with formations and tweaking controls without level data. How do I even know if the controls are good or not without something to test against?<\/p>\n
*Spent too much time tweaking at the end when a bit of extra polish could hide the bad gameplay<\/p>\n
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What went right:<\/p>\n
*Got formation and base code up quickly first night<\/p>\n
*Not much else<\/p>\n
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For next time:<\/p>\n
*levels first controls second<\/p>\n
*try to find easier idea<\/p>\n
*limit tweak time for each feature so I have more time to see how well elements fit with each other<\/p>\n
*dont make a scrolling shooter ever again, it never works out for me \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>","time":"July 31st, 2011 10:00 pm","title":"As good as it\u2019s going to get. final .exe, and post mortem"}