{"author_name":"Stoney","cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","comments":[],"epoch":1260778620,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"71767","p_author":"Stoney","p_authorkey":"321","p_urlkey":"107589","p_title":"Colonial Age: Post mortem","p_cat":"LD #16 - Exploration - 2009","p_event":"LD16","p_time":"1260778620","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"321","us_name":"Stoney","us_username":"stoney","event_start":"1260489600","event_key":"2","event_name":"LD16"},"text":"

The Good<\/em>
\n – This is the first time I’ve been using OpenGL and SDL for something that is more than just a techdemo and I have to say the transition from plain SDL to SDL + OpenGL went quite smoothly
\n – The core gameplay elements made it into the game
\n – This is the first time I’ve been using Lua for scripting in a game. I wanted to use Lua more extensively, but it’s just a small part now, still I’m quite pleased with that element and how that went without any problems along the way
\n – Graphics and music are mostly how I imagined it, I also made some sounds with SFXR, but those didn’t make in the final game
\n – Basic AI: That’s really awesome, it was implemented like 30 minutes before deadline and it’s great that it works<\/p>\n

The Bad<\/em>
\n – I almost slept 24 hours of the time (my alarm was not working) and was too tired from staying up so late to get up early
\n – There was generelly a lack of time, for example, there were some things to be done for college and I discovered Mass Effect, which was a really bad idea to double-click the Mass Effect icon, it was time-consuming and took a lot of will power to exit the game and get back to coding
\n – I almost went with Unity instead of my own framework and the decision took a few hours
\n – There were some issues with my camera, that’s why there aren’t any deskphotos or foodphotos from me
\n – Since I’ve been using SDL + OpenGL for the first time for a real game that has actually been finished, some parts of my framework are still in its infancy (espacially the texture loader routines), that’s why there are some problems with washed-out textures and memory leaks<\/p>\n

I’ve uploaded the linux port and there’s now a gameplay video on youtube<\/a>. The timelapse video is coming, don’t worry.<\/p>\n

Now I’m looking forward to try everyone’s entries. \":)\"<\/p>\n \n

Tags: post-mortem<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2009 3:17 am","title":"Colonial Age: Post mortem"}