Like most LD48h competitions in the past, I’m going to set myself a few personal goals for this time around:

• Something playable.
• Something fun. Always tricky.
• Something accessible. Gameplay and controls need to be explained simply so people “get it”.
• Cross-platform. Windows, Mac and Linux.
• Proper menu flow (main menu, in game, game over, repeat). Probably too ambitious for 48hours, so might get cut.
• A more complete series of progress screenshots, rather than just a couple near the begining as usual.

Things I won’t be caring about:

• Sound. A massive time sink for me, it takes hours to get a single sound effect right.
• Fancy graphics. I’ll be on a laptop with just a basic graphics card, so no fancy pixel shader magic.
• Code elegence. Hack hack hack!
• My general state of health.

Things I’ll be trying to avoid:

• Spending too long creating sprites.
• Leaving something vital to the last couple of hours like last time (level creation).
• Burning the midnight oil on the first day and ending up wasting a good chunk of the second day because I got up at midday.

Anyone else have any personal goals they’ve set?