{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/coderfap\/","author_name":"coderfap","cat":"October Challenge 2014","categories":["October Challenge 2014"],"comments":[],"epoch":1414722120,"event":"","likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"81997","p_author":"coderfap","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"292729","p_title":"Creating a Game \u2013 A cautionary tale. pt5","p_cat":"October Challenge 2014","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1414722120","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"source_url":"2014\/10\/31\/creating-a-game-a-cautionary-tale-pt5\/","text":"

Well its now Oct 29th an only 2 days to go. I now know my Game will not be complete for the October deadline but it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/em> I was going to wait for the demo to get over 30 users but this competition inspired me to start before that and now I realise how long its taking I\u2019m gratefull I started early.<\/p>\n

A big time delay \u2013 as mentioned earlier \u2013 is testing<\/strong>. Once the levels are finished they will need extensive testing to calculate the scores needed for Spanner awards and progress to next level. More importantly was getting other people to test it without any prompting from me. One tester found it impossible to get off level one because they didnt realise blocks could lean on walls. This meant a rehash of the instructions and background. Another tester reported the loud crashing noise of the building collapse was too loud (it was!) \u2013 so that was toned down.<\/p>\n

I also keep coming up with new ideas for level obstacles, one of which requires me to research Box2D a little bit more.I would rather the game was late than not as good as it could be.<\/p>\n

So I dont think it will be finished until December but I\u2019m hopefull it will be good enough to sell a few units. I hope my blogs have not put anyone off making a game but have given them a small idea about what\u2019s involved and how long it can take.<\/p>\n

Please have a look at the Tower Block Builder demo on Chrome Web Store \u2013 any feedback is welcome.<\/p>\n

The full version will be out soon.<\/strong><\/p>","time":"October 31st, 2014 2:22 am","title":"Creating a Game \u2013 A cautionary tale. pt5","title_was_empty":false}