{"author_name":"Gipzo","cat":"LD #37","comments":[],"epoch":1482238800,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"877","p_author":"Gipzo","p_authorkey":"32280","p_urlkey":"35725","p_title":"Cure4Life Postmortem","p_cat":"LD #37","p_event":"LD37","p_time":"1482238800","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"32280","us_name":"Gipzo","us_username":"gipzo","event_start":"1481241600","event_key":"81","event_name":"Ludum Dare 37"},"text":"

Hello again, fellow darians \":)\"<\/p>\n

I guess this is my final postmortem post for Cure4Life<\/a>.
\n Mostly because I can’t come up with anything new to write about this game \":)\"<\/p>\n

Firstly, my two older\u00a0postmortem posts about this game:<\/p>\n

Running out of Hands<\/a>
\n Swinging the Axe<\/a><\/p>\n

In this post I want to show you how our game changed from beginning to the end.<\/p>\n

Quick tip: Using some sort of CVS (Git, for example) is very useful for this kind of posts.<\/em>
\n It is difficult to find some time and capture game while jam is in progress (and if you’re not making timelapse).<\/em>
\n But it is pretty simple to make commits to CVS and then, after the jam, go back in time and make some gifs \":)\"<\/em><\/p>\n

Day\u00a01<\/h3>\n

After discussing core gameplay I started making prototype without proper sprites.
\n Managed to make physics-based shotgun \":)\"<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_1\"<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Removed some boxes as they block bunch of bullets.
\n Added some sort of room. Now our game fits the theme \":)\"<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_3\"<\/p>\n

Added enemies, some basic enemy pathfinding and some loot \":)\"
\n First pathfinding just tried to go in the direction of player, without any obstacle detection.<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_4\"<\/p>\n

Replaced pathfinding with proper one \":)\"<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_2\"<\/p>\n

Finally got some sprites from Chimera. Looks ok, but hands…
\n Also axe looks like tail if it is behind player \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_5\"<\/p>\n

…from here gifs\u00a0are smaller due to file size limitation…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Added some blood, and gibs, and blood stains. Made axe faster, just for fun \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_6\"<\/p>\n

Added loot and popup labels when picking loot.<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_7\"<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/h3>\n

Added more labels \ud83d\ude00
\n Chimera gave me some weapon sprites too \":)\"<\/p>\n

By the way, incrementing numbers in label is not very difficult to do, just needed to add more data to labels to determine its type.<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_8\"<\/p>\n

Added hands! They look awesome \":)\"<\/p>\n

Also added label color coding.<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_9\"<\/p>\n

Random clip with overpowered shotgun.<\/p>\n

I know that now it is very bad, we’re making proper post-jam version now with many balancing updates \":)\"<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_10\"<\/p>\n

Day 3<\/h3>\n

Didn’t had much time on Monday due to work, so almost everything was finished in about 5 hours and I managed to make build when it was 7 minuts in countdown \":)\" (It’s about 5 am my local time)<\/p>\n

Added UI and Main menu.<\/p>\n

Found some good music on Kevin MacLeod’s Site<\/a>. Used it many times when I didn’t had any composers around.
\n Tried to make some SFX\u00a0with BFXR<\/a>. It sounds not very good, but it was fast to do:)<\/p>\n

\"oneroom_11\"<\/h3>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

It was fun LD this time. I was going to make some small game and submit it to Compo…
\n But when I entered my local real-world gathering I was immediately asked by Vitali (Chimera) “Are you a programmer?” and we started working \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

P.S. Judging and commenting are still going – Cure4Life<\/a>\u00a0\":)\"<\/p>\n \n

Tags: postmortem<\/a>, progress<\/a>, unity3d<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 20th, 2016 8:00 am","title":"Cure4Life Postmortem"}