I was planning on posting this 2 hours ago, but it took a little longer than I expected to get it working. This is the 2 hallways and parlour, generated differently each time. A number of rooms branch off the hallways (not visible here), in one of which the murder takes place.
I’m devoting the next few hours to implementing the timeline – sorting out who goes where, when.
Despite many distractions, I now have a castle map that you can walk around in. Monsters spawn and will chase you (but don’t hurt you yet). You can outrun monsters and they’ll lose aggro.
Now I need treasures and puzzles. Puzzles will require a tag system and frankly that scares me. I now have 22:30 left…can I finish in time?! Tune in for the exciting conclusion! (Excitement not guaranteed.)
Tags: screenshot
It’s toast. Oh, and here’s some candy:
But it’s really from last night.
Tags: breakfast, candy, foodphoto, sandwiches, toast
After laziness and distraction, I’ve finally got enough of the game coded for a screenshot:
Right now it’s just some nodes pushing around signals when you click on them. Eventually I’m going to add nodes which take different actions when hit with signals, and build some puzzle elements. Tonight, I’d like to get the tech side of things done, so I can focus on design tomorrow.
Tags: screenshot
So I spent all of Saturday making Kirby-esque gameboy style graphics, which I have a feeling was a mistake as I’m going to have to code all of the game in one day and I’m still all too green with python. Oh well, hopefully something comes out of it and at least I have the graphics pretty much done for what I have in mind. And no, it’s not really going to be a platformer and no, that’s not an alien (it’s a grasshopper I swear). If low-res 4-shade black and white graphics isn’t minimalist enough I plan on it being a one-button affair. Here’s hoping I get this done tomorrow!
Tags: grasshopper, journal, leap, screenshot
Well, I’m back a couple hours later than I thought I might be (go figure..) 😉 But, I did snag one great picture of copious amounts of dead thing grilling over a backyard fire at a friend’s house.
Anyway, I’m back and checking out all the posts and happenings I missed while most of you were still coding away today! Gotta get back on the coding horse if I’m gonna pull this thing off tomorrow, still a lot to do!
Well, I’ve basically completed my game, though I want to add some “minimal” background music as it is a thinking/puzzle game. It’s turned out to be a little more interesting than I first thought, which is, of course, good.
However, after initial feedback from my Dad and girlfriend, I’ve had to try and make it a little clearer about what you’re supposed to accomplish. Which I think warrants an easy/hard mode toggle as the “clear” method makes the game a lot simpler.
Think that’s all for now. Probably going to go to bed soon and work on the music a bit tomorrow, maybe. Of course, ate the staple of pizza for dinner, but it was also for other reasons beyond my control…
Ahhhh! After playing with weapon-less AI for so long it is as drastic change to have them actually shooting back now! I didn’t initially intend for this to be a hardcore shooting experience, but I’m liking it so far so that might be the final product…
I ironed out a LOT of bugs over the last few hours, and I’m making headway into the deeper gameplay I didn’t know if I would have time for. Exciting! I’ll probably leave sound and music out and blame it on my desire to keep it one single file. This will give me lots more time to work on the game. I’ll likely work on some music and sound after the compo (and without the 48 hour creation restriction) and roll them into the game later on.
Tags: journal
Well, I’m definitely going to have trouble finishing this thing in time. I have already thrown out the idea of any graphics or sounds. The fact is though I think the game now fits the theme really well. It looks like that old game hack or rogue you may have played years ago. I’m using characters for graphics. My game is much much simpler and smaller though.
Getting a rpg done in this amount of time is all about finding shortcuts and simplying things as much as possible. So far I like the direction it’s going. I think it might be a fun game. Whether I have time to finish it or even balance it at all is a another matter.
In any case, I’ll have something for people to try at least.
Ok here is my first release!
It is a java applet so it should simply play in the browser if you go here
Instructions:
You are the blue block, dodge the red blocks using the arrow keys. Control the green block with the mouse. Left click fires a yellow block to help deflect red blocks.
Howdy! This is my first LD. I’ve tried to compete before, but it has never worked out. My entry is a MUD written as a facebook app. I’ve always been a fan of MUDs in general and I figured a MUD would fit the theme pretty well.
I’m not as far along as I would like to be, but it is a lot further that I thought I would have gotten. So far you can walk around, talk, and act like you are going to attack somebody. Tomorrow I plan on finishing up combat, polishing up the interface a bit and adding a lot more content. Now it is time for some sleep!
Tags: journal, screenshot
04-19-2008 11:30PM EST
Hey all, I am JamesDM. I have never coded a line in my life. I have however worked with NegativeGeForce for quite a while, learning the ins and outs of game design. Through NGF I heard about Ludum Dare and decided I would give it a shot. I am downloading Python as I write this and will make an attempt to learn basic python, write and code a text adventure game before the deadline. This leaves me about 22.5 hours to complete this. Hopefully I can make the deadline and I hope to learn a thing or two and hopefully have alot of fun.
04-19-2008 11:59PM EST
Python is installed and I just finished skimming the documentation. I also outlined my game and have started working on the storyline.
04-20-2008 12:58AM EST
I’m still tossing around some ideas of how to use the minimalist theme to its full potential for this project. I went over some basic code with NGF and he helped me with some basic examples. Also, Dinner time…
And pre-game desk.
I realized that I could spend a lot of time optimizing the monster flocking behavior… or I could just remove it entirely to save CPU because the player hardly gets to observe it. Now the monsters just wander aimlessly and chase the player when they see him. It hardly impacts gameplay, except that it runs more smoothly.
As for the rest of the game, I drew bad pixel art and threw together some bad sounds for whenever the player collides with a monster or when a character bumps into the edge of the arena. Now, just as soon as I make the monsters actually kill the player, I’ll have a full game.
Tags: Omnihunter
Well, I’m not quite happy with my music loop yet, but it’s close. I’m using Musagi to generate my music. It’s a very useful little tool, though it has a bit of a learning curve. Need to dig out my three button mouse for it though tomorrow.
I’ve also used his Sfxr program as mentioned in a prior post for my sound effects. Along with a base of Python + PyGame for my programming. It’s 361 lines of codes and few external files for the images, sounds, and music track. I’m pretty sure I’m all done now, but I’m going to get some sleep, work out my music a bit more tomorrow, and I’ll post my final version then.
In the meantime feel free to listen to my first complete attempt at Musagi here (ogg). And the screen shot of my updated menu with updated instructions:
Things are getting out of hand… There is a helper python script that scans a directory (such as your iTunes directory) for mp3 files, reads the ID3 tags, and makes an index for the game to use. So if you have some mp3’s lying around, you should have plenty of content. It should come as no surprise that it’s a rhythm game.
I’ve got the bare beginnings of the gameplay done. “Focus” was the title for the old, complicated idea. The new one is…. well, different. And still secret. But much more minimal.
So I’ve spent almost 2/3rds of the time on the title screen… now onto gameplay…
I finally implemented the enhanced collision detection which determines who wins a fight when the player and a monster overlap. It took me a lot longer than expected– two hours– but now that that’s done, all I have left to do is polish off the game.
No screenshot in this post, because the only changes are visible in motion.
Tags: Omnihunter
Idea is ready.
Opengl code for graphics is ready (i do windows .exe totally in linux ).
Time to sleep now, when i wake up i just implement the idea and be happy about it, maybe even add sounds if time permits
Hopefully catching some zzz’s will heal up cold I caught just in time for LD11…
Wish me luck, if I succed you will have a kick-ass game
this is my first screen shot. that is not game yet.
i only use pygame, and next i make gameplay part.
umm… i need more time
