I’m excited to be participating in Ludum Dare for the first time this weekend.

Language: JavaScript / HTML / CSS
Supporting frameworks: jquery.js, underscore.js, backbone.js, require.js, tween.js and modernizr.js
Pre-made classes: gameobject, engine, vector2, rectangle, circle and clock

Various Editors:

Text: Vim
Graphics: Photoshop
Sound: http://www.bfxr.net/

I have my baseline engine up and running at http://friendoftokyo.scriptolo.gy:8080/. Nothing is even close to what it should be like. Hopefully tomorrow morning will see some isometric awesomeness unfold good night!

Basic level generation

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It is now possible to select rows and columns using the interface.

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A few important updates. Humanity now grows its various sectors of civilization each turn: military, science and industry. If any of these sectors reaches a pre-determined upper limit, the game is over. Also (and critically), the ‘friend’ of Tokyo now destroys buildings.

As usual, you can try it out online at http://friendoftokyo.scriptolo.gy:8080/. As for me, though, it is time to sleep. Good night!

This entry was posted on Sunday, December 16th, 2012 at 1:03 am and is filed under LD #25. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

You can now drop the “friend” of Tokyo! He is mostly just a casual bystander now, though..

Check out http://friendoftokyo.scriptolo.gy:8080/ to try it for yourself!

I think I have arrived at what will be the final sprite sheet for the game. New additions in the last round are numbers for displaying points, and a compass for switching the orientation of the map (currently the last remaining unimplemented features). One of the fonts has been borrowed from the royalty-free fonts available at spicypixel.net.

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Home stretch; basically all that is left is that you have to be able to lose the game. I have a little less than 2.5 hours to implement that. Wish me luck!

This is really exciting. I honestly was not sure I could do something like this in 48 hours. The theme was really awesome, and the game was so fun to build.

Last minute additions include the ability to lose the game, which features three possible endings (collect them all). Also, some story setup and rules are now included at the bottom of the page. Last, but not least, the game has been moved to its own domain name. Check it out at http://friendoftokyo.com/!

Also, you can find my entry here: Friend of Tokyo LD48 Entry

And finally, here is a screenshot of the finished game in action to seal the deal: