Bet you all have been begging for time all weekend, hm?
Well now you can join Homie on his homeless adventure and beg for something totally different!
it's been fun making games with you all, and it was a long time coming, im off... for now!
First off, i have to give a huge thanks to everyone who gave my game a go and gave me feedback, it has been super inspirational! I have been dabbeling in Game Maker for some odd years now and i have only finished one game previously, but man... that's some time ago now haha.
Anyways! Ludum Dare! oh my, oh my, i have been following Ludum Dare since, LD12 i think, but i never had time nor the confidence to create and publish someting, But i finally did it! and i cant wait untill the next one comes around haha
Im having a blast with some of the entries around Great work everyone! Next time i'll be better prepared hopefully, i come in on short notice for this one haha
Anyways, as a consequence of all your feedback, i spent the day polishing the graphics a bit making stuff a bit clearer and i'm going to continue work on this for a little while at least, i am curious to see where i'm going to take it. I also added a brand spanking new soundtrack, and a little secret if you can find it!
10/10 /2019 Update
another day has passed and some more work has been done, i pushed the latest build together with the source to itch.io today!
Check it out here: https://kekkodude.itch.io/homie-the-homeless
Not much has been done to the textures so it still looks the same, but i finally worked out the movement! and it's working somewhat better i feel, still need some polish but it's getting there.
i was working on the code and i could not figure out how i was going to check what i was clicking, or not, and i was overcomplicating the process way to much... after embarrassing amount of head scratching and finger tapping i realized...
i could just do this
And it's working fine! haha
The.. i dont quite know what to call it yet, but the mini-game has gotten some polish and the arrows now light up when they are close enough to be hit.
I have never done a mini-game like this before so if anyone has some insight to how i can improve it, give me a shout!
Also there's another surprise in the game, see if you can make it past the third day and you should be able to find it laying around on the map
so it has been a week now, i know... but hey, better late then never for some self reflection! first off i need to say! i have been working on my latest patch under the original file name, so when i uploaded my latest version to itch it overwrote the original upload so i had to reupload the LD release, but now it says i uploaded it today.... have mercy!!!!
But as you can see, and if you have faith, the original release was last edited a couple minutes before the deadline...
the game concept is pretty basic, you controll timmy who is trying to keep his new friend Rock alive from all the monsters trying to create unbalance in the universe. it's a 2d platformer wich i havent done in ages so i had to revisit some old game concepts wich i had forgot how to do properly. so a lot of time was spent fixing some pretty basic bugs and getting core mechanics working.
in the end i was pleased with the original release, but it felt bare-boned, but everything was working as i wanted, i had one silly bug wich halted re-playability by having my main room where the "game" happens being ticked as persistent, so when you returned to it from the intro scene it had saved all the instances from the previous run, wich caused it to end immediately... fixed by a tick box haha...
i have had a hard time finding a lot of time to work on it this week, it has been hectic, unbelievable right? but i managed what i set out to do this week - a couple features, but hey, it's better then nothing right? haha...
Rock Need YOU
now i'm finally going to have a short nap, and then, what i have been wating for... CHECKING LD ENTRIES!!!!
Oh my, what a couple of weeks... have been moving and changing my life situation a bit so i haven't had that much time to play and rate games this time around sadly... barely have an internet connection so i have had to download games while out visiting friends and play them when i have had spare time which haven't been in abundance..
Anyways! i'm still trying to give some feedback where it's needed, if you could spare 10-20 minutes to give my game a shot and pass some feedback i would greatly appreciate it, would hate to have my game go bust for a lack of ratings.
the game itself is a bit barebones and (i think it's becoming my trademark.. jkjk) somewhat unintuitive.. but i finally managed to * generate * a playable world which i consider a HUGE personal victory. this is definitely a game i will give some more love whenever i get setup properly in my new living accommodations.
for any charitable soul out there, https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/blip here is the game
Also if anyone have any dark moody games to recommend i would gladly give them a go, kinda in the mood for something dystopian/dark or anything in that ballpark.
whenever i find invisible walls or obstacles that i can clip through i cant help but feeling a bit like this..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu6wlaaf-ck
What’s this? A post LD patch?
Well yes you are correct! it is indeed and it brings something that i felt was lacking. Nothing game-changing, everything is still the same old same old, Mr. Plutonium is till running, crashing and dying as usual, but NOW! There’s a LEADERBOARD Yeah! Compete with your fellow Plutonium addicts to see who can rack up the most meterds and try to hit the TOP 10 list in the new and improved Mr. Plutonium!
I got to say thanks to everyone who's already tested out my game and given me feedback, I'm trying to get around to play all the games of the people who's given Mr. Plutonium a go so i can give some love back to everyone who's been around :two_hearts:
Thanks again, and maybe i will see YOU On the TOP 10 list of Mr. Plutonium!
Still some unclaimed slots on the TOP 10 list, join the competition Here
