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Trying not to look at the clock but not not look at the clock.

LD27LD #27 24. Aug 2013 · 16:07 UTC · 40 hours after compo start by lambda_express · 1

Made an initial checkin just to have a stake in the ground. The idea is a sort of “second person stealth shooter”. You are controlling an agent on a mission and the ten seconds part is you have ten seconds of time to communicate directions to the agent.

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stepvhen
24. Aug 2013 · 16:10 UTC
I have always wanted to do something in second person. I am interested in seeing how this turns out.

Well I made a game.

LD27LD #27 25. Aug 2013 · 23:37 UTC · 2 days after compo start by lambda_express · 0

In 48 hours. I did sleep. Actually a good 10 hours.

It is of the type: some coder makes something abstract looking with lines and circles. It is way better than I thought it would be when I woke up this morning and stratospherically better than where I thought it would be last night. But not as good as what I thought it could be Friday night. Looking forward to decompression and then see what the other entries are like. Amazing number of entries.

Infiltrators Post-Mortem

LD27LD #27 06. Sep 2013 · 02:07 UTC · 14 days after compo start by lambda_express · 0

I’ve made a slightly different post at my blog talking about this experience but I’ll present a more technical and less philosophical post mortem here.

How did it go? I don’t actually know. I seem to have blanked a large portion of my memory of those 48 hours. I made a game about mazes and pathfinding.

What didn’t work:
  • Tweaking movement and fighting  while writing them from scratch. This was definitely too much time doing a lot of things I could have had done for me. Too much last minute thinking.
  • Theme communication. I wished I had presented the 10 second mechanic better. I chalk this up to being a rookie. I coddle myself that way.
  • Not making a browser game from the get go. It’s just a better delivery mechanism.
  • Ambushes and sneaking. I really wanted cool ambushes and sneaking things to happen I just didn’t get there.
Here’s what did work:
  • Feedback and rating the other games. I really learned a lot playing the other entries and getting feedback on my own entry. That’s not just pandering.
  • Writing my own collisions and nav. This was time doing things I could have had done for me. But I was able to work the nav into the game mechanic in a way I wouldn’t have thought of if I were using it as a library.
  • Processing. I played around with a few frameworks but Friday morning I realized I should stick with something I know at least this time. I kept things simple enough and I like Processing for playing around and so it worked for me.
  • Processing.js – sort of. Processing has this capability to produce javascript and play in browser. It’s not seamless, I didn’t start out intending to stay compatible with it. But I was able to make it work (outside of the 48 hours though).
  • Debugging. I was able to keep bug load low enough to power through at the end.