Hello All!

This will be my first LD and I’m very excited to participate!

Tools:

• JavaScript / HTML5 / CSS3
• Sprite3D
• Webstorm
• Pixelmator / Sprite Something
• Garage Band / SFXR

Workstation: iMac 24″

Audio:  Korg microKorg

I wish everyone success!

You are the villain Darth Vader (of course) and you must prevent the rebels from destroying the death start…uhm….something like that.  I know, not very original but what do you expect in 48hr compo? 😉

Slow start but…..

Found myself tweaking the game logic waaaaaaaaaaaay to much….must move on…..

Things to complete:

• Game Menu
• Game Logic
• Weapons
• Score Logic
• Music Score
• Sound
• Too many to list

Current Screenshot:

I’m tired and still have soooooooo much to do….I most likely will need to cut some features, but I will get some sleep first before I decide!

Latest Screenshot:

Hope everyone is making progress!

Tags: Death Star, spacehunter

Got some decent sleep last night.  Need to put in overdrive to finish this game!

I had to settle for one boiled egg

Breakfast Mishap Screenshot:

Tags: breakfast, mishap

This is my post-mortem for my 1st Ludum Dare game, Death Star.

What went right

• Finished the game in 48hrs! This was my 1st priority.
• Using Web technologies (HTML5/CSS3/Javascript) really sped up development
• Ate 3 meals a day and got some decent sleep during compo

What went wrong

• Game controls suck! Apparently everyone who played the game complain about the crosshairs being too difficult to control with the arrow keys. I think part of the problem was that pressing a key would cancel all other keys. So, once you were ready to shoot (by pressing the spacebar) this would cancel the crosshairs from moving. I think using a mouse would remedy this fine
• Game only renders (correctly) in webkit browsers
• Music track does not loop properly
• Not a orignal story nor game, but what do you expect in 48hrs 😉
• I left a boiled egg too long in my microwave which resulted in a big mess!

Timelapse

Conclusion

Participating in this event was a lot of fun. The people here are just awesome! I love reading their posts and viewing the in-game progress screenshots.

Here’s to an awesome 2013 year and I wish you all success!

Play Death Star!

Yes sir, I will be participating in my 2nd Ludum Dare!

My Tools:

• javascript, pixijs, webstorm
• pyxeledit, pixelmator, sketch
• microkorg, kaossilator pro, garageband

Good Luck People!!