I’ve got a couple of game development-related new year’s resolutions for myself, and I thought I’d share them.

First of all, I’m going to finish things that I start. I will allow myself to shelve things, but I will finish them. I leave too many neat things unfinished. Enough of that.

Second, I will make things other than scrolling shmups and platformers. I make too many of them, and I need to broaden my experience beyond that stuff. I will still make some of them, but it won’t be all that I do.

Third, I will complete at least one mid-sized project. I want to accomplish at least something this year, and a good, mid-sized game seems like it would be the thing to do.

Finally, I will improve my artwork. This doesn’t just mean making my art look better, but being able to draw things that I currently have a hard time drawing. (Such as characters in isometric perspectives)

I’m hoping that I can hold to these, as I think they’re things that I really need to do.

Peace

— Mr. Dude

Yep. You can get them here :

My submission entry

Nothing else has changed there, just added binaries for the  two platforms.

Also, if you downloaded the linux version yesterday i had uploaded a version with a debug library linked in accidentally. This affected performance greatly, please update to the latest!

The lack of comments on Rosetta seems to suggest it falls on the wrong side of unintelligible or just not very entertaining. Going to try and make a new version in the next couple of days that addresses some issues and adds a few things.

After staying 2 weeks at home I finally came back to my office. And what was awaiting me? An XMas-Gift by Philhassey himselfs.

So, what was in the Box? A bottle of maple syrup, 5 packages ‘microwave pork rinds’ and a photo of himself and the cool goat that pulled his coach in the ld#17(?) keynote.

I’m quite curious about the microwave pork rind….

Thx a lot!!!

PS: Hope there will be an secret santa next year again! It was fun! Thx for organizing!

EDIT: I finnaly ate some Pork Rinds and I have to say it is really good! Wouldn’t have expected that way! ;D

I’ve added a post-competition build of my game to the links on the entry page. It’s mostly bug fixes but also a few simple improvements and a draw engine overhaul.

New Features:

• simple detection of being stranded without fuel with a popup message
• permanently show a flag over explored planets to make it easier to tell where you’ve been.
• Fuel is consumed over time as you travel, so if you are interrupted by an enemy ship, you only pay for the fuel you’ve used.
• improvements to the shop prevent you from being able to waste money on refills for things you’re already full on (like fuel)

Engine:

• Entirely new draw manager, allows for limited view regions and camera movement (disabled in this build)
• Better UI management for windows and text

Bugs Fixed:

• fixed purchasing to negative money in the shop
• fixed bug where you could travel off screen in the right circumstances
• fixed bugs related to shopping or exploring at the same time as being attacked

All in all, pretty light, but I hope to keep improving it in chunks as I have time.

Check it out