Its some days after the Ludum Dare and I had some time to think about the development. As I wrote in the last post, I am happy that I finished it, but there is plenty of room for improvement.

The GUI design and graphics took me longer than expected, because I had to draw more stuff. This was because otherwise the player would not have sufficient information about the game state. A thing not to underestimate.

The player mechanics were a bit more complicated than expected. This took me also longer to implement. Especially the movement of enemies and the player together (speed, timings) took a bit longer. The tweaking, though still not perfect, took a long amount of time.

I was a bit faster with the map, since the game ended up being a bit shorter than expected.

I also cut away all sound, music and additional effects.

Lessons from this LD:

- Planning and re-planning is a very good way to reach the goal of finishing something

- Graphics can be more simple to save time for graphics

- Some gameplay elements should be optional and only be implemented when there is time

You can watch me programming the game on youtube:

http://youtu.be/MFWtGSbBbYs

Tags: post-mortem

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