Spoiler Warning : Contains full play through. 

The post mortem is on my blog here.

Stayed up to get the theme…

got stumped
tried to sleep
brainstormed designed
got idea
needed sleep very late/early
game concept grew into AAA+ CGI extravaganza…zzzzZZZZ

Now OMG big idea little time!

Spent the last couple of days (off and on, due to injury) working on this!

Player flies a hover ship (green) over a wrapping procedural landscape and has to battle enemy drones (red), haven’t thought of a name for it yet! (ehm!)

All guesses on a postcard and the winner gets Kudos or an old age pension ;o)!

..Now if I build a flying Giant Monster Angry Cyber Kitten model, hmmm!

PS I’m in!

Training Video 101 : ZG Defence

Now you you need to practice your training!

Online

or

On your Android Mobile

Available on Kongregate

Just Entered Cancer Wars into the October Challenge!

Please play it and let me know what you think, because all ad revenue goes to Cancer Research UK!

I thought I had the October Challenge covered put an existing game up for it that is already earning money and make it for charity!

Cancer Wars is on Kongregate

And to date for this month it has made $0.35 from 207 ad supported plays so I only need about 389 new plays to earn that 1$ this month!

Please play it here http://www.kongregate.com/games/Arowx/arowx-cancer-wars-v0-5!

Because cancer effects 1 in 3 people and all revenue goes to a Scientific Cancer Research Charity!

Cancer Wars 100% of revenue for cancer charity!

Going to put Cancer Wars up for the October Challenge but with a twist the game is for charity, it’s already out there on Kongregate, so you can play it there and know that all add revenue is going to charity.

It’s made with Unity but is not quite 100% complete, please play it because I could use some helpful feedback on what it needs to give it the best chance to make the most money for Cancer Research UK.

Will work on it this month and look to launch it on PC / Mac and Mobile platforms by the end of this month!

The Challenge:
I have a 365 day runway (until 9 Sep 2012) to earn £20k (about $32k) from games development.

The earnings value is based on a UK minimum wage calculation of about £6 per hour 9-5 job, and factoring in that I will have to pay money to make them, buying in music ect, and overheads for payment providers?

Resources:
Me, Unity, PC, Mac, iPod, Android.

Currently I manage to produce game ‘Prototypes’ like these http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/Arowx/favorites

Hurdles:
Art, 3D Animation, Procrastination, Funds, Motivation, Experience, Marketing

Forfeit:
If I have not hit or exceeded this target by the deadline and proved I can make a living from games I have to dust off my CV and get a job!

So what advice would you give or better still how do you do it?

You can play it on Kongregate – HMS Lightning BETA v0.2

Just an Update on my LD20 project, added in a menu (see below).

Improved the intro graphics, couldn’t resist adding a Scuba HUD.

Music and sound effects added but still quite a bit I would like to add!

Please give it a whirl and let me know what you think, on LD or Kongregate.

Cheers

Play them on Kongregate.com

The idea is to progress these games polish them and improve them over time.

So don’t just leave your LD game on the shelf go back to it improve it, enhance it and get it out there where people can see, play and enjoy it!

Here is the Timelapse for my Jam entry, for Ludum Dare 21, BEF.

I was using Chronolapse 1.0.7 on a two monitor setup, but some entire sections of the capture were just blanks, which was annoying as I did some serious modelling the first day, troops, tanks, aircraft and a ship (only the ship and french trooper appear).

This is a good example of how not to do a LD, don’t just model everything first at least model and develope or better still build the mechanics then bring in better models.

Play the game.

Wow it’s done kind of BEF

Not sure if it’s a fun game but mechanically it ‘works’.

Quick Postmortem:

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‘Dunkrik the Great Escape’ WIP.

I’ve just got this to appear doing it all the wrong way round this time, modelling, graphics interface then mechanics.

Going for a Jam entry.

Hi LD’ers yay why am I so hyped at this rate I will be tired before the event begins!

Just a quick line to say that already 385 people have played Energy Island Conquest (the enhanced beta of my LD mini 28 entry) on Kongregate.

I was just thinking of what Music I should line up for my Ludum Dare Weekend?

I recall a scientific article that said classical music is supposed to be good for your brain.  I know I’m a BG (before Google) nerd, my introduction to my first computer was the ZX81 and they did not have a internet search bar, or browser or internet!

So are you a BG (before Google) or an AG (after Google)?

LD Tip: Play Ludum Dare like a fighter pilot!

Fighter pilots train themselves so they instantly forget any mistakes they make, as even a split second worrying about something that went wrong could take you down in flames.

So for Ludum Dare expect failures, mistakes, errors, dead ends but prepare to forget them fast and fix/drop/work around them faster.

Quick update on my miniLD 28 entry, it’s gradually progressing…

You can play the Work In Progress Version on Kongregate