I posted an extended version of my game. It only adds a difficulty setting, because most people found it too hard Yes, it IS actually very hard. But I wanted to make something more challenging and intense this time: it serves the ambient a lot to emphasize emotions (being chased and put on edge).

What went right:

• the animations: painting a dog walking was quite an amazing challenge to me, especially as Photoshop lacks good animation tools (unlike GraphicsGale). But I’m very proud of the result
• the particles: it was really quick to add fx in the game, I used a previous lib I made for the LD20,
• the gameplay: there is pro/cons about that, but compared to the previous versions I add during the weekend, the result works fine (not great but hey)

What went wrong:

• the difficulty: insanely high and lacks a good progression, fixed in extended version
• the music: when I added the “being chased” gameplay, the calm and moody music became awkward; it was not fitting at all anymore… But I kept it.
• the SFX: I like DrPepper’s SFXR a lot, but it tends to be repetitive after 4 LD entries… I definitely have to dig the Sfx question before next LD!
• the final sequence! I spent like 2-3 hours on it, and the high difficulty made it hard to actually see T_T

I’m totally exhausted : it’s 4:45am here in France… The game is a little hard (like any hardcore platformer should be, hey!) but I hope it won’t be too disheartening.. The game looks almost like I imagined it, but I regret the audio part: took me too much time and wasn’t especially pleasant.

Have fun!

Play the game
See the submission page

Finished the intro cinematic! And yes, you DO play a dog.

I have a very hard time with the story-telling thing right now, so I guess I really need some sleep T_T

I’m pretty happy with the current result, in term of gfx :

You can actually move, jump, grab and be a cute puppy right now.

Try it now!

Very annoying to make it feel right, but it’s done, it’s just great!

Just woke up, batteries are full, got coffee. Ready to take on the next part : lightnings!

I’m pretty happy with the result, but it took way too long to paint :-/
Let’s get back on coding & gameplay!

Try it : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4952054/ludumdare22/demo3/index.html

(click to focus, use ARROW keys to move around)

Working on the main character. Yes it’s actually a dog

Actually, you can ONLY jump using UP arrow key, and obey gravity. That’s it!

First step
try it

Well. “Alone” was, by itself, the kind of theme that directs you to a moody/hard game. Adding a “mood” category was definitely not necessary and will for sure bring like EVERYONE to make a hard game. It becomes pretty “dangerous” (in term of ranking) to do something original with this theme.

Not a good decision, for sure.

Woot!

My idea is not clear yet, but I will definitely make something about someone getting trapped in some sort of cave, trying to literally survive down there. This means :

- no enemy,
- no one to help,
- you need to find food, water, a safe place to sleep..etc.
- you may craft a few useful tools for your survival needs.

Hi folks! Fourth participation here and I will do my very best to make something nice So much energy down here, on this blog!

Good luck everybody and be the inspiration be with you (>°_°)>

My previous entries : here

EDIT : forgot the usual details on my project!

- code : Flash/Haxe (see: www.haxe.org)
- gfx : Photoshop
- sound : SFXr probably
- code IDE : Flashdevelop
- drugs : nespresso coffee mostly

Here is the timelapse for my entry (“A tale about life, death and a looser”)!

As you will see, there lots of copy paste while painting the assets, just to speedup the process a bit The blond woman is actually the hero slightly modified, so is the boss..etc.

Entry:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=2982

Timelapse:

Have fun!

First of all, sorry I couldn’t post many community updates : this time I wanted to do the LD21 within 9h instead of 48h (didn’t have much spare time this weekend). So I definitely didn’t have time to post much details

So here is my compo !
A tale about life, death and a looser

Hope you will like it

And hello mummy too, by the way.
As planned, I will work on this LD21 for only 8h (from now til about 8pm tonight). Gonna do my best to make something interesting (and hopefuly aesthetic) :

Hi everybody

I finally found a little time to participate to this LD! I will only have as few as 8 hours to compete, but I will do my best to create something in such a short time.
Ready to rumble!

I added an alternative ending to the game… Good luck
Play Enhanced version to find it : http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-20/?action=rate&uid=2982
Thank you everybody for your very very nice & supporting comments! I’m Appy you liked this entry!

I posted a better version of my game. You can see it here :
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-20/?action=rate&uid=2982

NOTE : this enhanced version is not intended for evaluation purpose ! It was posted AFTER the deadline and so, doesn’t fit the LD20 rules ! If you want to test & evaluate my game, please play the normal version.

I’m sorry I didn’t post much on the last day, hours were too short and the task was HUGE. Really. I solved most of my problems after a good sleep. I woke up full of energy and litteraly coded non-stop for 18h…

I really hope that you will appreciate my entry, I did my best to focus on the ambiance this time.

I didn’t have time at all to implement the sound part, sorry… I really didn’t want to put bad sfx in that could totally ruin the ambiance.

Thank you all !