I got out some sort of game against all the odds. I didn’t quite put as much “stuff” in as I’d like to have, but there you go.

It’s a space game where you travel from planet to planet, between star systems in search of intelligent life.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Didn’t get much else done due to extreme procrastination.

Here’s some GUI crap.

So yeah I have decided to do LD this time around. I’m slowly getting somewhere.

The idea is a game inspired by the star scanning part of Spore and Star Control 2, wherein you roam around the local star systems in search of life to find out if we really are Alone. You’ll probably run out of fuel or grant money pretty quickly before then though.

Here’s the timelapse for my entry this past weekend.

I haven’t embedded it because I’ve just realised my desktop wallpaper has a huge Portal 2 spoiler. (I’M SORRY, SOPHIE!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e-Gj9-4bcg

Unfinished but whatever. At least I submitted something.

Doctor Whoops and the Running Fellow

I was really ill for a while today. I haven’t done even close to enough. Oh well. I added some weapons, here’s one-

I’ll see what I can salvage here tomorrow.

okay

He fires arrows and shit.

Nice one, everyone.

Using Python, Myrmidon and Pythonutils for code, again.

Gimp and probably Graphics Gale for graphics, again.

Propellerhead’s Reason/Record for sound and music, again.

Pycatcher for timelapse, again. (I got it working.)

Same old, same old.

A few years ago I wrote a timelapse program for myself so I could take LD timelapses. I wrote something that would only output sequential images, could do picture-in-picture webcam image and ran from console only.

It broke spectacularly a long time ago.

But I just spent the last few hours fixing it ready for this weekend. So if you fancy giving it a go then you can get the source from github: https://github.com/Fiona/pycatcher

One day I’ll package it properly, I promise.

*Collapses*

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-18/?action=preview&uid=150

Please read the “Disclaimer” before eating my face off.

Night”

I’ve done the basic layout of every area in the world and linked all the maps up properly. Hurrah! Next up is making lots of Daremon to populate it. Then adding trainers everywhere.

Busy, busy…

I’ve written a pretty extravagant event system with dialogue boxes, world objects, other characters to interact with and trainers that catch you to battle. Also done map switching.

I’m done with most of the real game writing code, it’s world building and content making from here on out.

My battle system is finished!!

I’ve got fighting, capturing, running away, experience gaining, leveling up and the strength progression that goes with it.

Happy times.

Now I have a lot of work to do on the overworld and tons of content creation. (Lot’s of Daremons to make!)

Ever get the feeling that you’re in way over your head?

I have a basic tile editor, tile drawing, character walking about and a 4 direction walk cycle.

Probably the worst walkcycle I’ve ever drawn but whatever.

THIS IS YOUR FAULT

Well that was a fun little distraction!

I have done other LDs, but that was before the site switched to WordPress and I don’t actually have them anymore.

what is it