The idea of the game is that you pushed too far to get to the top of a mountain and got caught in a snow storm, alone , and need to get down. Altough I really like that idea, the execution of that idea left a lot to be desired and I’m not happy at all with the result. But with christmas so close and real life getting into way, I calculated that I used only 8 hours on this game total, so there’s not much to expect. I’m happy with what I managed to do in that time.

The plan was originally have branching conversations, and you’d have to work out how to get down the mountain by trying to get help from the walkie talkie etc. And I would’ve liked to make the thermal meter into a proper mechaning, where you would have to manage your body temperature by different means, whereas now it’s just a timer. But anyway, it’s done!

First screenshot of the game. You’re a guy stuck in a snowstorm. I’m trying to do this really quick this time since I have lots of non-LD things to take care of too. No levels, no complex mechanics, just something really simple. It’s a great challenge too to keep everything minimalistic, but still do something that isn’t completely void of value.

Anyway, be creative everyone and have fun!

Just wanted to mention that I finished and published a bigger version of Pvt Littledude vs Robot Armada, a game I did originally for Mini Ludum Dare 28 (and got #1 for Fun, yay!). It includes more levels, better balanced gameplay, infinity mode, achievements, lots of original music, etc. etc. So now it’s even more fun! (But not apparently enough, since I failed to get a Flash sponsorship, but whatever. )

So, here it is:

http://www.kongregate.com/games/gimblll/pvt-littledude-vs-robot-armada

Available here!

Here’s a screenshot again (not much progress visible there though):

But the game, inside the game, sucks.

I have to go deeper.

I have a hard time finding proper game rules and elements for this, but at least I have a full framework done for now. I was too optimistic whe I started to implement this with a halfassed idea, but it’s too late to turn back now. This is definitely turning out to be a turd this time, but whatever, I’ll still try to finish it.

Here’s a new screenshot:

Anyway, first pixels up on screen! Here we go!

Seems I got #1 in Fun in MiniLD28, yay! Thanks for voting! If anyone still cares, the game is playable here. I’ve been doing a bigger, more complete version of that for the past two weeks too, but more on that later.

Entry here.

See ya, I’m off to sleep!

The game is fully playable and completable and suprisingly fun. In fact, it turned out so well that I’m still thinking of adding some kind of an achievement system into it at the last minute. We’ll see if I have the energy, I’m pretty dead for the day already though.

Here’s a new screenshot, not much visual changes since last time:

Here’s an in progress screenshot (robots are attacking, beware!):

Next up: Sounds!

Screenshot (not much to look at currently though ):

Generally my LD:s have been painful because I’ve always tried to think of something too out of the box with the theme and in the end run out of time to actually implement the cool parts. So this time I’ll just do a really simple desing without much innovation in it. I’m thinking of some kind of a Robotron/Tower defence combo/clone with lot’s of blood and guts. One screen, player war dude vs. increasing amount of enemy war dudes, just basic stuff. But hopefully get it done to the level where it’s actually fun.

My self imposed schedule:

Day 1 (sat): Setup project, implement rules, objects, controls

Day 2 (sun): Do graphics, sounds and effects

WRONG

See the finished entry here. Pretty happy with it, even though reactions from all testers were uniformly “boring” and “annoying to get stuck in the tree pixels”.

Thanks all, it was fun to finish another one. And now, the best part… sleeeeep, aaahhhhh!