What would be a good interval to take timelapse shots during a Ludum Dare compo?

Quite literally, postMORTEM. ANyway, after reading the comments, seeing my ratings and my own opionins, I’m ready to do this. Maybe next time I’ll write this during the compo, but I only decided to do it now.

The good:

- I got a game released. I wasn’t really expecting to get one done, but I did.

- The gameplay. WIth GM, collison detecting/stopping you from moving in only one direction can be tough. I pulled it off though.

- The tower and key sprites. I’m not very good at computer art, and not much better and paper art, so these were pretty good sprites for me. I am thinking that making part of the key in 3d would be good, but as of now, I’m just learning to use Blender, so during the creation part, I couldn’t have done it.

The bad:

- The player sprite and the wall sprite. I could have done better with those.

-The game itself. It needed more levels and, quite obviously (:P), a game over/you win screen.

-The fact that I used GM to make it. I wanted to use SDL to make it, but I had no time.

Overall, if I added more levels, more detail and more traps, I think that it could become sort of fun.

Until next LD,

Demize

No, I didn’t record one. But I’d like to next time, if somebody can tell me how. SO, if you can, comment here to tell me how I can record a timelapse on Windows XP please.

Ok, people seem to have been asking a bunch of questions, so here are some answers. You have to collect all 7 of the keys. The key that’s backwards kills you. That’s all.

Ok, here’s a little background info that I forgot to provide. The game’s name is “The keys to the Tower”. The game takes place in a tower, just not a good one. And you play as a block of… something… with a keyhole in it.

Well, SMF has failed me, so here’s a more public download link.

http://host-a.net/juliansgames/ld12.zip

Also: Background info: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2008/08/11/oops-2/.

Well, here’s a screenshot and my tools. I used PDN and Game Maker.

EDIT(About an hour after the compo): WOw, I wonder how I somehow managed to get a screenshot into the first post. Anybody know?

Made with Game Maker. I’ll change it to C++ and SDL some day, but until then, here it is! Use up, down, left and right. ANd I hope I got it in on time, I finished it RIGHT when it hit the deadline here.

http://forums.d-games.co.cc/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=42.0;attach=11

*Cheating means usig GM to make my game. Later though, I’ll convert it to C++ and SDL and post it here. But I WILL get a game done! 2 hours or so to do it, but I will!

Just recently in the IRC I said I was going to sleep. I was wrong. Anyway, I am now nice and awake, sort of, and am going to get started on my game: It takes place in a 7(planned, should be less) story tower. You have to go around getting keys. Why? I don’t know. There is one key on each floor. There are also going to be traps that take away one of your (insert how many stories there are here) health. There will only be one, non-random level, unless I make it with Game Maker. But my planned tools are PDN, MSVC and the free version of PTK. Now, off to get something to eat.