I made a post-compo version of my entry, with modifications suggested by commenters:

• added sound effects
• added music (ambient sounds, actually)
• small fixes in walking animation
• small fixes in gfx: exit doors became orange/red, also you see part of the room when the door is open
• gameplay fixes: player health was replenished at the start of a level, now it is maintained through the game

You can play it here. If you want to rate it, here is the original compo entry. Enjoy!

Thanks to  CplMustard,  merthsoft,  jfroco, dr_soda, Thomas, Benjamin for their insightful suggestions!

My first thought when I read the theme was “exploring an old house alone, at night”. I played too much “Alone in the Dark” in my days… And I wanted a similar game, but in 2D. So I choosed the “survival horror” genre.

What went right:

• Programming tools: I had no problem with the usual write-build-compile-play-debug workflow
• Chronolapse was very good for the screen capture (see timelapse here)
• I was more focused than the last time
• It was really fun!

I finally prepared the timelapse for my entry, Alone in the Mansion. Enjoy!

Timelapse of Alone in the Mansion on Youtube

Here is the link to the original entry.

I don’t believe it! I really finished the game and this time seems fun to play

However, I didn’t have time to add music and sound effects. Maybe I’ll add them in a post-compo version…

Screenshot of the finished game!

The entry (source and web version) is here. Now I go to sleep

Closing my first day. The mechanics are in place, it is slightly playable. Tomorrow I’ll finish the entities and I will concentrate on the graphics and levels.

Hope everyone is doing well too.

Good night to everyone!

Ladder mechanic is working. First screenshot!

Just had a little beer time

No more panic, it's beer time!

I lost about two hours due to overwhelming panic… I was working on an idea, but suddenly I was stroke by its boringness.

However now it don’t seem so boring (and, I haven’t though of anything else as a substitute). I’m back to work

It’s twelve o’clock here in Italy (LD is from saturday 3:00 am to monday 2:59 am, according to local time), about 9 hours passed.

It’s twelve o’clock and I didn’t come with a feasible idea yet.

Oh well… It will come.

To be honest I had some, but there are, like, a zillion platformer where the player is alone (or based on “loneliness”). Not so original. So I’m searching for something more original.

I’m in for my second Ludum Dare!

I will use:

• As3 + Flixel
• Flashdevelop as IDE
• Dame and/or Tiled  as level editors (if needed)
• GraphicsGale + The Gimp for graphics
• Bfxr for sounds & instruments
• OpenMTP for music
• Chronolapse for the timelapse

It will be fun!