Ludum Dare » deathbed http://www.ludumdare.com/compo A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dying in Context http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/19/dying-in-context/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/19/dying-in-context/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:09:48 +0000 hamburger http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5498 Good morning friends!

For anyone who feels like playing a very unfinished game, here’s the state of mine as of last night. The beginnings of the gameplay are there: notice now as you switch between your senses, sometimes you experience portions of the outside world. That’s what the deathbed experience is all about.

I have like 10 things on my list for the next 12 hours, so I better get to work.

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]]> http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/19/dying-in-context/feed/ 3 He dies successfully. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/he-dies-successfully/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/he-dies-successfully/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:50:29 +0000 hamburger http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5323 Gosh, I’m moving really slow. I’m going to have to start working harder.

My game is sort of playable. The game is about being on your deathbed, and in this build you can experience yourself slowly dying. You can focus your energy on different parts of your body by clicking, which has no effect right now except clicking on the brain, which slows down your death.

I guess you guys are going to want me to make this more GAMEY now. Fine. I’ll add points and crap. That’s coming up next.

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]]> http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/he-dies-successfully/feed/ 2 This is what a deathbed looks like. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/this-is-what-a-deathbed-looks-like/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/this-is-what-a-deathbed-looks-like/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:41:20 +0000 hamburger http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5195 Well, I sort of have a design planned out for my game, so I decided to take out a pen and start drawing. Here’s what I sketched up in the past 5 minutes.

Notice the beautiful asset list: brainwave, eyes, hand, mouth, and nose. A more delightful art asset list I have not seen!

]]> http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/this-is-what-a-deathbed-looks-like/feed/ 1 The original wall of doom http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/the-original-wall-of-doom/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/the-original-wall-of-doom/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:32:13 +0000 hamburger http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5106 OK, with 33 hours remaining, hamburger’s finally going to start thinking about getting started.

“Advancing wall of doom” is a pretty morbid theme, guys. I feel compelled to make a game about the original wall of doom, that one that is advancing upon us all – death, of course!

I picture myself on my deathbed, waves in my head slowly shrinking to whispers, then nothing. I have a little bit of energy left in me, but not enough to run the whole machine of my body. Should I focus it in my eyes, to see my loved ones around me? Or in my ears, to hear what they’re saying? Or in my hands, to feel when they hold them? Or should I focus all my energy inside my head, to keep those waves alive?

Is this a game? I hope so. I’m going to try to run with it. If you have any suggestions, please make them. :)

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