Ludum Dare #10compo
GlobCombat
Here’s my final entry for LudumDare 10:
GlobCombat-0.1.0 for Linux
This was my first LudumDare and I’m disappointed that I did not finish, but on the other hand I guess I’m also kinda surprised I got as far as I did. Most of the game logic and art is finished, but I didn’t have enough time left to add gameplay and polish stuff like a menu and highscore list. It is possible to run the game to see the artwork and play with the logic a bit (see doc/README for details).
My biggest mistake was spending 9 hours on trying to get A* graph search working (especially with about 2 years gone since the last time I touched that kind of stuff). Should have given up on that path and re-designed after 3 hours instead of 9 – then I might have had a playable entry.
I did learn a lot (and I am going to learn a lot in the coming weeks as I work to finish this game and to improve my library to make things easier for next time). It was fun in spite of the setback.
Here’s a screenshot from just before I started packaging it up for release:
GlobCombat-0.1.0 for Linux
This was my first LudumDare and I’m disappointed that I did not finish, but on the other hand I guess I’m also kinda surprised I got as far as I did. Most of the game logic and art is finished, but I didn’t have enough time left to add gameplay and polish stuff like a menu and highscore list. It is possible to run the game to see the artwork and play with the logic a bit (see doc/README for details).
My biggest mistake was spending 9 hours on trying to get A* graph search working (especially with about 2 years gone since the last time I touched that kind of stuff). Should have given up on that path and re-designed after 3 hours instead of 9 – then I might have had a playable entry.
I did learn a lot (and I am going to learn a lot in the coming weeks as I work to finish this game and to improve my library to make things easier for next time). It was fun in spite of the setback.
Here’s a screenshot from just before I started packaging it up for release:
Comments13
Too bad this wasn't finished, sounds like it could've been an interesting game. Points for journal and effort though =)
Could not rate this... I just don't understand what to do, so I guess it's not finished. I put up the runes or whatever and nothing happens?
I couldnt do anything with this but drop letters on grass :(
Aw, the downside to these short contests - so many cool ideas that have yet to be realized. Unfortunately, this is one of the casualties this time :(
i don't understand this thing at all. you'll need to drop a readme.txt in, and explain how to play it.
No windows binary.
Clearly unfinished and unplayable, so not much score to give. Could've been fun.
No windows binary, could not try
The gameplay sounds innovative, and despite not finishing you made an effort to release it. You get points from me on those. :)
Too bad it wasn't finished. I didn't know what to do.
Obviously there's not really anything 'here'. It sounds fun.
Could've been interesting, a pity it didn't get finished.
Aside from figuring that out, it's a nifty chain reaction idea. I probably would've been figuring out the interactions if I had been trying to work through levels. If it were going to be puzzle-style, where you have a fixed set of runes and fixed enemies for each, retrying until you get it, that would be pretty fun and figurable. I just hope there'd be a chart onscreen to check the reactions!