LD25 – killCity postmortem

So, I just finished (gave up) my first LudumDare 48 hour compo run (create a game in 48 hours, solo).

I used my pre-made game-engine (called Excessive Overkill), but had to hack quite a lot on it in order to actually make a game (I’ve only ever used it for one game, more than a year ago).

The game and objective?

My game is a reverse missile-command, you’re trying to destroy the villages, because you are the villain!

You target your satellites by clicking on a satellite, then click on a village.

When all your satellites are aimed at a target, you FIRE FIRE FIRE!

yes.. the game sucks.

Download the entry

The game is packaged for Linux 32/64 bit and Windows.

http://static.blogchan.dk/ld25/killCity_b31.tar.bz2 Everyones favourite package format.

http://static.blogchan.dk/ld25/killCity_b31.zip – Zip.

Show me the source, you surely did NOT make that in 48 hours!

Yeah, it’s 700 lines of C, I did, and those 700 lines are filthy.

Here’s the source for both:

https://github.com/DusteDdk/LD25 – The game

https://github.com/DusteDdk/excessiveOverkill – The engine

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/12/11/looking-ready-for-first-ld/ – Declaration of tools, “I’m In”

What went right:

• More or less functional game.
• I found something that was kind of related to the theme.
• I got it to build and run on Linux/Windows.
• It’s not randomly crashing..
• I learnt a lot of things during this
• My game engine matured a bit

What went wrong:

• The mechanics are lame, and not that fun, given more time, I might have been able to extrapolate my initial idea into something better.
• I overslept and had a cold which took the edge off of my concentration, and I decided to just hack.

What to improve:

• Next time I’ll try and have the engine in better condition, that’s the main limit, but I do want to use my own engine, that’s half the fun.

Screenshots!!

The main menu – Advanced stuff..

Cannon shot one of players bombs

You try to destroy the villages

Using your deathly SPACE SATELLITES!!

Oh, and one more thing:

Something wonderful happens when you destroy all the villages, but I will leave that as an exercise for the reader.