The most highly anticipated shaving simulation of the year... is some other game. This one's all about making creepy mustaches and poking some guy in the eye.
THE STORY: Imagine it's the morning of that big job interview or business presentation. You were up 'til 3 a.m. preparing, but you forgot to set your alarm clock and you've overslept. Your train leaves in 10 minutes, so you only have a few precious moments to shave...
UPDATE #1: Boosted by the encouragement I've received, and with just under two hours to go 'til the Jam deadline, I implemented a kind of shaving-like... um, thing. It's not so much a simulation of actual shaving, but more of a Photoshop eraser tool, if one were implemented very poorly. Since the Jam still hasn't ended, I'm releasing an updated version!! Now with 100% more shaving! Enjoy!
UPDATE #2: The post-jam version adds: (1) a button to regrow the beard, (2) option to grow a more dense beard, and (3) a monobrow.
UPDATE #3: The post-jam version is now more game-like: a score and timer have been added! Yay! I've removed the beard density and debug options. Minimalism!
You made SOMETHING. You know, I've been programming for five years, and in those five years the amount of time I've spent on programming which resulted in nothing made is roughly %95 of the time.
Prototype after prototype, giving up on a project to move to another, which I'd give up and move to another. All wastes. You've made SOMETHING, if every time you sat down and worked it was toward a completed project, then you're better than me, you're better than 9/10 of every amature game dev. The keynote of this very Ludum Dare was about submitting something. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/24/welcome-to-ludum-dare-26/#more-228094
Thanks, Perry. I see you also went with CreateJS. Congrats on finishing up! I knew going in that it was going to be rough. Having never attempted LD (or any game compo for that matter), I didn't fully appreciate the need for pre-planning, rigorous time management, etc. Didn't do any pre-work... just began with that accursed, cold cursor blinking at me in that vacuous, empty text editor. (*shudders*)
I really like the graphics and how the guys face reflects his emotions. It's a really shame that you didn't manage to finish becouse it really have a potential
Hey, don't give up, you did a great job with this, so keep working on it and finish it, even if it's not for the compo, who cares? Try to do it in the next days, if you achieve that you'll have done it, because the point is to finish the game.
I almost didn't play this game because the thumbnail reminds me of "Un Chien Andalou" (A very messed up movie by Salvador Dali), but I'm glad I did because even though it wasn't finished I thought what you did have was interesting and funny. I shaved the heck out of his nose :D Thanks for the submission.
For a man that can not grow a proper beard, my dream would be to shave a face with a healthy grow and expose a young fresh face in hiding, even if it is virtually. Please make my dreams come true ;)
You made something indeed! Way to post it in spite of what you think of it.
You know what would totally rock? If you wrote up a killer postmortem for this and described what you think went really well and what didn't go well. What were you shooting to achieve and what prevented you from doing it? The exercise would help you do better next time and would help your peers as well.
A failure, properly responded to, is a fantastic opportunity. Go for it!
Seriously; add some music and some sounds to this, as well as a couple of features for different kind of beard and brows, and you got yourself a NEAT app! It's great fun playing around with!
Prototype after prototype, giving up on a project to move to another, which I'd give up and move to another. All wastes. You've made SOMETHING, if every time you sat down and worked it was toward a completed project, then you're better than me, you're better than 9/10 of every amature game dev. The keynote of this very Ludum Dare was about submitting something. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/24/welcome-to-ludum-dare-26/#more-228094