Blast Miners – Post Mortem

First, here’s the game:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=21256

What worked:

• Core mechanics: The game is essentially a Bomberman clone, so basically everyone is already familiar with how it works. Adding the “one bomb limit” and the pickaxe changed things up just enough to be interesting while
• Libraries: LibGDX and Artemis are my chronic
• Graphics/art: Courtesy of the lovely sleepyprincess, I really like our “retro arcade” feel.
• Sound: bfxr is amazing

What didn’t:

• Multiplayer: Making the game multiplayer cuts out a huge portion of people from playing it, and making it local same-keyboard multiplayer is even worse. I don’t think I would’ve had time to implement proper online multiplayer, but having some kind of bot – even a crappy one – would probably have been preferable.
• No end state: The game doesn’t end or keep any kind of score, so it’s not super satisfying to play.