This is my first full Ludum Dare (I did miniLD #58) and my first attempt at a game with animations that I created myself. I don't have that much experience with animation, though I have been working on developing my own workflow between photoshop, blender and unity. So, I spent the majority of my time in blender and photoshop. I didn't get as far with the game as I wanted. Sad to say, but I ran out of time.
About the game: The world is being invaded by sentient melons after a catastrophic event involving a large hadron collider tearing a rift into another dimension and Dr. W from The Wright Laboratory has given you the only weaponized melon baller in existence that can pierce the sturdy shell of the sentient melons in order to defeat these otherworldly creatures and save the world from their melon...ness.
How to Play: Run around using WASD and whack those melons by pressing spacebar or use a controller. I'm not going to judge your not controllering of games. Do melons explode with a weaponized melonballer? Let's find out!
Game, Art, Animations, SFX by Me Music obtained from: www.nosoapradio.us
FOR ANYONE RATING WITH AN ENTRY: Please leave me a short comment so I can click on your name to go to your entry. I will make sure I play and rate your game, too! Thanks! (Maybe there is a way to do this? I don't know. I'm new here!)
Save the world from the melons and their melon-ness!
Great effort for your first LD, the story made us chuckle and is quite a good take on the theme :D Noticed a few layering issues but certainly with more time could see this as a solid game :)
Very nice job on your first LD! I hope you come back for another one. You might have run out of time and there's not too much to do in the game, but your time in Blender and Photoshop payed off: The visuals and animations are stellar. They are very smooth. Great job!
I had a ton of ideas, but yea...not enough time. Too much time spent on learning animation. I am happy with what I was able to accomplish and definitely happy with what I learned from the experience. The game is part of a larger idea I have involving the character in this game, so I will be taking this game up as a main project right now. It was a great time and can't wait till Ludum Dare #33! Thanks again! :D
I opted out of the music, because it was from www.nosoapradio.com
It would be awesome to do some music of my own, but electronic music creation is something else I need to learn. I downloaded LMMS, but haven't had the time to get into the program.
Great effort for your first LD, the story made us chuckle and is quite a good take on the theme :D Noticed a few layering issues but certainly with more time could see this as a solid game :)