Last Chance For Bernie
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LAST CHANCE FOR BERNIE
Bernie hasn’t been doing well at work lately. The boss is very upset with him.
Bernie's job is to guard the captured princess, who is locked away just one screen to the right. Seems like an easy enough job, but Marius the princess saving hero has been slipping past every single time.
Today is the LAST CHANCE FOR BERNIE. He'd better not screw up.
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GOAL:
Stop Marius, who comes in from the left, from reaching the right side of the screen. Touching Marius will kill him. If Marius hits you on the head however, you die.
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CONTROLS:
Press arrow keys to move Bernie.
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SOUNDTRACK:
https://soundcloud.com/martijnwf/sets/ld-33-last-chance-for-bernie
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This is my second entry for Ludum Dare. I planned on making a real AI to go up against, but that proved too difficult for me in the short 48 hours of the compo. So instead, Marius is simply following a set path. Sadly, struggling with the AI for half of Saturday left me with no time to improve the graphics. I almost gave up entirely half way through, but I'm glad I didn't.
I've tried to create this game using what I know: HTML, CSS and Javascript. It turned out to be very difficult to make a real-time action game with these clunky tools. There are glitches and varying performance issues. I recommend using either Chrome or Firefox, but even in those browsers, it's not running all that great.
So what I've learned from participating this LD: it's better to use a real game engine for this sort of thing. I'll look into this for the next LD, so I can deliver something that gives a better experience.
Bernie hasn’t been doing well at work lately. The boss is very upset with him.
Bernie's job is to guard the captured princess, who is locked away just one screen to the right. Seems like an easy enough job, but Marius the princess saving hero has been slipping past every single time.
Today is the LAST CHANCE FOR BERNIE. He'd better not screw up.
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GOAL:
Stop Marius, who comes in from the left, from reaching the right side of the screen. Touching Marius will kill him. If Marius hits you on the head however, you die.
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CONTROLS:
Press arrow keys to move Bernie.
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SOUNDTRACK:
https://soundcloud.com/martijnwf/sets/ld-33-last-chance-for-bernie
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This is my second entry for Ludum Dare. I planned on making a real AI to go up against, but that proved too difficult for me in the short 48 hours of the compo. So instead, Marius is simply following a set path. Sadly, struggling with the AI for half of Saturday left me with no time to improve the graphics. I almost gave up entirely half way through, but I'm glad I didn't.
I've tried to create this game using what I know: HTML, CSS and Javascript. It turned out to be very difficult to make a real-time action game with these clunky tools. There are glitches and varying performance issues. I recommend using either Chrome or Firefox, but even in those browsers, it's not running all that great.
So what I've learned from participating this LD: it's better to use a real game engine for this sort of thing. I'll look into this for the next LD, so I can deliver something that gives a better experience.