Lord Basketball - Post Mortem

This was an odd one for me. I was very ill and 50-50 on if I should take part or not. I felt awful but didn't want to break my streak of 14 LD's in a row so decided to take part, keep it simple and sleep through the nights instead of working all hours. However, my cold had other ideas and as I tried to sleep, I would wake each hour in a coughing fit, so ended up just getting back to it.

Kept the scope small and based in on the idea of a basketball game. The more fans you have the harder it is. As fans appear, they throw stuff and celebrate each made shot. I wanted to create something skill based and moreish. I added an easy option so that the player does not have to make ten shots in a row to see the ending, but trying to get 10 in a row on the regular mode is actually quite hard. Tried to capture a video of it, got to 8 shots and missed. I wanted to try again so I think it might be fun to play.

Most of all, I am happy with the audio. I layered different crowd sounds that I recorded and put them all together building up as you make shots. Made an echo and reverby style ambiance for when the gym is empty and added my cough for flavour.

All in all I had fun with it, but I don't think it is one of my best jams. Just didn't have the energy to give it my all and the illness kept my head cloudy. Still, I am proud of what I made in the condition I am in and now look forward to sleeping for a while.

Feel free to have a play and I hope you enjoy it :)

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/lord-basketball

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