LD27

My game for the 27th Ludum Dare 48 hour game competition!

Be warned, there's A LOT of nasty hard coding going on in here! I only had 48 hours, what can I say :) Be prepared for lots of magic numbers!

Also I have been focused solely on Objective C and the Xcode environment for 2 years, so my code formatting is a mix of what I am used to, and matching what MonoDevelop generates.

Tools:

• Unity 3D + Futile framework
• Gimp
• Texture Packer
• Glyph Designer
• cfxr

There's a live demo of the game at http://www.jasonrendel.com/LD27/LD27Web

Theme: 10 Seconds

Time Logs

9 pm Fri - 4 am Sat

• 1 hr brainstorming
• 6 hr graphics

10 am Sat - 6 pm Sat -break- 9 pm Sat - 4:30 am Sun

• 10 hr programming
• 1.5 hr specific bug issue
• 4 hr graphics

9:30 Sun - 9 pm Sun

• 6 hr programming
• 2 hr graphics
• 1-4 hr polishing, testing, submitting

Other breaks in between - snacks, talking dog out, etc probably account for an hour or so

All Together: ~30hrs Sleep+breakfast+walking the dog: ~6 each morning Other: 3 hr

BRAINSTORMING

Alternative Meetings for Seconds / Second

• Measure of time
• 2nd
• a person who aids or supports another; assistant; backer.
• to assist or support
• to further or advance, as aims

Synonyms:

aide, helper, agent, deputy

Ideas:

• 10 second time limit to complete something (tasks, ...?)
• 2 player game with 10 seconds to make your move.
• Side scroller with 10 seconds of play
• 10 second power ups
• 10 second abilities
• strategy game where turns happen in 10 seconds
• you only live for 10 seconds
• amoeba that can only live for 10 seconds, must adjust to survice
  • repetitive game play, must learn what works
  • you can only live 10 seconds outside your "safe" environment
  • must grow your environment
  • "train" workers that live for 10 seconds to do stuff for you
    • you have a simple memory
    • can train patterns and assign to workers, they repeat these
      • 10 seconds for pattern
    • but what do workers do?
  • how else does 10 seconds factor in?
• RTS / Tower defense with everything on 10 sec cylces
  • you place buildings, they spawn units every 10 seconds (and last for 10 seconds?)
  • resource input every 10 seconds
  • some buildings disappear after 10 seconds?
• Place objects that only last 10 seconds
  • trying to guide something
  • fluid - too difficult graphic-wise
  • lemmings type game?
  • something happens in the environment every 10 seconds
    • you have like "cards" of moves you can make. Every 10 seconds they reset
      • reverse direction
      • slow down
      • speed up
      • close door
      • turn left
      • turn right

TODO

• fires / electrical shocks in a room randomly at 10 sec intervals...crew die in these
• splash screen?